Did the pandemic affect you Positively or negatively in any way? Mentally, physically, Financially, socially?

[Mrsposh]

[Lliam]

It harmed my wife and my finances because there was a period when her business was forced to close. And after that, many of her clients quit coming, either out of fear or ideological reasons. So, yeah, that sucked. Her business still hasn't bounced back to pre-C.

It also effected us when many wonderful establishments were forced to permanently go out of business. And other establishments that we patronized a lot went full mask-Nazi. Ironically, those tended to be "health" food and organic grocery stores. We quit doing business with them permanently.

Large local events like the County Fair, huge Celtic Festival, World Fest, and even the 4th of July that we looked forward to attending every year were cancelled for two years running. At the Celtic Festival, we had worked at a booth for the local radio station with friends, and looked forward to the fantastic, world class music for well over 10 years.

Our town virtually shut down. Music, live theater and other events stopped. The formerly dynamic and fun nondenominational church we attended stopped having live services and get togethers. Plus, my wife and I came to realize that we no longer fit in.

We suffered emotional trauma from being harassed and from fear of being harassed for not wearing masks in public. There was also the dehumanizing aspect of seeing masked, faceless people, and seeing or sensing their fear of fellow human beings.

We took what was supposed to be a five day vacation to Sonoma for our 25th Anniversary in Oct 2020. When we got there we found that restaurants didn't allow indoor seating. Half the shit was closed. Stores were mask ass holes. Wineries wanted your name and ph# (I gave them fake ones) to enter. We cut the trip short and came home after two nights.

With fraudulent (and possibly dangerous) PCR tests and the threat of quarantines, travel became too much of a pain in the ass to deal with.

Finally, we lost a lot of friends. People we had been very close friends with for over 15 years suddenly ostracized us for what boiled down to fear, but also political/ideological reasons. If you opposed the masks and mandates, you suddenly weren't part of the tribe. Liberals clutched their pearls and assumed you were a MAGA hat wearer. It wasn't even conceivable that you had done research and had information that they didn't. After all, NPR and the NYT tell you everything you need to know. You had become a crazy conspiracy theorist and "anti-vaxer" for some irrational, ideological reason.

Friends, families and society, itself, were torn apart due to the manufactured fear porn and intentional divisiveness. People acquiesced to harmful, dictatorial "mandates" and became even more amenable to digital monitoring and police state spying. The 911 "anti-terrorist" measures got expanded and the world became much more like a dystopian novel.

On a positive note, the genocidal New World Order plotters came out into the open. And their control over global and national institutions became apparent. It was a particular surprise to find the medical establishment deliberately murdering people and faking covid cases and deaths.

My wife and I discovered new friends who are bright and informed. Throughout the (non) pandemic, we have dined together, gathered for holidays, and been to many large events maskless and unafraid. We shake hands, hug, chat, laugh and sing, even with strangers.

It forced us to learn a lot. We are much better informed. We also know more about keeping our immune systems healthy.

[ohshee]

It has done all the above for sure

Well I have my own point of view what's going on in this world I am one of these people that I feel things very deeply if I'm quiet and I listened through meditation I get answers is it are usually 99% right I called 4 1/2 years ago fake pandemic I was talking with my boss and I said how in the hell can you have a fake pandemic there's no way in that same vision I also died in that same vision I saw a tornado go that will destroy a bunch of houses where I live we were like a block and a half away from my house looking at a house as I was telling her I said don't forget this what I said let's just see if it comes through just because of previous things that I warned her about and she wouldn't listen but anyway so I've done my homework around my city and I still feel the same way about the whole thing but anyway it a positive manner when it has done for me is that it has turned me into one horny motherfucker LOL when I start I just don't want to finish that's all there is to it mentally it it has just because I want to know the truth physically yes the day when all this stuff started happening I was up at a property working and I'm one of these guys I can just keep going and going and going no matter how physical it is I will not stop two days before covid came out China also turn down there 5G I was working my ass off and all the sudden I had to go down to my knees because I got super dizzy super dehydrated and something just wasn't right in that moment I felt a change in my body short of breath and it's as if all the air it was around me change to this day I still feel that change one night about 3 in the morning I woke up I didn't know what was going on my legs were swollen and I had blisters on my legs were the last big band was around my ankles nobody seems to know what it is but I have dealt with it financially for sure I not only work but I have side jobs that I do a lot of the side jobs ended because you couldn't be around people anymore my job came to a halt for a long period of time I should have collected unemployment but I didn't I just lived off my savings and my boss now is going to sell his business I've been picking up side work though and I also work for a management company and do all their work but since that day I have not been myself I also noticed when I buy food it goes bad faster for some reason fruits vegetables Meats I wish other people would pay attention to this just to see if they see a difference

The positive that came out of it cuz I have to be positive no matter what is I'm horny 24 hours a day I have done research after research after research little things that would blow you away on covid-19 the news says one thing all the evidence says another thing and let's just pretend everything wasn't on the up-and-up never mind I'm not going to go there right now but yeah I've learned a lot and physically mentally something did happen still don't know what it is but it has made me not trust our government even more now

[razelove]

I would say positively mentally, physically, neutral financially, and negatively financially.

Before the pandemic hit I was stressing myself like crazy, drinking a lot, and gaining weight at a steady clip chasing that dollar. The time I spent with my family wasn't super positive. Like right before it hit I had a contract fall through and wound up in Vegas for a while, when I came back home, surprise, daycares are shutting down, finding a new job is out for a while.

So I stayed home and watched my kids while my wife went to work. She lucked out and got a better job, with how crazy housing prices were we made a pretty penny selling our old house, got a great deal on the new one, like made money moving into a bigger house in a nicer area. So I'm spending more time with my kids, having fun with them, running around more, drinking less, financially we have less to worry about, just flip flopping from me being primarily responsible for income to my wife.

Since we moved though, especially during a time when people were being paranoid, or still are I suppose, there are few kids playing outside for my kids to play with, also few other people for me and my wife to meet. So that part kind of sucks.

[NamerOfStars]

The pandemic? That affected me in only one way: when I realized the only way out was through and sought the damn bug out, I got a minor case of the sniffles.

The *reaction to* the pandemic, however? That affected me a LOT. I lost my job, my social standing, many friendships, and most of my faith in humanity. I saw a lot of people I care about suffer, and several of them die needlessly, and their deaths made meaningless by gene therapy mandates which were not only medically unsound and GROSSLY unethical, but which cost the industry thousands of jobs and guaranteed the feared overrun would happen anyway. I watched trained, intelligent people with absolutely no excuse for not knowing better applaud the decisions that crippled the economy and signed the death warrants of millions and call for more. I learned what it felt like to the rise of psychotic ideologies like the Nazis, or Communists, or miscellaneous pro-genocide groups used- to a lesser extent, but that's usually how it begins. I learned that when the dark times come, I'll be shouting against the insanity- and that I'll be shouting alone. I was driven out of my home state by the madness that conquered the hearts and minds of those who were near and dear to me.

Yeah, you could say I was affected.

[Anonymous]

Well I caught covid. And that got me quarantined in the hospital (I was already scheduled for surgery when I caught it do to an accident at work) but it was originally supposed to be outpatient. I guess in that sense it affected me negatively. Because after the surgery they moved me to the ICU for 2 days. I don't know if this is standard procedure. But my companies insurance used it as leverage to say I was admitted to the ICU due to covid and while they paid my overall quarantine in the hospital they refused to pay for my 2 days in the hospital ICU citing "it was due to covid". The rest of the stay in the hospital which equaled a month was determined that I needed inpatient therapy. Honestly I guess a argument could be made either way. Since they quarantined me for 21 days. But I rehabbed for the entire month.
But honestly I NEVER felt sick, just tired. I actually slept better that month than I had for the past 3 years. 😆
I guess I'll have to get back to you on the financial damage as I haven't received a bill yet. I'm hoping 2 days in the ICU isn't too bad. I was on oxygen for that time. And for the following week. But that was it. I wasn't itubated or anything like some some of the scary pictures you see on the news
As I understand it I was only on oxygen because my oxygen saturation was lower than they liked.

[20yearsolder]

None of the above, I was deemed an essential worker. Never miss the day at work. Only wore a mask when it was absolutely required. I did cash the virus. Short-term effects, 2 days and I went back to work

[Mrsposh]

Thank you for your services 💕 and im happy you survived it all 💕. I know it was and still is such a difficult time.

[20yearsolder]

Thank you, I would have gone absolutely nuts if I had to stay at home. Socially kind of sucked because you couldn't go to the movies, you weren't supposed to hang out with friends. I understand people having depression, I definitely understand them being broke when they're not allowed to work.

[matchrestore]

Somehow, despite the industry I work in being the first to shut down and the last to start back up, I made it through rather well. Enhanced Unemployment was a lifeline, as well as the PPP loans my employer was able to get. The company I work for managed to survive the pandemic, and now we've recovered and are doing more business than we were before the pandemic, resulting in raises and better benefits for me as well.

[MCheetah]

Only thing it did was make me hate humanity that much more in how willingly people would give up essential liberties like societal freedom and bodily autonomy, for temporary safety. And I thought humanity was a species of braindead selfish assholes BEFORE the pandemic...

[Wonderwhat]

brought me closer to my family and made realize family is the best thing in life and to cherish it always.

[krin_m]

Definitely socially. Glad it is somewhat under control. Wish it was totally gone.

[Mrsposh]

Amen to that!

[exitseven]

Yes, I became unemployed and I was very isolated and became depressed. I did end up setti g up a home gym and started working out a lot so at least there was that.

[DarkWinterNights]

I’m doing well… but I would be doing much better if Covid hadn’t happened.

[Straight2thepoint]

People who acted like fools and Karen's. Then yeah they impacted my life.

[BLP11520]

We went nowhere, work and find food. We watched too much TV. Wearing a mask was a joke and made life miserable.

[driven159]

I still had to go to work every day, so no big deal just washed my hands a lot more

[AFretiredTXn]

Financially and Socially

[Mrsposh]

Negatively I'm guessing?

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I tried to relax. Had plenty of foot massages and watched many movies.

[motownplayer2000]

Both. In a variety of ways. It helped me grow

[Jude_Wills]

You gone 😔