2026-08-02 22:30 UTC
Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
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@kzodasnowman@spore.social 2026-08-02 23:38
@luckytran@mastodon.social Thanks for flagging that and providing alternatives. It's also unfair to incarcerated people, who regularly experience actual physical loss of agency.
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@jwz@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 08:12
@luckytran@mastodon.social I agree 100% that the so-called lockdowns were insufficient, should have been more severe, and that for most people, the worst thing that resulted was that they had to work from home and couldn't get their coffee. But for those of us in the service industry, it was very different. My business was involuntarily closed for a year and a half and it's a miracle that we survived. So implying that it was nothing... that doesn't sit well.