How does it feel to be locked down once again?

Hi Veedushi,

I rather be a thousand times in quarantine (once again)
than be a patient in the local hospital's ICU
-battling myself between life and death- 
and giving an -unecessary extra work- to the hospital,, doctors, nurses and administration staff..

My daughter lives in Spring, Texas (The Woodlands). She has two small children. She wanted to take them to swimming classes, but had to stop as parents of other children, no doubt Trump supporters, would arrive maskless and congregate in the lobby and other areas. She also has problems with maskless Trumpers in stores. As such she is in voluntary confinement. Fortunately, she is a professional and able to work at home.

In Alicante and the Valencian community, the rate of new infections, although growing, is much lower than practically anywhere in the US, and everyone wears a mask and follows protocol. I consider myself lucky. We have purchased a new Renault Captur, made in Valladolid, eat at good restaurants which follow protocol (if possible I check whether kitchen workers are wearing masks before ordering. If not, we leave) and we have taken advantage of special deals at Paradors.

My wife and I are fed up with these lockdowns an mandatory masks.
We live in a rural area and it is an enormous burden as we have no access then to health care (for oru chronic issues nor for emergency issues), veterinary care  (for our older pets) and several major supermarkets in the region.
We are leaving here in Spring to countries that have less scared people. Life is about living not about fear.
I also see the region sink into poverty as many have lost jobs and businesses due to these brutal virus measures. For us earning a living has also become much harder this way.
On top of that prices are skyrocketing, an obvious result if one make products and services far more expensive to provide with these measures and when all kinds of giveaways by governments here will require higher taxes. Note  that in all of Europe Spain is the only country RAISING taxes right now.
Pity, since we have a mice home with views on a river at 100 metres and the Portuguese border and close to the ocean as well.

I am 80.  I have chosen not to go out unless I need to.

I have also chosen since the outbreak in March to always wear a surgical face mask and a visor when I go out.

The only exception is when I go for a 25k ride on my ‘racing bike’ between my town and another

Can’t say it’s much of a problem nor inconvenience.