My life is now a little different.  What once was fun is now annoying.  Not because I am afraid to go outside, but because I see thousands of people living in fear over something they have almost zero % chance of being harmed from.  The false narratives that we are seeing hurt my heart and I hate the fact that our governments are lying to us at every stage.  I think that shopping used to be one of the highlights of my week.  No longer is it.  It is a task that I know many dislikes and finds it more of a forced time than a fun time.  But I love shopping and I think part of that is the social aspect of getting out and finding things that make me happy.  Now food is not a good way to bring joy to your life because it can be a detriment to your health but I find that I really enjoy getting out and seeing all the lovely candy boxes in my favorite aisle. But in 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has made shopping a little more complicated and I want to go over the changes from beginning to now and how things have transpired.  It may all be over a lie, but getting arrested is still no joke and that is what a totalitarian society will do.  Just in case we go through this again when a real pandemic happens you will know what to expect if you just moved here. 

We all remember the original fears of COVID 19 last year.  What we did for shopping in the first few weeks was almost scary and yet completely a lie.  I remember the news saying that all shopping was dangerous and that a virus that could kill instantly or be transferred to your family could kill your old relatives.  The scare was that everything anyone touched could then be easily transferred to anyone who was old and if they had a hurt immune system you could kill them.  So we all were afraid of everything and yet we now know 99.7% + survive the virus.  No one wants to pass a deadly virus to their parents or grandparents. That was the big fear so we went to the grocery stores and stayed away from everyone.  No one got close and everyone went home and disinfected each item and it turns out it dies in sunlight instantly. So another lie that was spread.

This is so insane because we went to the trunk with bleach and sprayed down and rubbed every inch of every item we purchased and it was all for nothing.  This was insane and it was later found out that the virus could only survive on items for a few hours and that direct sunlight killed it instantly.  The lies we were told about it living up to 5 to 10 days on items were just that lies. 

So all the bleach we sprayed on our favorite candy boxes was a totally waste of time. The cost of all the cleaning supplies was very high and part of me thinks the whole thing was a scam. But we all wanted to be safe and so that is what we did. We followed a lie all for the sake of safe snacks.