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Ok, I was really heated over BC's 2 week lockdown regulations yesterday and tbh I'm still just as heated today. I'm not heated in a "I DON'T WANT THIS!" kind of way. I'm heated because of how poorly they were communicated and how contradictory they are.
I'm not trying to be shady to comms teams or public health workers, but as someone who has been trying this entire pandemic and following the rules, this was extremely frustrating.
Obviously, I'm locking down for the next two weeks, limiting my outside the house time and cutting my pod down to two people (because I live alone and I can do that apparently).
I'm so unbelievably frustrated though at the literal discrepancies in logic. for example, i can't see my "safe 6" outside, but we could potentially meet at a restaurant? unmasked eating in a place with other people unmasked and eating? i haven't been to a restaurant since feb.
also, i can't see my old roommate because the contact numbers just don't work out between us, but we could join a soccer team and play soccer with a strangers, running around and huffing, and that's ok?
we could go for a walk outside, but we couldn't stop and be distanced and masked in a park, because now we are social gathering. BUT we could maybe go for a walk and goto a brewery?
I'm not looking for loopholes to "break the rules" as some people have loved to passively aggressively tweet about, I'm literally looking for some logic in this. I don't even understand the rules well enough to break them, my dude.
Lastly, public health prioritizing exercise over individual's mental health is not ok. last lockdown almost ended me, not to be dramatic, but i was more depressed and suicidal than i have ever been in the last 5 years.
living alone and being in lockdown, though yes a necessarily sacrifice, i refuse to do it alone again and i am thankful that "households" is no longer being defined in a heteronormative nuclear family way.
if you want people to follow rules, you need to clearly communicated what those rules are, you don't get to be mad when people are confused and trying to figure out what they can and cannot do.
i understand there is a pandemic, i've been terrified of this pandemic since December. i'm also terrified of my mental health deteriorating even more.
so yes i'm going to openly complain and state that I think it's bananas that the government is prioritizing the economy, putting workers at risk, and communicating illogical restrictions that confuse us even more.
am i still locking down? yes. do i wear a mask everywhere? yes. i think everyone else should too. and you shouldn't be going to the gym, playing soccer, going to bars and restaurants, and going to indoor church gatherings: but you're allowed to.
i just hope kyle and jonathan enjoy their pick up soccer game tomorrow, while the rest of us count contact numbers and triage our relationships to try and make it through the winter.
