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I should preface this by saying that the US at virtually all levels really mishandled the pandemic, especially under Trump, and that the needless politicization and polarization of public health measures here is BOTTOMLESSLY stupid and has cost many lives. And that the CDC has been slow to give clear guidance at every critical juncture, both failing to account for what people will do anyway and will do more dangerously in the absence of guidance and failing to provide strong guidance in sufficient time for it to make a difference (dozens of examples). The US government should have supported people to make better choices with better information (don't mislead or manage people so they'll act the way you want: just say what you know and what you don't and why it matters) and most of all adequate support for people who have been most exposed to the virus itself and the economic fallout - people who haven't been able to make choices to protect themselves and their families and manage their own risk.
But I'm grateful that we haven't been under the kinds of lockdowns that people in Canada, the UK, and the EU have lived through, even to the point of limiting going for a walk outside or going to a park alone. Now that I'm looking at moving back to Canada this summer, I'm dreading the heavy-handedness of restrictions. Unless their border policies change soon, I wonder how I will even manage to move there, given mandatory quarantines that don't seem compatible with moving my belongings and even picking up the keys to an apartment.