Then ...we are checking body temperatures in the morning upon arrival and the device does not even work properly as it has yet to show data with over 35,5 C. You should keep the distance of around 2m from a fellow colleague, but it is ok for several people to be in the elevator. Sometimes I have a feeling like I am living in "Monty Python" city.
Maybe the thermometer broke because you are in hell? Because where I work I'm seeing a lot of the same things, and even Eric Idle couldn't find the fortitude to sing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while nailed to a cross if he were here. Seems the same where you are. I hope I'm wrong, or at the very least that you are doing OK with it and can manage to stay sane within this madness.
Today the owner of the company I work for had a speech to all local employees. He said this (paraphrasing):
"We have managed to deal with the stupidity [meaning corona circus] quite well, and when the second wave comes, we won't be continuing with any silly measures, so everything will be as usual, no working from home, no masks, etc."
He also said that if it hadn't been on TV, nobody would have known about the virus. It was clear he thought the whole circus was quite unnecessary.
So the people in the office know it's BS, the owner knows it's BS, I haven't seen anybody show any signs of thinking anything else, and fortunately we won't be playing this dumb game next time. So that was pretty cool.
It's just sad that many people on this forum clearly aren't this lucky with their bosses, CEOs, and other company policy makers.
It's interesting how whole geographical areas aren't buying into this and people are only going along with it as much as they really have to, while other areas (like NZ) seem to have just gone bonkers completely, even though nothing's been happening there. Is it a different level of propaganda? Is it the people? I'm not sure. The media seemed just as stupid here as anywhere else, and they still are. Actually the owner today also noted how the media are still trying to milk this crisis while there's nothing going on. So I don't know if it's a national mentality built by decades of different history or what.
Then again, I don't know what's going on in other companies in my country, so maybe I'm just lucky, but I haven't heard of any extreme measures taken outside of the places that have daily customers, like shops and banks. It will be interesting to watch what happens in Autumn when a lot of people already aren't buying into a 'second wave' now.
So you guys here, just hang in there and have patience with this bullshit. It won't go on forever.
Count yourself lucky, M.I. (I hope you don't mind the initials; I just seem to misspell your avatar name so often when trying to type it out that my backspace button is getting sticky.) The lab where I work has doubled- and tripled-down on the mask-wearing madness. Now, no one can enter the main lab without wearing a mask, or they get rebuked sharply by the lab managers. So I stay in my own room as much as I possibly can. I *still* have not worn a mask at work this whole time, somehow, as I know when I can dart out to get my stuff done without being seen. There are benefits to working in one place for so long! But I do keep my mask handy in case I get confronted.
The madness is not abating here - but then I live and work in the heart of one of the main bastions of Democratic control in California and not far from the state capitol, where Nancy Pelosi's nephew, Governor Gavin Newsom resides. And the local media is atrocious, but obviously very effective in its programming ability.
I am heartened by what you shared about working for an owner who can actually see what is going on, and who is strong enough within himself to say what he believes to his workers, even knowing that there may be some who don't agree with him. I need to ask though: how many of your co-workers were pleased by what he said and shared? Were there any who were upset by it, who still buy into the lies? Just wondering. Because there are many where I work who will never accept anything but mainstream media sources as their "truth". Which, in turn, causes me to ruminate: how many OP's work in the sciences at this time?? Based on my experience in this field, I'd have to guess that it's at least a simple majority, if not more.
So now, I find myself in a very interesting situation. With my scientific background and work history, and also my predilection to seek out information via secondary, but crucial, evidence-based research forums such as this one (OK, the ONLY one - which also has a major handle on the metaphysical side of things) instead of corrupted mainstream sources; I may potentially know as much about this corona virus and the scam surrounding it as anyone. But I am presently living and working in an area that is not open to anything that I know or am willing to share - and, in fact, when I have tried to do so, I got labeled as: "That Guy".
It seems I have managed to find and/or create the greatest of "petty tyrant" scenarios, where I am the *only* one who is willing to consider the objective truth within my personal sphere of influence. And also: not a single person where I work has ever said a single word about what they are being made to do here, re: social distancing and wearing masks etc. They just DO IT, without question or comment.
I am really struggling with this. I think that I have a very reasoned, balanced accounting of what's going on with this virus scam thanks to this forum and SOTT; but then the very people I have worked with for years - who are basically good, caring people - are not willing to listen to anything that I have to say. (And all I've done is to say that I have information that may be enlightening. I have not tried to push my information on anyone. I have only told them that I have another viewpoint if they are willing to hear it.)
Here I am, working with fellow scientists who really care to improve the human condition, and all of them have been so programmed by the MSM that they believe in vaccines and the corona virus scam. And even as seemingly "enlightened" as I think I may be, willing to share my information so as to help them and others, NONE of them even wants to hear a single word of it. And I HAVE to let it go, because they need to learn their own lessons without interference.
I don't think I could have chosen a greater lesson plan than this in "how to surrender" when planning this life out beforehand. But I continue to ask: is there ANYTHING ELSE that I CAN do, knowing what I know, to alert people to what is going on?? Any article-writing suggestions? I feel so helpless. One thing that I HAVE learned, though: having supposedly useful knowledge is useless if no one around you is willing to consider and use it. And when that happens, trying to rectify the situation from a position of true knowledge will get nothing done if those in positions of power don't believe - or don't want *others* to believe - in what you are trying to share. All you can do then, is let it go.
Surrender.
And that is, and always has been, the hardest thing for me to do. So I guess that IS the lesson, for me now. So be it.
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