Αγανακτούμε... - We are indignant ...
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We have not learned from our mistakes.
I feel anger, sadness, pressure ... indignation.
The British government has announced a 2-week quarantine for those returning from Spain.
The German and Swiss governments are thinking of doing the same.
In Greece, it is mandatory to use a mask in certain places.
They are discussing whether there should be a local lockdown in Limassol.
Belgium imposed the use of a mask.
18,000 new cases in Brazil.
150,000 thousand dead in America.
Sweden says the crisis has not been properly managed.
In Spain the cases are rising again rapidly.
Epidemiologists say the second wave is on its way.
But at the same time something else is happening.
The clubs and bars in Mykonos are full.
The streets of Santorini are crowded.
You are planning your holidays in Greece, in Italy or in Spain.
Every weekend Instagram is filled with photos from Greek islands.
In February 2020, a pandemic began that caused a global upheaval. It was not pleasant for anyone to "loose" the freedom in our everyday lifes, in taking holidays and doing excursions. From May our new daily life began. And suddenly it is as if nothing ever happened.
How much I would like to enjoy a meal in a Greek tavern or be in a sea in Spain. How I missed travelling. But I belong to a whole and I must think for the collective good.
I find it very selfish to take a vacation abroad just for the personal satisfaction. For this year we have been asked to control and confine ourselves. During the lockdown so many people were expressing how much they have learned during this period. But the same people forgot about it when the restrictions were over. I am sure that everyone's country has many beauties and there are many of us who have not yet seen them. This year is our opportunity. And it is a way to protect the world and create a controlled situation.
We are also the ones who are looking forward to being able to go home and see their family after several months. But there is a "risk" that our desire will not be fulfilled, because of all those who choose not to spoil their schedule or their habits. The governments all over the world started again to take measures and to impose restrictions. But unfortunately this is the only way we learn, this is the only way we realize what is happening in the world, with the prohibitions and the no's. The lists of countries with mandatory quarantine is growing and each country sets its own entry conditions.
We all belong to a whole. We operate with the action-reaction principle. Our choices will definitely affect more than one person. Whether it is one or 100 or millions of people, it is important to do collective actions. I hope to manage to do my planned trip to Cyprus, to be with my family, even if it means being home all day.
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