Gnil:
RC:
Gnil:
And I thought the US had let the people free to do as they wished.
In government / socialist Europe I managed to do several 1500km trips to Germany (the Ring), to Belgium, to Lichtenstein, to France, a few times to the italien part of Switzerland etc .... etc ....
Not talking about the different plane trips .
The results of this are the news right now... 
Haven't you been to the mountains every week end lately when you guys actually have a lockdown , to Dubai last year and seriously considering it now again ?
You'd be surprised.
I was to Italy in June and to Dubai end of August.
Italy was after I knew that we all (exception my son) had antibodies. We got tested quite often (incl. PCR). We weren't afraid of infecting someone (anymore) and our risk was minimal as well.
Dubai was a different story: PCR testing before the flight, PCR testing before the departure flight as well. In Dubai, many people were wearing their mask under the nose and there was no real social distancing in supermarkets, so I realized fast that the reported infection numbers couldn't be right. 
In both vacations, we kept social distancing, if not possible, we left. We always wore FFP2/N95 masks, including the plane. In the plane, some people were not respecting the rules and the flight attendants talked to them over and over again but it was like a cat and mouse game. Interesting how ignorant some people are (mostly young people but also an older guy from Germany and a middle aged guy from Pakistan whose behaviour caused quite a turmoil...long story).
Mountains? Lakes? Yes, we spend the weekends sometimes outside of our home but we avoid people. We reduced social contacts to a bare minimum, out of respect of others who may get very sick. Me and my wife do not fear the virus anymore, even if neither of us wants to get it (we very likely had it anyway, judging by our antibody counts) but our jobs require a certain role model function.
Many people we know meet with friends all the time and even if some(!) of them respect the rules with how many households can meet, they basically meet dozens of different people per week, making this whole social distancing a joke. Even worse: People do not understand that even if they can meet with a person from another household, they need to keep social distance and wear a mask. Nobody does that. 
Hence...the consequence...the numbers we see. 
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Lamborghini Huracan Performante (2019), Mercedes GLC63 S AMG (2020), Mercedes C63 S AMG Cab (2019), Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk (2019 EU)
Me and my wife are already vaccinated (Biontech/Pfizer), second dose is due this week.
Even more spectacular and it even sounds great. 
The Taycan 4S does 0-100 kph in 4.0 seconds flat.
