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Yeah, the definition of “lockdown” varied wildly. In many parts, any employer could make the case that an employee was “essential” if they had a job worth paying for.

Recreational activities (even solo ones) faced the harshest enforcement.



> Recreational activities (even solo ones) faced the harshest enforcement.

The least functional restrictions, the harshest on mental health of those impacted, on top of severe isolation issues that many faced. Luckily I can handle isolation quite well contrary to most folks I know, and I had 1 and then 2 babies to consume all attention but few were so lucky.

Also Switzerland where I live didn't enforce basically any hard restriction on movement, just asked politely to stay home if you can, so whoever wanted to do sport outside just did it. Unlike say neighboring France which went batshit crazy with 1km-around-your-home one (so much for 'liberte', I find the more politicians talk about some catch word the less they actually mean to adhere to it when it matters).




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