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Old May 24, 2022 | 6:48 am
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travelinmanS
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It's good to see you back on FT! I think you might have sugar coated the beginning of the lockdown or at least forgotten it. The first 10 days were the most difficult to get food as per my experience and according to the wechat convos we were having at the same time you were also suffering from this lack of food delivery around the 4th or 5th of April.

One of the most interesting things I've noticed about this whole situation is that it was becoming OK for me in the week or two before I left at the end of April. I see this same phenomenon with my friends who are still in lockdown. The "wow, I can ride my bike 3 blocks" posts are indicative of how humans can adapt to very bad situations and normalize things that shouldn't be normalized. Now that I've left I realize what a ridiculously horrible situation I was in and I can only hope for you and for all my other friends there that things change sooner rather than later.
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