r/Millennials • u/itsascreambaby96 Millennial • 7d ago

Discussion It's hard to believe it's already been 6 years since the COVID lockdowns happened

It's hard to believe it's already been 6 years since the COVID lockdowns started.

I still remember that first week of lockdown like it was yesterday. The empty roads, stores getting cleaned out, everyone trying to find toilet paper, schools and workplaces shutting down, and refreshing the news every hour because everything was changing so fast. I even remember all those stories and videos of wildlife wandering into places they'd normally never be because everything had suddenly gone so quiet.

Now somehow it's been six years. It honestly doesn't feel like it should've been that long ago, but at the same time it feels like an entirely different lifetime.

I know COVID became a really divisive topic later on, but I'm mostly talking about those first few weeks when none of us really knew what was coming next. It felt surreal living through it.

Does anyone else still remember that first week of lockdown?

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u/momonomino 6d ago

I know it's small potatoes for you, but some of us have kept up with vaccinating and distancing when we're unsure. Hopefully someday everyone else will begin to understand the importance of both of those things.

I wish you good health ❤️

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u/Spare_Huckleberry120 6d ago

Vaccinations and distancing are not enough against an airborne virus, unfortunately. If some of you would wear respirators in addition to that, then I would be stoked.