I have been "awake" for about a decade, but I could not foresee the things that are going on now.

I remember hearing about COVID in December 2019. I remember thinking: "Okay, this is unstoppable now, it is a matter of time before it arrives here. What do I do?". I prepared with food, water and masks. All the while, flights from and to China were not halted. I discussed this with coworkers. They had the same views. A month after, we had the first case. And after about 30 or so cases came the first death. Me and my coworkers started modeling (we all work in STEM) the spread and figured this virus had the potential to spread really quickly.

Of course, at that time we had no idea yet about how deadly this virus was. However, soon it became apparent that it was more or less on flu-level. It was certainly not measles or ebola.

Then another month or so later came the lockdown. I was fully prepared, because I had discussed it with my coworkers a lot. My boss was surprised such measured would be taken. At first he wanted everyone to have a valid reason to work from home. Luckily, the CEO sent out an email confirming everyone should work from home for at least the duration of the lockdown.

At first I was kinda happy about the lockdown (I have autism-light; I loved finally being allowed to work from home 100%). However, as the measures continued it became apparent that the testing using PCR was wonky and this was not acknowledged by government, media and most members of the public. Large government programs were setup to finance businesses and private citizens. I think after two weeks the first lockdown was ended. Mask rules were put in place, but only surgical masks were required. I had sourced full on FFP2 and FFP3 masks months earlier.

After that I became very demoralized. I felt trapped every day. Powerless. But I guess this is exactly how they want to make you feel.

Then came talk of the development of vaccines. This was a bit odd to me, because by that time it was already known that many potential treatments existed. Watching the media closely, of course these were never mentioned. Doctors who were prescribing HCQ were described as dangerous fools, et cetera. Now the vaccines are slowly coming where I live. Some of my (other) coworkers are very eager to get them. I believe many will not. I certainly won't.

Protests are getting stronger and there is not much that can be done about it. I have not participated in any, mostly because it would take me about 2 hours to get to a protest. My protest simply consists of asking questions. Neighbors, friends, coworkers. I just ask them questions and see how they answer.

The last time I talked with my favorite red-pilled coworker was about 2 weeks ago. We are both very aware of the apparent hidden agenda behind all of these measures. Especially in the research we do, we were recently confronted with the research requirements of the EU "Green Deal". It strikes me as the next step of bureaucratization.

We are still in lockdown here. I am still working from home. I miss going to the zoo or a museum, but other than that I am doing pretty well. I have everything I need: my garden, rural surroundings, a bike for keeping myself fit, some hobbies I picked up again. My goal is to completely stop working. The path of cryptocurrency seems to work out for now, but I will need a few more years of investing my salary to maybe stop working altogether. It's funny how even companies like Amazon are now allowing payment in certain cryptocurrencies. They desperately want them, because they also know about the hyperinflation that is coming...