A couple of weeks ago, I watched a public TV interview (7-minute piece) where kid #1 had been diagnosed with Covid-19 (probably around 10 years old). Because of state regulations....kid #2, kid #3, mom, and dad were on quarantine as well. They were all nearing the last day or two of this, and some type of interview was worked up with the reporter/camera-guy standing a good 2-to-3 meters away in the backyard.
Mom was somewhat upbeat....it was all coming to an end. Dad was doing home-office and stayed busy (hidden would be an appropriate word).
The older kid....son, around 15 years old....was obviously peeved by the restrictions and limited contact with his friends. He wasn't a happy camper, and of the group....mentally, I think he suffered more.
The German news crowd, since March, have told literally hundreds of stories. Some people have done well in quarantine, some have had a pretty crappy experience. For these kids? If you didn't have cellphones, Facebook, WhatsApp, and NetFlix? I suspect it'd be a pretty ugly mess for a lot of these 13-to-16 year old kids.
If one looks at summer of 2021....the arrival of the vaccine....the cutback of vacation restrictions, and bans decreasing in nature....this cabin-fever trend will quietly go away. Remembering this period? I think all of these kids will talk about this thirty years in the future, and remember the 18-month period as a pretty serious/rough period in their life.
For some, they might even classify it as the biggest negative event in German history....since the end of WW II.
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