A strange, unnerving thing started to happen sometime last week: Some of us got a little lazy about [View all]

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I can feel it --the staying home--is wearing on me. esp with the nice weather the last few days.
But WI is still on mostly lockdown until may 26. Although I noticed the garden center in the next town was open.

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Yes, We All Have Quarantine Fatigue. No, That Doesn't Mean You Can Go Out.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/voices/yes-we-all-have-quarantine-fatigue-no-that-doesnt-mean-you-can-go-out/ar-BB13sDsY?ocid=st2
Brittany Wong 14 hrs ago


A strange, unnerving thing started to happen sometime last week: Some of us got a little lazy about the whole social distancing thing to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Hop onto your Instagram and you might even see people boldly posting about their ventures outside their home: a pool party here with a “close circle” of friends, a smallish birthday party there with people from different homes. (“Don’t worry, we’re keeping 6 feet apart!”)

You see it on a larger scale in the news: In New York last weekend, sunny weather led people to flock to parks. (As of last week, residents of New York City have submitted 14,000 complaints to the police about people violating social distancing rules.)

In Southern California, thousands hit the beaches in Orange County, seeking relief from a heatwave that hit just in time for the weekend. (Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered all Orange County beaches closed this weekend, calling it a “temporary pause.”)

Clearly, “quarantine fatigue” is starting to kick in.
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“You see it on your social media feed. You see it in your neighborhoods with traffic. I live on a main road, and foot, bike, car and especially motorcycle traffic increase incredibly on nice days,” Owens told HuffPost.

After about six weeks of social distancing in some states, we’re all getting a little stir crazy ― especially those who were wary of the social distancing guidelines from the beginning.

“People were having trouble with physical distancing when the guidelines were strict,” he added. “It’s unlikely that loosening those restrictions in some states will lead to responsible behavior.”

A combination of factors ― warm weather, stay-at-home restrictions that have dragged on longer than anticipated and seeing other states move to reopen ― has led to Americans going outside more frequently and traveling longer distances, according to research out of the University of Maryland.

Using cellphone location data, researchers noted the change in behavior in the past two weeks in all but three states.



And in a Gallup poll conducted the week of April 20, 59% of respondents said they had practiced social distancing in the previous 24 hours. That was down from 65% in the week of April 6.. .......................