I really think we have split off into two groups:
Group A) The ones who have been working have learned how to deal with masks and being out in public
Group B) They've been working from home or unemployed and are now experiencing extreme anxiety at the thought of doing something they haven't done since March
I'd add several more
C) They worked from home for a few months, went back to the office (may work from home again in winter), learned how to deal with masks and being out in public
D) Stay largely at home, but do get out, learned how to deal with masks and being out in public
E) Working from home now but do get out, learned how to deal with masks and being out in public
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My mom is still working from home and has been since March, will be working from home (so long as she's sill employed she recently got a voluntary severance package offer for all those 55 and up) until at least Jan 1st but she's learned how to deal with masks and being out in public, she along with one of my aunts and my uncle have been taking care of my other aunt for years. She'd fall into category E.
I fall into category D.
My husband falls into category C.
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Too many times people lump those working from home as NOT going out. You can in fact work from home and yet also be out in the world, you can be work from home and not go out at all, you can not hold a job and yet also be out in the world, you can not hold a job and not go out at all. Most of these decisions are personality-driven and responsibility-driven and by responsibility-driven I strictly mean caretakers not that not going out means you're responsibility-driven. It's not merely employment aspect-driven as that is clearly not driving the behaviors of people I know.