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Title: Social distancing
Date: 06-03-2021
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This evening I've chatted with some users on SDF - it's always strange and
interisting to talk to someone from far away. Our is perhaps the first
generation to have such an opportunity and not recognize it would be a shame.
Sure, in the end the discussion wasn't particularly enlightening - but it's
quite useful to feel part of something bigger during this period.

Little update on Covid: the numbers are unfortunately increasing. Many areas
are turning "red". Some require a total general lockdown - it'd be the third
one since the outbreak. From my point of view one of the biggest issue is the
people's distrust of the vaccines. No good.

Social distancing is working. I mean - its side effects are very evident. I
haven't see any of my friends in months. Some of them have suffered heavily
from the health and economic effects. As for me, I can only confess that I 
suffered a good blow: last year was probably the heaviest of my life. But as
the old sage says: "When you hit rock bottom the only way to go is up".
Sometimes we have to fight against the current to get our life back. And we
have no other choice: even and especially on dark days, when nothing seems
possible, when both the mind and the body tell us to give up, it is in those
moments that we grow as human beings.

Guys don't be shy: I'd greatly appreciate your feedback. Feel free to contact
me at davidemitoli@sdf.org