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Have you not heard of the lockdowns here in Europe?

In Spain we were forced inside for 2 months, and then forced to wear masks at all times in public - indoors and outdoors.

The police got a free pass to beat and arrest people with the excuse of masks or curfew: https://elpais.com/espana/2021-03-28/la-policia-investiga-a-...

I got banned from some subreddits just for posting that, because it's become such a political issue in the US.

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I don't think there's a country wearing masks in Europe as much as Spain did (visited many times during the last 1.5 yrs) but it doesn't translate well with infection numbers compared to other EU countries that had lax or non existant rules regarding masks.

And don't forget that all of this was ruled illegal a year later. All fines reimbursed, but who gives us back the time that was stolen from us?

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