I agree with Boynton. You are going to hear doom and gloom, epic, end of the world crying from people in Costa Rica right now.

Keep in mind three things.
1. Costa Rica is experiencing the first instance of COVID challenging the treatment capacity of local hospitals.
2. Unlike in the United States, vaccinations are not yet available for the general public in Costa Rica.
3. Covid is exploding throughout the Spanish speaking world in Latin America.

So, for many people the shit is real now. It's no longer just about the job losses and lockdown stress.

The possibility of the actual disease impacting your own family or someone you know is very real. There is also a shortage of vaccine and possibility a shortage of ICU beds.

So, people are going to change their opinions and/or panic as they come into personal contact for the first time.

Of course this entire mess is because of Semana Santa. Happy Easter everyone. que dios le bendiga

Semana Santa didn't help I'm sure...but the variants are probably the issue. They spread a lot easier and can be more severe. They are sweeping the world.

And it's bad news. Because the methods that half worked before work a lot less now. Keeping people apart does work...but it's hard to do.

I'm not counting on being able to travel to CR for a few months...basically until vaccines are widely administered there. For all of you that have not had vaccinations...take care.

I think lockdowns will be geared toward locals.

If you look at the exemptions to the closures for May 3-9 it is obvious they are targeting locals and trying to not impact the recovery of the tourism industry. The only restaurants that are allowed to be open are those inside hotels. Same for swimming pools and gyms. The only shops to be open are those at airports. The strategy does fit with the fact infections are coming from locals not tourists.

I know this will get a lot of your panties all up in a wad, but I call BS on Covid. I am not saying there is not a virus and that it is not dangerous for the elderly with other major health issues... Buuuut... is that reason to absolutely kill our economies and cause rampant poverty in an already callous world?
For the general population: it is basically the flu with about the same mortality rate. People do die from the flu. Sometimes 100s of thousands and more.
All the numbers are padded. If I am 90 and have a heart condition and hyper-tension and die with covid in my body, did I necessarily die of covid, or is my death just listed as such?
Here in Costa Rica for example, the gov't is saying there are currently like 2100 new cases daily. How in the hell do they know this as it would require testing over 5,00 people daily. Does anyone really think they are testing, or even capable of testing so many people on a daily basis here in Costa Rica? I don't and after almost 14 months of this super deadly, super contagious virus I still know of NO ONE who has even had it much less died from it. They are blaming ALL current financial issues on Covid when they existed long before. A pLandemia in which those making the restrictions and forcing our businesses to close are ALL still receiving their paychecks.
This is all about submission via fear and control of the masses while decimating the middle class.
Use something besides Google for your search engines as it is censoring the truth about so many things and stop believing what the msm is feeding you. Do some research and open your eyes as we are being misled, misinformed, censored and uninformed.