Can we stop disagreeing about corona?

In the beginning of corona, when no soul knew what we were dealing with, everyone stayed inside and didn't make a sound. Yes, there was indeed a lone person who said that the virus came from Bill Gates, but everyone still laughed about it together. After two months, that sense of togetherness was gone. Even if you agreed with something, you also disagreed with something else. We are almost a year later and I am so incredibly fed up.

And I'm not talking about the measures or whether you should follow them or not, I'm completely done with having to talk about it non-stop. It seems to have become a specialty to have an opinion about it. At home, at work, with friends, on TV. Last night I watched Op1, where virologist Marion Koopmans was present. She listed the findings from her trip to Wuhan, without her opinion or other nonsense in between. But the direction managed to edit it in such a way that the flared nostrils of opinion pollster Maurice de Hond came in between, making you know that he had an opinion about it. Annoying, but that's my opinion. And that's exactly what we don't want to hear anymore.

I prefer to watch only the Eight O'Clock News and occasionally a bit of Nieuwsuur. Simply because I know that people don't have as many opinions as they do at talk shows at the table. In the past, everyone used to say: what you think should be reported to the police. I would almost want to do that now, only people nowadays also have opinions about the police. And so it seems to me to be adding fuel to the fire.

It would be so nice to make an agreement. That we just say from now on: you can think what you think and I can too, but let's not talk about it anymore. It's better for peace of mind, it's better for your stress level, and it's especially safer in how you think about someone. Unintentionally, all kinds of judgments get stuck in your head because of those opinions, and you really don't want that. At least I don't.

In 2021, we keep what we think to ourselves. Whether we get a shot from the GGD or not, whatever you want – I don't want to know in any case. And we find each other much more enjoyable again. God, that sounds so nice to me.