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"Our Federal government's response has been not just inconsistent but absolutely contradictory at times and continues to be so."

"To see the strength, resilience and determination that all the hospital staff have shown made my admiration grow for them immensely."

"Whether the scare tactics were necessary remains to be asked. People behaved reasonably and disciplined."

"Witnessing the actions of the key global political actors, I cannot imagine long-term positive effects."

"My greatest challenge during this time was to have to be a teacher! I really see this job differently now."

"Many people from the Czech Republic had gone skiing in Italy and Austria. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the whole thing started here as well."

"It will eventually all be fine, only different. "

"Now, however, I can see how fragile everything is and how superficially we might have lived. "

"The deceleration, that this crisis has brought into our lives, will have positive effects on the environment at least for a short period of time."

"Seeing how governments in other countries reacted in the wrong way, it was not easy to correctly assess the situation in good time."

""It has never been entirely hopeless."

"What I missed the most was simply going out for a carefree drink after work, or enjoying the spring sun in a park."

"I'm not at all afraid of the corona crisis. In Austria there is a saying: 'If you've died from fear, you're also dead'."

"How remarkable it can be to see people with masks everywhere, knowing that it is a kind of protective weapon in a fight with something unknown."

"Do I believe that the pandemic will change our future? I hope it does!"

"How long will our lives be taken hostage by the virus? How many months? Years even? Life is not infinite."

"I hope that the pandemic will teach our society to become more generous, supportive, and have a greater degree of empathy. "

"The biggest challenge for me was to buy groceries as they were expensive due to the shortage of supplies."

"The epigenetic memories of this period will infiltrate our collective memory forever."

"I hope that there won't be any new national egotisms and countries walling themselves off, especially within the EU."

"The speed in which life as we knew it changed completely is still stupefying to me."

"We really missed our friends!"