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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."

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

"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."

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

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

""It has never been entirely hopeless."

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

"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."

"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'."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"We really missed our friends!"

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