The experience of the lockdowns that took place in western Europe over the course of 2020 and 2021 was broadly similar for the Work-From-Home class. Sure, each country lent its own characteristics to restrictions. France bureaucratised virtually all movement with a complex certification system; the Dutch government advised single people to find a “sex buddy” during the periods of national house arrest.
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