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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I hate COVID. I am back to being scared and angry again. The UK lifted the social distancing at the same time cases are rising and parties are happening and track and trace is going crazy. Someone told me that they went to a party hosted by an Embassy and it was as if COVID didn't exist anymore. No masks. No distancing. And getting 'pinged' was normal -- the ambassador in the end was unable to attend because of that. And here I am in the heat, wearing a mask when I am close to people and when I go into any store. I am watching the news and fearful again about my family catching the Delta variant, as some are vulnerable. I am scared for myself as someone who wants to also get pregnant. I am scared for humanity in general. I know the last two years have been hard, they have been hard for me too. But I also want to be safe. I also don't want to worry about my family. I want to be able to see them....
July 23, 2021
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What do you think history books will say about this time? In your view, what's most important for them to include?
History books will have various accounts about this pandemic period. If you are reading a political history book, it got Biden elected. If the book writer is from the health profession, this period is one of the most devastating catastrophes in terms of human life. In an economic book, it is the cause of the near collapse of the economies of most countries in the world. If the writer is a religious fanatic, the writer will say that we are being punished by God. In my view, the book should include the following: 1) history of the origin of the the pandemic, particularly how it started and spread to the entire world, 2) the reaction of world leaders, the policies and procedures they took, 3) controversies of world leader actions, 4) responses of people all over the world - much like what this journal documents, 5) what it took to eradicate the pandemic.
July 23, 2021
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Has anything in your life or experience prepared you for a time like this? If so, tell us about it.
The years of early motherhood prepared me for isolation. I was the only stay-at-home-mom in my neighborhood, and my husband worked full-time. I often spent 8-10 hours alone, without speaking or interacting with other people. I became very depressed. In that way, the isolation of lockdown felt familiar, so I know how to keep busy with projects at home. I also have my husband and son (now 21) at home with me, so even though i can't see friends or go anywhere, at least I'm not entirely alone.
July 23, 2021
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Has the pandemic changed the way you think or feel about "home"? If so, how? Consider uploading a photograph to help show what you mean.
Home? Post pandemic? Grandchildren are in mind My home is in their hearts We paint long distance Sent an easel Each new painting Sent to us Wallpapers The home in my heart!
July 23, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
July 23, 2021
July 23, 2021
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Talk about anyone you're especially worried about during the pandemic, and what you’re worried about.
Something worrisome now is we are having a drought and a heat wave. Weve gone from a state of emergency of the pandemic to replacing it with wild fires. The province is on fire right now … a whole town burnt down s week ago.i tell you its been one thing after another this last 18 months. All the bad things going on: 1. Overdose crisis 2. Covid pandemic 3. Terrible smoke in august 2020 due to wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon 4. Moths by the 1000’s 5. Drought in July 2021 6. BC Wildfires in 2021 Its bad having to deal with so many things at once.
July 23, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The COVID pandemic continues to effect my daily working life as I find myself more anxious when I'm around patients/coworkers who have I know have chosen not to get the vaccine. It's hard for me to understand why they make their choices. I want to believe that they have the right to make their own choice, however I become uncomfortable/fearful that their decisions will impact my safety and the spread of the disease. Also- in planning my wedding, I'm also uncomfortable that I have two guests who are refusing to get vaccinated. I don't believe that the vaccine is perfect, but I believe in the science and this is the best means that we have right now to fight this virus.
July 24, 2021
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Talk about whatever else is on your mind today.
This week it's my birthday and it will be my second pandemic birthday. Compared to others, I feel thankful - despite the pandemic, I have gotten to spend them with my family by taking the proper safety measures ahead of time. It also helps that my parents live in the middle of nowhere and do not have close contact with others. But I digress. A few years ago, I started this tradition of writing myself a letter on my actual birthday. The letter tone varies - sometimes (like last year), I scolded myself - saying "it's time to start thinking long term" and other letters I've given myself grace "you are doing so well." I've even started thinking of these letters as my "mid-year check-in" - how am I doing compared to my New Year's resolutions? Have I completely missed the mark? Am I on track? Since we did a mini-celebration last night (my family has an unusual amount of July birthdays), I've been musing what letter I will write to myself this year. I suspect after this past week, I will try to be kinder to myself. This pandemic has taught me to be grateful for what I have. But I'll let you know at some point what I end up writing. ;)
July 26, 2021
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Talk about whatever else is on your mind today.
The new variant terrifies me. I am scared for our children who are largely unvaccinated. I am nervous about the efficacy of the existing vaccines in protecting us. I personally know (vaccinated) people who have gotten sick with COVID-19. I have this pit in my stomach thinking about this next wave. My sister just graduated from Nursing school and is still in orientation for her first job. I fear for her mental health and for her life. I know what it was like to be a PT during the pandemic and I can’t imagine being in Nursing. I will continue to social distance and mask in preparation for this next wave. I think this pandemic has brought out the best and worst in people. Selfishness runs deep in this country. May god protect us all.
July 26, 2021
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Talk about whatever else is on your mind today.
I have spent a good part of my adult life in a caregiving role. First: we cared for my husband's parents for five years. They lived in our home. My mother-in-law had Alzheimer's and that is the very worst case scenario in terms of caregiving. After a five year hiatus, we care for my parents for seven years They also lived in our home., My dad was a gad about and we took him everywhere with us. My husband and I had virtually no private life. Now I am caring for my husband. We are isolated by his illness because he is very disabled now, making it almost impossible to go anywhere. His illness is terminal. Frankly, covid, quarantine - all of that - is secondary to caregiving. We were isolated and alone before Covid hit the world. The main change for us was the fact that we had no caregivers to help me for 5 months at the beginning of the pandemic. Now caregivers are back, and so my life as caregiver is very similar to previous spans of time when I performed a similar role. Of course, the person I am now caring for is my spouse. That does make things different - Grief as I face his slow decline is something I did not experience when taking care of parents and in-laws. Covid is just another caregiving challenge for me - not something new under the sun.
July 27, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This week marked another first in my coronavirus life - seeing my cousin for the first time in twenty months. Since the pandemic started, she has vigorously maintained social distancing due to her boyfriend having type I diabetes. At times, it has been frustrating - we've invited her to family gatherings (small ones in which you needed a recent negative COVID test) which she turned down and earlier in the summer, her boyfriend had a health scare that prevented her from attending. In short, I thought it may be two years before I saw her again. Unfortunately, my time with her was cut short this weekend due to a work emergency. Back in June, I've noticed that I have begun experiencing symptoms of burnout and I had looked forward to a three day weekend to spend with her. But that was not to be - with my boss out and this work emergency having the CEO's attention - I missed my own birthday dinner. I felt incredibly guilty about it - I cherish the time I spend with my family - one silver lining of this pandemic. I worry that I haven't been able to spend as much time with my family this past month as I had hoped. I worry that I have worked too much and have not accomplished the things that I wanted to. Naturally, I have this realization as my time here in Kentucky comes to an end. It's always at the end when we look back and think "there was another choice, I could have done that differently." So, at the moment, I am feeling forlorn for the past three weeks - where have they gone? And what have I accomplished in that time?
July 27, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Feeling like I have a cold or the flu or covid Took a test and it came back negative. What a time we live in where anytime I get sick I automatically think, oh no what if it is covid? I worry about if I pass it on to others. Even though I had Covid back in March 2020, then the vaccine in March 2021, I often wonder, can I truly not get it again? How has this impacted my abilities as a student? As an athlete, as a teacher? Would I be different if I didn't have Covid in the first place? All in all, I am forever grateful that I got the vaccine because that negative test means I am a lot safer without a mask than I thought. I almost feel like it is wrong to go outside without a mask and yet here I am vaccinated going around without one.
July 27, 2021
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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
No pude escribir la semana pasada porque estuve muy enferma. Me diagnosticaron linfedema en ambas piernas, pero la izquierda estaba peor. Me asusté mucho porque la piel exudaba agua, dejaba un charquito de agua al tener la pierna suspendida en algún lugar. Tuve que buscar asistencia médica, pero no llevé a mi mamá para evitar que se contagiara. He buscado lugares de atención médica con mucha ventilación y pocas personas para evitar la creciente ola de coronavirus que ataca el país. Tenemos 2000 casos diarios en el país. La buena noticia es que mi mamá recibió la segunda vacuna de Astrazeneca. Dentro de unas semanas estará con mayor protección. La recuperación del linfedema ha estado dura. Tenía agua hasta en los pulmones. Hay días que me duele respirar. La mala noticia: tenía un trabajo contra el tiempo que no he podido realizar por estos problemas y la entidad se niega a suspender mi contrato. Una pelea que terminará mal. Supongo que esa es la ventaja de los países desarrollados: te enfermas, te suspenden, tienes buena atención médica y no tienes que pelearte con tus empleadores. De balde decir que estoy cansada, duermo hasta 11 horas. Y pensar que antes tenía insomnio. El médico que me atendió me dijo que no puedo vacunarme. Mi hermano y su pareja ya fueron llamados para vacunarse, lo harán mañana. Mi prima, de 33 años, se vacunó hoy porque abrieron esa posibilidad para funcionarios públicos. Esta prima tuvo una nena de forma prematura, el 11 de julio. La atendieron en un hospital público y le salvaron la vida tanto a ella como a la bebé. Un excelente trabajo. Tengo que decirlo y agradecerlo. La bebé está en una incubadora en ese hospital. Todos deseamos fervientemente que logre crecer y quedarse.
July 27, 2021
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Here in Europe, they've gotten very creative with hand sanitizer. You see these everywhere, at airports, stores, public places, restrooms. It's obviously for the public good, but it's nice that it's simply integrated and accessible everywhere, to help people keep other people and themselves safe.
July 27, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
7/20 Average cases in my county last 7 days: 10. Test positivity rate 1.86%. Cases per 100K people 5.87. County beds used 3.38% hospital, 9.56% ICU. S first normal workday back in the office. I was lonely but did ok. 7/21 S first day back at the gym. Average cases last 7 ds: 11. Test positivity rate 2.16%. Cases per 100K people 6.83. County beds used 3.54% hospital, 10.11% ICU. 7/22/21 Average cases last 7 days: 10, dropped. Test positivity rate 2.22%. Cases per 100K people 6.95. County beds used 3.71% hospital, 11.14% ICU. 7/23/21 Had to get up early for s gym Exhausted. Squabble about masks. Just feel overwhelmed. T's wife is doing worse and talking to him was tiring. Average cases last 7 days: 13. Test positivity rate 2.28%. Cases per 100K people 7.79. County beds used 3.92% hospital, 12.07% ICU. 7/24/21 Beautiful sweet shabbat together County beds used 4.16% hospital, 12.83% ICU. My synagogue had cautiously started having preplated communal food at lunchtime (kiddush) after services but no longer for now. I don't actually understand people wanting to go sit in a room together and sing, even masked, when unvaccinated children are present, given the level of community transmission. Y who is a doctor posts on Facebook that delta variant can be transmitted in 5-10 seconds and you can transmit it outside. A public health official friend tells me to stop trying to impose my own risk thresholds because the local health department will close the pool if it's not safe. 7/26/21 Average cases last 7 days: 16. Test positivity rate 2.28%. Cases per 100K people 8.15. County beds used 4.67% hospital, 14.01% ICU. 7/27/21 Pain group crowded, lot of hard stuff for folks Average cases last 7 days: 16. Test positivity rate 2.63%. Cases per 100K people 9.47. County beds used 4.94% hospital, 14.18% ICU.
July 28, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Well, nothing happened too much other than my daughter getting her COVID booster two days ago but I do have some thoughts… So today the CDC has backtracked their “you don’t need to wear a mask indoors if you are vaccinated” advice because infection rates and hospitalizations have spiked due to low vaccination rates in many places of the USA due to the Delta variant taking over. So a lot of unvaccinated people took advantage of the previous recommendation and now the whole country is paying the price. In my province, 80% have had their first vaccination while 57% have had their second booster. So while we are seeing some increase in overall new cases, it’s minuscule compared to the increase seen to the south of us in the States. This tells me two things- 1. Overall, there are a lot of idiots/poorly informed people in the USA. This is slowing down getting past the pandemic in North America. This has helped confirmed to me that I no longer want to support that country via purchases or tourism dollars in the future. 2. Unlike the polio epidemic, there is a lack of public feeling that as a cohesive whole, we can beat COVID by getting everyone possible vaccinated. What’s happened other than a whole lot of misinformation out there to cause this? Or are people getting less concerned overall about their community as time goes on? This is a truly nasty virus. It’s not going away any time soon and if more people will admit that and act appropriately, we may make some more headway. Vaccinations and continuing to have public health measures in place are the only way the world community is going to get over this, despite the fact some people think wishing it away is going to help.
July 28, 2021
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For some people, past experiences of stress, trauma, or loss are affecting their ability to deal with the challenges caused by the pandemic. If this is part of your experience, talk about it here.
I have had trauma in the past and i have had stress as well. currently i think right now it is the stress of things that are going on right now. Stress of money, stress of traveling to my internship site, stress of wear and tear on the car, stress of finding a place to stay for a couple of nights a week every week until next year at about this time, the stress of finding the money to pay for it. All of this is making it hard for me to cope with or even desiring to cope with it.
July 28, 2021
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Describe an experience this week that made you happy.
I'm on vacation this week with my husband, in Bandon Oregon. I noticed a temporary sign on the beach loop that said Circles in the Sand. I had recently read about this. It's an occasional thing that a few people do, I guess as an act of love. They create beautiful meditation labyrinths. As I arrived, the man who had drawn it was leaving with his tools. He said it was still walkable, so we scooted down & walked the beautiful moving meditation before it flowed out into the Pacific. What serendipity! Meaningful minutes without a thought of the pandemic.
July 28, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The numbers keep going up in my state. I have a friend who is an administrator at our local hospital and she keeps going on the news to tell people how bad the situation is at the hospital. The nurses and doctors are burned out, many nurses have already quit because they don't want to deal with the Covid chaos anymore--particularly because so many of their patients now have refused to get the vaccine and are in active denial about Covid in general. The CDC is supposed to reverse course today and recommend even vaccinated people wear masks indoors. I've been going in to my office a couple of days a week and almost nobody else in my office wears masks. I'm hoping when I go back in later this week, I'll see more people wearing masks. My son is in daycare and can't get a vaccine yet. With so many people acting as though the pandemic is over and the numbers going up every week, I keep second guessing whether to keep my son in daycare. We kept him home for more than a year, and it took a significant toll on me, my son, and my husband. How do you weigh mental health against physical health? For the love of god, when will my son be able to get the vaccine so we can all feel just a little bit safe?
July 29, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I’m baaack! I haven’t written in a while as I have been enjoying a lower risk summer here in NJ - a place that often gets trashed but leaves me so so grateful for it’s culture that is more inclusionary and fact-based than so many other places right now. So. I am writing as this is a very, very specific moment in the pandemic. This week the culture has shifted once again as Delta is here threatening everyone’s piece of mind. Masks are back (I never stopped using one in public indoor spaces). I have started to let one or two family friend’s unvaccinated children stay here inside over the summer. My nearly 11 year old child (so close to being eligible!!) is not vaccinated so I have always been wary. We have one month of summer to get through. My anxiety is way up. Camps are emailing saying everyone needs to mask, school board meetings are suddenly interesting again. All of it. Yesterday, I went to the doc for a routine exam. A young woman was in the waiting room. The admin comes out to say to ask her if she had been vaccinated (she was not). Therefore with her symptoms she had to go outside as sick patients were not having in person appointments. She needed to go to do a tele health visit from her car. She also had to be told to put her mask up. You could feel the mood in the room change. I was silently furious and the judgement vibes were very real. She went outside and the staff was visibly upset. One staffer come out and Lysoled the entire reception area saying she was doing it for us but that everyone’s health mattered. 5 min later a man walks in comes to the desk. No mask. He is asked is he has a mask. “No.” The sign on the door says wear one - with a picture. He was unapologetic. They gave him a mask. In the exam room, the nurse and I chatted - shared frustrations. We waited to take my blood pressure thinking it would be higher. I am so furious at the people putting my family at risk. FURIOUS. People of the future - if you read this - know that in 2021 you still can’t fix stupid.
July 29, 2021