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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Fortunately, until now my familly, are not get sick from COVID-19. But, as a mother of three small children, I am worried about the future not only of my children, but for all children as well. Our children are not free to learn and play as they where before pandemic. Our children are more anxious, because we as parents are anxious as well. We are not able to obtain goods in order to meet our basic necessities. On the other hand, I feel strongly that life can not stop due to the pandemic. Every of us should learn to take care not only of himself but also for others.Everyone should learn express openly, thoughts, feelings and encourage our family, friends, etc to express their fears.We must find ways to communicate and respect each other.We should enhance solidarity and at least pray and wish for everyone to have every prosperity and health. Every day, this pandemic teaches me a lot of lessons about valuable human ethic values and the importance of solidarity and love. I wish everyone good luck and every prosperity. Best regards. [N.Z.] Greece
November 12, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I no longer go into Boston twice a week to do my job, i can't hug my parents or friends, my son moved to WY in September and I don't know when I'll see him again. Normally I would flown out there to visit him at least once by now. I miss going out to lunch and dinner with friends, I hate wearing a mask when I walk in the woods with people, I can't go running in the middle of the day or late morning because too many people are out walking so i have to super early to avoid them. I miss my co-workers; i work at a suicide prevention hotline and now we all work from home alone--it's hard not to have others around to lay a hand on your shoulder after a tough call or just have someone to talk to. I miss going to church in person, I am so sad that my family can't get together for thanksgiving and christmas, I worry all the time about getting this virus and how devastating it would be if one my adult kids got it and i couldn't be with them in the hospital if they were really sick. I miss reading books, i find my attention span is shot these days from the crazy news cycle that never seems to end.
November 13, 2020
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Piense en algo que ha cambiado muy dramáticamente en su vida desde el princípio de la pandemia de coronavirus. Cuéntenos sobre eso.
Algo que cambió radicalmente es que cuando tuve esa gripe fuerte me mudé a la casa de mi mamá y volví a ocupar mi habitación de cuando fui adolescente. Es raro estar cerca de la tercera edad y tener que mudarte al lugar donde fuiste joven, casi niña. Por momentos, lo siento como un retroceso. Como me quedé con una capacidad respiratoria limitada (no puedo subir gradas sin agitarme mucho) me he quedado aquí, porque la casa es de un solo piso. Eso me ha hecho pensar que cuando uno es mayor debería tener una casa de un solo piso. Uno cree que siempre va a tener la capacidad de subir unas cuantas gradas y no, esa capacidad se puede perder. Además, solo tengo las cosas indispensables conmigo. La mayoría de mis cosas se quedaron en la casa de mi hijo. Entonces, también me doy cuenta de lo fácil que es vivir con poco. A veces uno cree que necesita muchas cosas, pero no, con unas cuantas la vida continúa y no pasa nada, allí estás, respirando, viviendo. Espero volver pronto a la casa de mi hijo, donde vivo regularmente. Mientras sigo en este flashback de dependencia materna. Es raro, como una loca disrupción en el tiempo.
November 13, 2020
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Talk about how the events of recent months have affected either your work or your ability to work.
Work has been getting easier as we go further in the pandemic, as more people are becoming aware of what this is doing to our society.
November 13, 2020
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Describe an experience this week that made you happy.
3 things made me very happy this week - the outcome of the election in favor of Biden/Harris, the fact that Kamala Harris is the first woman, first Black woman and first Asian woman elected as a VP and the beautiful weather we have had since Friday. Walking around feeling light and happy this week!!
November 13, 2020
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Want to thank you for doing this. It helps getting all my negative feelings about this pandemic into words, which I don’t think I would do without this journal.
November 14, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I was identified as a close contact through work and sent home to quarantine today. This was the school’s first week on a hybrid learning plan, meaning children were in the building all week. I was not the only person sent home. I am waiting to hear from our county health department for next steps.
November 14, 2020
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Describe an experience this week that made you happy.
[K.] drew this in his notebook. I am so proud of him and of these masked warriors who are to lead our country. Amen.
November 15, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Yesterday was the first day I really felt that dread - that everyday is the same, COVID rut. I realize this is early because we have months left of this. As our area is seeing the surge I am less likely to go out for errands now. We were conservative throughout COVID so far and so we are pulling back even further now. It’s just depressing. But we won the election - that joy will continue to shine!!!
November 16, 2020
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Describe an experience this week that made you happy.
Our school district is revising its social studies curriculum and as a parent I am on the committee to determine what is implemented. It was a 2 hour zoom meeting and I left feeling so glad to part of this and I was really encouraged to see a group of intelligent and dedicated people on board. I love these kind of collaborations. I love that change can be made by the people that show up. These moments and projects will get me through the winter:)
November 16, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This week is the final week of my first semester of college. It was interesting to start college during a pandemic, but despite restrictions it worked out fairly well. My school has had very few cases. However, a just today the cases across the state have spiked which has caused the campus to go into a stricter lockdown. All food is now to be taken back to your room. The dining hall is eerily empty. All in person classes have been moved online, and the gym is closed. I think I would be bothered by this if it were earlier in the semester, but considering there are only five days left, it is not such a big deal.
November 16, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
We knew it would happen. The number of covid patients in the hospital has increased, several in critical care. The critical care doctors are asking for different treatments, all experimental, but more or less a desperate grasp at anything that might save a life. There is more data now than there was during the first surge, however, it is somewhat daunting to provide medication for a patient that you just have no idea if it will help or not. There are no absolutes with this. I guess this is what it was like with the plague, yellow fever, influenza, smallpox, polio, AIDS. Eventually, there is a treatment or a cure. But the toll until then is, unfortunately, unmerciful.
November 16, 2020
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Cuéntenos de algunas cosas que usted opina que han cambiado mucho en el mundo, desde que la pandemia de coronavirus empezó.
Según las noticias que nos llegan, España enfrenta un nuevo confinamiento debido a la segunda ola del COVID-19. De nuevo, parece ser, las condiciones del confinamiento son estrictas. Eso afectará mucho la economía. Incluso he leído que muchos españoles terminarán siendo mendigos. Así de grave se presenta la situación. En mi país la vida ha vuelto a ser relativamente "normal". Lo que ha cambiado radicalmente es que todos llevamos mascarillas y guardamos distanciamiento social en todas partes. Por todos lados encontramos frascos de gel de alcohol o alcohol y nos toman la temperatura. Además, muchas cosas puedes comprarlas sin salir de tu casa. Por ejemplo, en mi caso, las verduras del mercado nos las siguen llevando a la casa. Si vamos al mercado, entramos muy rápido, compramos y volvemos a salir, todo de forma muy rápida. Solamente salimos de casa si es necesario. Tratamos de no salir. Tengo la sensación de que en Europa les está yendo peor que aquí. No sé. Tal vez nosotros estamos acostumbrados a la muerte, a la falta de servicios de salud, a que nos lleve la chingada, pues. Así que ya no nos preocupamos tanto por cuántos están muriendo cada día por COVID-19. Como somos el tercer país al que más afecta el cambio climático, en este momento una tormenta tropical arrasó con todo en varios departamentos del país. Eso nos tiene entretenidos. Como el gobierno no ayuda para nada, la población provee de donaciones de alimentos, ropa, kits de limpieza, etc. Creo que lo que ha cambiado en el mundo es que la mayoría de personas han sentido en carne propia los efectos del cambio climático. El COVID-19 es una consecuencia del cambio climático. Por primera vez, todo el mundo se ve arrastrado al desastre por la decisiones ambientales que hemos tomado como seres humanos. Si no aprendemos de esta, no sé qué nos hará aprender.
November 16, 2020
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If you feel your mental health has changed since the pandemic started, talk a bit about how, and why.
Has anyone's mental health NOT suffered during this pandemic? Who hasn't experienced fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness, anger? It's been about 9 months since life was "normal." It's been 9 months since I ate in a restaurant, attended live services at my temple, or went shopping just for fun. It's been a year since I have seen my mom in person. I wear a mask for 8 hours a day. My mouth gets dry; my nose runs. There is no point in wearing makeup. No one can see my face. And just when I was starting to think that it was getting better, there is another surge.So yes, my mental health has changed. I am stressed, anxious, frustrated, depressed, angry, and very tired.
November 16, 2020
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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 experience that most comes to mind is my time in the Peace Corps when I lived in the mountains with a very basic life. I walked everywhere and there was not much else to do-- no restaurants, etc. I got used to spending time on my own, enjoying my own company and living a simple life. Life was precarious there so I also learned to rely on my neighbors and community. During that time I felt connected to larger processes of the world and nature-- lived through a hurricane among other things, and recognized how little we can control. A lot of that experience reminds me of these times we are living in right now. I'm definitely better able to cope because of having been in the Peace Corps.
November 17, 2020
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Talk about what you think the world will be like after the pandemic is over.
I think that it will take a long time for the world to go back to normal and I am not sure if it ever will. I think that people will become much more cautious of their symptoms and perhaps start wearing masks whenever they feel sick. Mask wearing is common in other cultures already, so it could also become common in American culture. I also think that it will take a long time for gatherings of large groups of people to occur. Events, such as concerts, will be postponed for years. People also have developed anxiety around large crowds due to the pandemic, so it will take a while for everyone to feel comfortable putting themselves in a big group of people again. The pandemic has introduced to us a new virtual world that we are now consumed in. We now use technology to communicate, learn, meet with others, and so much more. Although technology has always been a big part of our world, we have become dependent on it. Learning has now become completely virtualized, will younger students be able to transition to in person learning if they have only experienced online learning? We shall see. I also am concerned for the future of the arts. As a dancer who is majoring in dance, I am worried with how the arts will be able to survive through this pandemic. With Broadway closed until May and dance studios all over the country being forced to close due to loss of income, the dance industry and the arts overall is struggling. Performances are cancelled and it is uncertain when performances will be able to take place. Performances bring in money and without them the arts are not receiving the funding they need. I hope that once the pandemic is over, the arts can be celebrated in the way it deserves to be.
November 17, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Mental health during COVID I have felt so lucky that myself and close family have not contracted covid, however, another health issue has been silently taking over my life. I have struggled with depression and anxiety before the pandemic, but as the pandemic continues to take hold of our lives it has continued to worsen. Mental health has regularly been swept under the rug and ignored but in my experience, this awareness has been even more minimal. The anxiety, fatigue, sadness, and the constant weight of uncertainty has been overwhelming. The awareness is minimal and the outreach is simply just "its okay to feel this way". But where are the actual resources?? Out of five professors, only one offered potential extensions on assignments and shorten research papers. The usual research paper for the final assignment is 30 pages in length, given what is going on she shortened it to 15 pages. In my other two classes, the professors have kept the 35-page length of the research papers. I struggle with this because I do not want my education to suffer due to the pandemic. I am paying full-price for my classes still and I love what I am learning. But on the other hand, how am I supposed to put out good quality academic work while this is going on? I am struggling with my mental health. I do not admit this often and hate to say it when so many are dying from covid. but maybe admitting it is the best step forward.
November 17, 2020
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Many of us have experienced restrictions on movement and social contact during the pandemic. Talk about any restrictions that have especially affected you.
Ever since March, my primary contact has been with my cells. As a research assistant and graduate student, these stem cell-derived stem cells have taken up the majority of my time the last four years, but this year have truly kept me going. These cells have given me a sense of purpose on the days when I was scared to leave the house, or when I felt alone due to not being able to visit any of my support system. The contribution of these cells and the purpose they gave me during 2020 will be formally acknowledged in the doctoral thesis I submit next year, in all honesty.
November 17, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I found out that my sister has tested positive for coronavirus but is experiencing mild symptoms. That hits home because I think about the people who’s family members have died. It’s really bad out here as the number of cases keep increasing. I hope that people will do the right thing during the holidays. It’s really a time to be smart and sacrifice for the greater good.
November 17, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I am going hold from college in 1 week. I am from New York City, and I remember the worst of the pandemic because I was home for the whole time. Now in the city they are shutting down restaurants again and considering closing the public schools and it feels like were on our way to a second wave. It's weird to have been at college and been in a sort of bubble, and now I'm heading back to one of the epicenters of the second wave. Now every day I'm going to think about putting my family in danger every time I go outside, while at college I wasn't really worried about putting anyone at risk. Additionally, as we register for class for second semester, I'm starting to worry about whether or not we'll be able to come back to school in February.
November 17, 2020