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We’re seeing dramatic differences in rates of COVID infection, illness, and death in different places. What do you think about these differences?
I think we have too many individuals who either can’t or won’t get out if their own way, and who are making selfish decisions. People who are blowing in the wind trapped by an invisible net of fear which is clouding their judgement. It’s not necessarily a new phenomenon, but unfortunately has either become more visible, or more acceptable in the last 4 years. No one likes what’s happening, the world has turned upside but it could be much worse. And it could be much better... unlike our forebears who had no clue how the plague spread... we now know... it’s airborne... so wear a mask, wash with soap, don’t touch your face, social distance. Those are actually pretty simple things to do. We don’t have to sterilize clothing, fumigate rooms, boil water, avoid certain foods, use harsh chemicals to wash with, or keep temperature or humidity at certain levels. With all the problems in the world, all the evil to be overcome, all the opportunities to shine why would anyone chose to expend so much energy creating chaos. We’ve seen the videos of those refusing to wear a mask for a few minutes in a store. Why take it out on employees just doing their job, or the companies open for your convenience, that are there providing a service to you? How about a little gratitude and respect for these people as well was health care workers who you will then expect to cure you should you fall ill. Instead of pushing boundaries and screaming personal freedom we should be comforting each other and asking how can I help make it better?
December 9, 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.
In the past three weeks, we've been on partial lock down. This mean that we need to limit movement outside, have no contacts out of our household and also, for me, being a teacher, that I need to stay at home and work online. It feels bad to be seeing my young students on a screen, struggling with keyboards and bad connections but it also is the highlight of my day. We joke a lot and I can tell they're happy to see me and their classmates. I can't help but feel blissful at all the benefits this situation generates for me: it saves me a two-hour per day commute, throat fatigue, mask fatigue and worrying about getting infected, when working at a school with 250 other people. I see friends online, or very rarely, one of them might break the rules and risk a 300 euro fine to come visit. The weather is still fairly warm, so we can sit at the balcony and pretend that nothing's wrong. Those are the best hours of the week-there's a mixture of excitement, pure joy for being able to meet and gratitude, but we also tend to look over our shoulders. Nothing is unadulterated from worry.
December 9, 2020
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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
Se acercan las fiestas y con la cuarentena obligatoria finalizada la gente abunda por las calles. Estoy haaaaarta de la frase "Ya se levantó todo" como si eso significara que el virus desapareció del universo. Es molesto que no les importe, pero más molesto es aún que quieran molestar o estigmatizar a aquellos que aún quieren mantener las distancias y la higiene propia o los objetos que nos rodean, como si fuera una "moda pasada". Nos tratan de "miedosos", cuando en realidad solo nos cuidamos pensando en alguien, como si les afectara que el resto se cuide mientras ellos no. No los entiendo. Lo peor de todo es que lo tengo que aguantar entre mi propia familia. "Ya se levantó todo" "¿Ah todavía usan barbijo?" "Ah pero ellos no usan, ¿Había que usar el barbijo?" NO, NO SE LEVANTÓ TODO, SOLO LEVANTARON LA CUARENTENA OBLIGATORIA PARA AQUELLOS QUE NECESITAS SALIR A TRABAJAR O TERMINAR SUS ESTUDIOS, EL BARBIJO Y EL LAVADO DE MANOS TIENE QUE SEGUIR. Lo quisiera gritar a los 4 vientos, pero también sé que es en vano hacerlo porque total.... "se levantó todo".
December 11, 2020
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En su opinión, ¿cree que los recientes acontecimientos han cambiado como las personas de todo el mundo ven a su país? Si es así, ¿puede dar unos ejemplos?
Con la pandemia ha quedado en evidencia lo abandonado que están algunos lugares. Desde la falta de un insumo tan básico para un hospital como lo es el ALCOHOL, hasta la precariedad de muchos trabajos y escuelas, dónde es más fácil despedir empleados y atrasar en sus estudios a estudiantes de todas las modalidades a que realicen sus actividades desde la comodidad de su hogar o de un simple dispositivo móvil. Hoy más que nunca quedó en evidencia lo alejados que están muchos de la tecnología, que digo tecnología, quedaron en evidencia la cantidad de estudiantes y empleados que no tiene ni luz eléctrica en sus hogares. Son pocos quienes pudieron pasar la Cuarentena con esas oportunidades, el resto como siempre, fuera del sistema. ¿La solución del gobierno? Apps para pedir ayudar ¡JA! Si tuvieran luz podría tal vez con suerte mandarte un mensaje de texto señor presidente. Falta conectividad, faltan insumos, faltan muchas personas en el sistema de registro nacional de personas, sin luz ni agua no esperen "Home Office" ni "Virtual School". NI HABLAR de los trámites o consultas de los pobres jubilados! Y otra vez el presidente y sus soluciones: una aplicación. Por favor, coherencia.
December 11, 2020
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Cuéntenos, ¿cómo cree que será el mundo después de que pase la pandemia del coronavirus?
El mundo no creo q cambie demasiado, hay demasiada codicia, abaricia, corrupción y egoismo. Lo q se es q mi mundo y el de la gente q tengo cerca ya no sera igual. Las prioridades cambiaron totalmente para mi... Ya no volvere a posponer una visita, una salida, un viaje, un abrazo... Nada de lo q estoy limitada a hacer ahora. Y trasmitire lo mismo a mi hija, mi aprendizaje sera tambien de ella y de las personas q esten en contacto conmigo. Nos concientizamos en ese sentido
December 11, 2020
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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?
I think that history books will describe this period in history as horrible. Trump plus Covid equals horror. I hope that history books can be honest and not be afraid to print the truth. Trump has turned good people, mainly politicians, into scared, weak people. Maybe by the time history books for this time are printed, Trump will be long forgotten. One can only hope.
December 11, 2020
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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?
I am curious about how history will treat this time. I only learned about the 1918 Flu epidemic sometime in the 1990's through watching old video tapes of Upstairs Downstairs. It was only when this pandemic really descended that the 1918 Flu seemed to become more commonly written and spoken about. I hope that this pandemic is more commonly known in the future, especially the lessons that I hope we learn from it. First of all, the number of deaths we have experienced during this pandemic should be known, and emphasized, especially the suffering that people experienced. I also hope that the heroics of frontline workers is written about, and how many of them also lost their lives treating people who were sick. The economic suffering should be written about - the loss of jobs and homes, the increased number of people who experienced food insecurity, and how people of color and poor people were most adversely impacted. I hope that included in that writing is the fact that in the US, Congress acted initially to lessen the blow to people who lost their jobs and then were unable to come to an agreement, and the suffering that this caused. Any studies about the impact of social distancing and lockdowns on society, particularly children, should be included in historical perspectives of this pandemic. I hope that comparative studies about children's learning and socialization are included. If the pandemic permanently alters the behaviors of people within each society, that should also be known. Last but not least, I hope that historians of the future compare and contrast how different countries responded to the impact, and how these responses determined how much the population of each country were impacted by the pandemic. In looking at this, they should also explore the amount of false information that was present during the pandemic and how this shaped how people responded to restrictions and recommendations put in place. I certainly hope that another pandemic like this one does not occur any time in the future, but if it does, I do hope that the hard lessons learned during this pandemic shape the decisions of the future.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Anxiety seems higher as cases, hospitalizations, and deaths surge. We stay home almost all the time and mask/distance when we do have to go out and I am still anxious about being exposed. I started tracking daily cases/deaths (USA, state, and county) in my planner a few months ago. I absorb information best when I am able to write it down and it's been a way to try to just take a moment and pay attention to the suffering and loss in that simple act. The reality is sometimes too big or hard to really understand, though; my own family has had only one very mild case in mid-summer and we have been lucky that all working family members are in essential worker positions (nurse, CNA, airport security), able to work from home (tech field), or in the military. The rest of us are retired. Every single one of us has some kind of co-morbidity or are in a "vulnerable" group. Our family has been very, very lucky...but I am still waiting on that shoe to drop when one of us isn't so fortunate.
December 11, 2020
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What has changed most about the world since the pandemic began?
The only thing I hear on the television is corona. It seems like everyhting has been paused, but has it really? Nobody is trying to stop any war, people are still dying every day, people are loosing their jobs, immigrants and refuges are still looking for asylums, the power of the police is growing every day, the banks still demand the loans of the unpaid and unemployed people. So, TO ALL GOVERNMENTS, if you want the world to pause, then pause everything, not just the things that work for you.
December 11, 2020
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Would you describe yourself as someone who’s healthy at this point in your life? Why or why not? If this has changed due to the pandemic, talk about what’s changed.
I have been overweight most of my adult life. As I aged the family inherited illnesses kicked in: diabetes ( because Native Hawaiian) and adult onset asthma. I also have high triglycerides like my dad and thyroid issues like my mom. Exercising is not my favorite activity but I had found something I liked to do on a weekly basis, and it was just enough to keep me mobile and free of aches and pains. My illnesses do not overly effect my life at this time, I can still do everything I like to do, and I am fine as long as I take my meds and eat in a health manner. COVID-19 made my exercise program inaccessible and I have been slow to find a replacement. We try to walk the dogs for 30 minutes everyday and most days we manage it. But I have aches and cramps I never use to have and I am not as limber as I once was. So I would say my physical health is declining due to lack of activity.
December 11, 2020
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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
Se levanta la cuarentena obligatoria en Argentina, abrieron muchos lugares de ocio como bares y restaurant entre otros. Así que, algunos compañeros de trabajo decidieron que era bueno salir a tomar algo, luego de dos semanas cedí a la insistencia de algunos. El problema no era solo el salir a un lugar público a beber algo, sino el hecho de tener que movilizarme a la ciudad vecina. Todo el tiempo me sentí bien, tranquila, me sentía segura de las medidas que había tomado para protegerme y cuidar también a mis acompañantes; pero debo admitir que sufrí mucha ansiedad al ver tantas personas en un mismo lugar sin barbijos y movilizandosé por el local tocando todo y no sanitizarse después. La mayoría jóvenes adultos. Esas circunstancias me hacen pensar, si sólo yo me cuido... ¿qué tan útil me resulta cuidarme si todos a mi alrededor no lo hacen? Es difícil evitar algo cuando todos los demás no dan algo de sí para ayudar.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
We are trying to face the situation with humor, but really our patience is running out. Today I found out that 15 people have already booked their vaccines, in order to participate in the reality "survivor"............I mean, come on, people. A 37 year old nurse died yesterday without even having the chance to be treated in the ICU. The police are hitting and insulting people whenever they get the chance to. The government must be joking, really.
December 11, 2020
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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?
I’m really fearful about the history books. It looks like there will so many versions of the truth to be remembered. The pandemic and the politics of the day will be intertwined, since one can hardly think about the pandemic and not regard the ways it was mishandled by a self serving president who cares nothing about his populace and the fragil political world in our democracy. Unfortunately there are some members of a phony press that will continue long after a new president is inaugurated and continue to follow a failed president in the aftermath. There will be history books that largely blame the POTUS for extent of the effects of Covid on our society, medically, economically and politically. And there will be the books which portray the president as the unfortunate victim of a democratic hoax perpetrated on Trump and making him the hero of the year. Our wonderful communication systems have allowed a plethora of “news” sources to develop and widely broadcast information that is erroneous, misinterpreted and just plain laden with lies and imagined hoaxes. This freedom of press is a very dangerous thing when it is evident that we are an undiscerning public who might believe anything. I’d say that our school systems have fail d to educate people. People evidently don’t question the validity or the quality of their chosen news sources or their history books. We ought to be more aware of the fact that on line and on tv material should be tested for truth and validity. Unfortunately the end result of the power of this dreadful president may rely on the result of a runoff election of two Georgia senators. The history books may be greatly influenced by this race. If the Democrats win, Joe Biden will have a better chance of fixing some of the wrongs done in the Trump years. If the Republicans win Biden will be stymied by his senate and it will fortify Trump republicans for the future and a possible run for the presidency in four years. History is being written as we watch it day by day. That very fact increases my anxiety and makes me feel impotent. What can be done to right the wrongs of the last four years? Are we as Americans wise enough to make the right choices to protect democracy and make it function as it was intended? There is a basic understanding of democracy and that is that those elected want what is good, what is fair, what is best for all of the people. We have made some bad mistakes at the voting booth. That will be written in the books that tell the truth.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
On the verge of a third lockdown in Israel we went to see the migrating birds, but the birds had already flew away.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Just another week of the same. Still furloughed from my job, still managing some sort of normalcy for my daughter, still dealing with adjusting my meds to even out my moods. Every day is truly groundhog's day.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Due to the pandemic, our little town (pop. 5,500) is facing many changes to its long-standing holiday traditions. Both the annual tree lighting ceremony and the Christmas parade were cancelled. Neighborhood caroling and holiday block parties are out of the question. An area church that usually hosts a multi-date walk-through Little Bethlehem is offering a drive-through version on two nights only. Stores, normally bustling with gift-seeking customers, are abnormally silent. Yet, one of the constants, even in the face of this deadly virus, is the lights that adorn houses and businesses in our community. Outdoor decorations were put in place much earlier this year than in the past—many families had their garlands, lights and inflatable scenes situated and shining prior to mid-November. These lights provide a welcome brightness in the dark of winter and lift the spirits of those weary of dealing with the coronavirus and all of its implications.
December 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Today I did not go outside once. There have been many days like that, due to the pandemic. I sit on Zoom for several hours, and it's fatiguing. Then I watch a bit of TV, maybe scroll on social media, and check the news. At the appropriate hour, it's time to sleep. My whole life happens on a screen now. It can't be good for my eyes.
December 12, 2020
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What do you think was the biggest news event this past week -- either in your community, nationally, or globally? Talk about why it’s a big deal.
News event? My husband and I are all news all the time. My close friends avoid the news. I am compelled currently to listen and make sense of how this country is doing. The news: stats as to deaths in US - that dwarfs all other news. I will post the compared stats on the next optional photograph upload. I try to look at the positive side so first for this space I posted my Biden/Harris flag - yes we Dems have political flags too! The “soul of our nation” is also the title of Historian Meacham’s book I am currently reading! The parallels with the Depression and FDR’s leadership over four terms are stunning. Over my flag, a pastel of a National Park hangs on the wall - I won 2nd prize for “professional artist” category ! I had shoulder surgery months before I created this very prismatic landscape! It was my first artwork post surgery. Miracles happen - Life offers our souls abundant joy. I believe we will emerge successfully as a nation!
December 12, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Hit a wall this week. Complete emotional breakdown one day. Took half an hour after work to leave the car and go inside. Went upstairs, collapsed on the bed, and didn’t move for the rest of the night. Cried hard, slept hard, and went back to work the next day. I’m looking forward to the holiday break, dreading returning to work when it’s over.
December 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 saw this sign when I was driving through my old hometown with my roommates. I'm not sure why but I couldn't stop laughing at it. Maybe because it's a church sign that has a great intention, but the weirdest wording ever. I want a vaccine, I think we all do, and I think we all know it'll take a while and it won't stem the flood of infections and deaths for a long time. But at the same time, it's like we have to wear masks? Is it reverse psychology to get people to wear masks? I mean I agree with it, but there's something about it that's just so funny to me.
December 12, 2020