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Think about the last time you were in close proximity to any strangers -- maybe at work, at the grocery store, or on public transportation. Did that feel different than it did a year ago?
Ahaha...we made it through this snowy, icy week. Good to see folks outside today! Above 32°F today!! Sun is shining!!
February 20, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Well, with all the snow ice and cold temps,the Covid was not as much on my mind. I do not have to get out as I work from home. I did get out today and picked up some grocereies. I had not left my house for nine days,lolol! Felt good to drive around and see people out and breath some fresh air!!
February 20, 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.
February 20, 2021
February 20, 2021
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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.
I've been thinking a lot this week about how I want to structure a new life living long term with the pandemic and my husband who has a chronic illness. We are even more restricted in our movements because of his immune system. He has been vaccinated but I'm not and won't be able to get a vaccine for many months. Our lives used to be filled with friends, activities, travel, and a feeling of freedom. Today, none of this exists. So, how do we want to live today? How can I enrich my life from my home?
February 20, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Hope Springs Eternal The hospital is full, and we are holding patients in the emergency department. We had a brief decrease in COVID patients, but that did not last long. And it was a full moon. I came home from work one day and saw this flower blooming in my flower bed. It is the first spring bloom that I have seen this year. I live in the South, so it is not unusual to have flowers bloom early, especially if it has been a warm winter. For some reason, though, this caught me off guard. And I felt like crying. It's such a small thing, yet it had a huge impact on me. There is hope. Despite all that we have been through in the last year, there is always hope, and this is one way that God reminds us.
February 20, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The pandemic is hitting records in Israel, but the vaccination rates too. Not far from our apartment, in Rabin square, there is a huge vaccination tent, one of many vaccination centers across Tel Aviv. All of our relatives and friends that are over 60, including all of our 6 (yes!) grandparents, received the vaccine shots, as well as some of our younger friends (doctors, social workers, teachers). But the vaccination festival will slow down in the next few weeks, since new supply is delaying. Actually the big tent in the square is no longer operating (the picture was taken yesterday) since they ran out of vaccines. As long as the vaccination operation went on, we were hoping to race our way out of this nightmare with an amok run. Now we are back to the gloomy days of the long passive wait: schools will close as of Friday, and younger people (younger than 60) will be vaccinated only in February. The passivity of the lockdown is in my eyes one of its most difficult aspects, the fact that the best fight is to avoid doing. To pause. The vaccines were such a success in Israel not only because it was what it was, but also because people could finally DO SOMETHING in order to get themselves and others out of it.
February 20, 2021
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February 18, 2021 This week has been wild. The whole state of Texas has been under a weather emergency from Brownsville to Lubbock and El Paso to Beaumont due to ice and snow. At no time in my life can I remember such a prolonged and widespread emergency down here since Saturday night. We have been subjected to rolling blackouts to deal with unprepared utilities and dwindling fuel supplies. The lack of electricity has caused water systems to go down, as the pumps that fill water towers are electric. It is really bad in my part of the state, as we are completely unused to such weather. Any point south of I10 (which runs from Beaumont to El Paso to Los Angeles) is usually so balmy that people from the northern United States come here upon retirement to enjoy the milder weather. This has been a real problem in terms of vaccine distribution. Most hospitals were prepared in terms of staffing, but the electrical supply situation has caught many administrators off guard. The electrical supply has sometimes put vaccine in jeopardy, as it must be kept cold until inoculation of a patient. So, when the vaccine has been threatened, the hospitals and clinics are left doing emergency inoculations of anyone that is available and needs a shot. Some of the hospitals and clinics are even closed, so people who were up for a shot had to reschedule.As for the patients, the roads have been completely impassible for most of this week, so many of them found getting to a clinic or hospital difficult. The real concern expressed locally is for the people who have had their first shot and need the second shot. No one really knew what would happen when the second shot is delayed.
February 20, 2021
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Every week I participate with friends in a painting challenge. We pick a theme each week and create a painting or drawing depicting the theme. This week the theme is Dream On.
February 20, 2021
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Have people in your community supported one another during the pandemic? Talk about why or why not, and maybe give some examples.
I don't have a lot to say about this, but I live in a small city where people take this seriously, and don't even walk their dogs without wearing a mask. I feel safe because people support the mask ordinance in the city. We also have a vibrant small business community - and so many people have pulled together to support local restaurants and businesses. And the restaurants themselves have been creative in adapting - those who can, of course. Some have not been able to make it work. Many restaurants are feeing those in the community who have been economically undermined by the pandemic, and feeding frontline health workers, as well. There is also a new nonprofit that grew out of a grassroots effort to provide basic needs items to people hit hard during the pandemic. Many organizations came together and centralized a donation center, and every week they post what is needed in the community - they know this because they are working with organization who serve vulnerable populations, refugees and immigrants, homeless, etc. So this new nonprofit has become a hub, to coordinate and align donations. I guess I had a bit to say. I'm grateful I live in a place where, even if we don't know each other directly, there is a feeling of care in the broader community.
February 20, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I have been lucky in that I didn't lose my work or get furlough. I work providing legal services to indigent criminal defendants and my workload grew. This has left me in a difficult situation: thankful to have a job while reading of so many people that have lost theirs, but also mentally and physically exhausted and unable to complain because at least I have a job. I'm lucky that have many hobbies and feel comfortable being by myself. Still, I fear the pandemic has made me even more isolated, too comfortable being alone. Right now I'm debating whether I should quit and go back for a post-graduate degree just because I need a break. However, the stability of a paycheck holds me back. My mind is torn.
February 20, 2021
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This past week was the worst of the pandemic so far for me. I live in Texas and our power went out last Sunday night and didn't come back on until Thursday evening. We had to evacuate our home after the situation became untenable. We went to my roommate's sister's house. She had a gas fireplace and we sat in front of it for days. I sat in a recliner chair for days and my manual wheelchair wouldn't fit in the narrow hall to the bathroom so I had to walk a lot more than my knees are really capable of. The resulting pain is intense. Thankfully we are back home but the fear of another power outage looms large. My body will take a couple of weeks to recover and I am in another colitis flare, probably from the stress and also limited diet during the outage. We're discussing measures to be taken to be more prepared because I expect that it will happen again. I am very grateful to have heat, water and a safe place to live right now.
February 20, 2021
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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.
This photograph was taken by me on March 28, 2020 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The entire airport was empty due to a lack of travelers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 20, 2021
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I wish I lived alone, then I wouldn’t need to listen to the garbage that my household members watch and hear on YouTube. I think my marriage is falling apart and I am very close to just not caring about it at all. I’m tired and sad.
February 21, 2021
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This is the 17th day of being flat on a bed, mine or hospital. I'm home now, supposedly better but walking across three rooms of the house brings on fits of gasping for air. I didn't need to be - and here's another thing, I just forgot the word where you're intubated with an air hose - it didn't get to that point. When I went to the emergency room I hadn't had anything to eat in six days. My mind was (and remains) a mess. They asked me if I'd had a bowel movement lately and I stalled them by replying "not sure". I had a vague idea what the process entailed - I pictured valves - and started to Google "bowel movement" before I remembered. I'm trying to get whatever thought structures I used to employ to work again. It requires air so I sit at my desk for long stretches waiting for enough - what - air pressure to build and a thought to appear? The worst: I still have nightmares of the food they brought me. They'd set down the tray, I'd uncover and do the big reveal. It would be the opposite of what I ordered and cold when it was supposed to be hot and hot when it was supposed to be cold. This is nothing though. This is the best of all worlds. My wife just finished Stage 1 breast cancer and I had just gotten back from taking her to her parents in Florida to spend a month recuperating. So she's just had to deal with me long distance away from danger.
February 21, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Each evening, I have been photographing the view from the window in my room. The pandemic and the near-constant state of being cloistered indoors has me cherishing whatever little of the outside I have access to, and I find myself increasingly fascinated by the houses in the apartment complexes opposite with the light in their windows. They make wonderful patterns, every day a different one depending on who is home. It is an interesting and heartwarming activity to try to pick up bits and pieces of people's lives from what little I can see. I even feel something akin to friendship and camaraderie towards some of these homes, especially when it's really late at night and I see a house or two with its lights still on; it's like a murmur that reassures me that I'm not alone.
February 21, 2021
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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 late March of 2020, the University of New Mexico shut down the campus and all staff were asked to work from home. I packed up my office and brought my adjustable height dual monitor stand and computer home, and set it up in the sunroom. Some of the pros: It's nice not to have to commute anymore I used to wonder what the cat did all day at home. Now I know. If a service worker like a repair person or a delivery guy is coming to the house, I'm always home Some of the cons Despite upgrading to a more expensive internet service, and replacing the modem, the interrnet connection at home is still much slower than on campus. Especially the upload speed. I miss my co-workers, many of whom were friends and close colleagues. I find it hard to focus on work when I'm surrounded by all the undone chores and possible projects at the house Not sure if it's a feature or a bug: Being able to hit the kitchen for food anytime
February 22, 2021
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So I'm doing my master's in biochemistry, and right now it feels like my studies are on hold while labs aren't taking students to do lab rotations. I have a job doing PCR-based Covid tests one shift a week, pipetting samples for DNA extraction and such. I started in November and December and January were crazy, with our lab doing almost a thousand tests a day. At the moment it's much less, and we only do a few hundred (probably around 300 or so). I'm glad I have that job at least, because all my lectures are online now and otherwise I'm mostly just at home- in my 17 m^2 room. It's tiny, and very lonely. Going to the grocery store is basically the highlight of my day. But I saw a friend last Sunday for the first time in weeks, we got bubble tea and went for a walk around the city. I miss spending more time with my friends. I moved to this city to study here in October 2019, and I really tried to meet new people and be more sociable, going to the queer student's group and trying to make friends with fellow biochem students. Now it's all so much harder and I feel so alone all the time and stressed with exams coming up. I really miss studying in the university library. I know I still have it easy and things aren't that bad for me but it still feels difficult. I even miss train rides... Every day I look up the numbers of new infections and vaccinations. If new infections are going down things feel okay, but lately they've been going back up and I'm so scared things are just going to get worse. And looking at the vaccine statistics is frustrating, what with how slowly it seems to be happening. At work people have said we can get vaccinated, but since I don't have direct contact with infectious material I don't want to get it before I'm actually supposed to. I know that it's important for everyone who is mediacally vulnerable, who has a lot of contacts, or who is working with patients to get it first and I don't want to use some loophole to get vaccinated before my turn just because I can. But to end on a positive note: Today it was warm and sunny and I went outside to study my flashcards and there were so many people going on walks, children playing on playgrounds and people walking their dogs. It's easy to feel isolated and alone in my room, but there's something about hearing kids laughing and birds singing that makes things better. It reminds you that life is still going and things haven't stopped, even if it feels like it.
February 22, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
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Think about the people closest to you. Tell us about how the coronavirus has affected them, and their life.
My wife’s mother died just before shelter in place started in our area. She had to hold a memorial on zoom and still hasn’t been able to fully grieve the loss of her mother because of the need to distance. And yet we also feel lucky—that she didn’t die from Covid, that we were able to be with her until the end, that she didn’t have to face death alone.
February 22, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Before the pandemic, I had begun to hike every Sunday with a group of four friends. Although Covid-19 hit New Mexico hard and early, the state government did not prohibit hiking in small groups, so we were able to continue to hike together. We've hiked many trails, familiar and novel, throughout the year. It has been mentally, physically, and socially stabilizing. We've noticed more people out on the trails as well. Sometimes we see folks out on the trail with their dogs, or children; on horseback; on bicycles; or like us, just walking along. Some people wear masks while hiking and some do not. We are grateful every week to be able to enjoy the natural resources in New Mexico and especially the Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, City and County Open Space and other government administrators and workers who have kept the trails open and maintained.
February 22, 2021