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Some people are feeling intense feelings right now as a result of the pandemic. Is anything making you especially sad, angry, or hopeful right now? If so, what's on your mind?
I’m sad and disappointed that BC in Canada is delaying the 2nd dose so more can get the first dose. I think this is bad practice and is not following advice of the researchers whose studies were based on a 3 week window fir the booster shot.
March 4, 2021
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Have you or people in your community been harassed, threatened, or attacked since the pandemic began, either in person or online? If so, what happened?
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
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Some people are feeling intense feelings right now as a result of the pandemic. Is anything making you especially sad, angry, or hopeful right now? If so, what's on your mind?
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Let's talk about COVID-19 vaccination. Have you and/or those you know been vaccinated -- or had difficulty getting vaccinated? If so, talk about that.
Ease in obtaining the Covid shots sometimes seem random. I, and most of my friends have either received the shots, or have appointments soon. A few seem to be unable to schedule shots even though they are in their seventies or eighties. This is wrong. There are people who are at risk who can't get shots and people who la de da get shots even though they are young and at very low risk. All teachers should get shots. They are essential workers!
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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
Esta semana he de decir que estoy muy agradecida con aquellas mujeres que tienen poder y usan ese poder para ayudar a otras mujeres. Realmente no hubiera podido sobrevivir a la pandemia si una de ellas no hubiera tomado cartas en el asunto. Buscó la forma de darme trabajo y gracias a ello, logré sobrevivir. Luego, otra de ellas, me dio trabajo en octubre y noviembre. Esto me ha permitido tener un fin de año con necesidades básicas cubiertas. Estoy muy agradecida con estas mujeres que deciden usar su poder de forma asertiva y generosa. Cuando estuve pensando en esto, recordé que mi mamá también recibió ayuda de mujeres que usan su poder para respaldar a otras mujeres. Gracias a esa ayuda, mi mamá logró sacarnos adelante a mí y a mi hermano. I. le enseñó a dar clases, le dio trabajo y la recomendó en colegios donde ella también trabajaba. Mi mamá se había separado de mi padre, este no la ayudaba económicamente, así que ella tenía que mantener el hogar. También, V., la recomendó para trabajar en otros colegios y cuando llegó el momento de retirarse, la apoyó para que recibiera la compensación económica que le correspondía. I. murió de un cáncer hace muchos años. En mi vida también he conocido mujeres que buscan destruir a otras mujeres. Es más, lo he vivido en carne propia. Pero realmente, si reviso mi vida, han sido más las mujeres que me han ayudado y con las que encuentro formas de trabajar en conjunto de manera satisfactoria. Y en definitiva, en estos tiempos de pandemia, tenerlas de mi lado ha sido un gran regalo. Muchas gracias a todas ellas.
March 4, 2021
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Some people are feeling intense feelings right now as a result of the pandemic. Is anything making you especially sad, angry, or hopeful right now? If so, what's on your mind?
March 4, 2021
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Have you or people in your community been harassed, threatened, or attacked since the pandemic began, either in person or online? If so, what happened?
There have been a lot of attacks on East Asians, in part because angry people have blamed Chinese people for the pandemic. I have read many horror stories of violent attacks on elderly Chinese people in New York City and in the Bay Area. That's very frightening to me because I worry a lot about my parents, who don't live in those areas but might be targeted nevertheless. I am also scared for myself because does that mean I will not be able to visit New York or the Bay Area or any large urban areas? As I have told others, I have experienced racism before, but it's never to this level where I fear for my physical safety that I could be assaulted by random, hateful people.
March 4, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The lockdown restrictions in South Africa were further relaxed a couple days ago, as we come out of the 2nd wave. It has almost felt possible to relax about it, for a little bit.
March 4, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I was about to throw away a wilting bouquet of flowers when I noticed there's beauty *because* of the dark edges, not in spite of them. It made me think of the pandemic, and whether it's brought anything beautiful with it that I wouldn't have seen before. It's hard to answer that question. This week I'm angry with the Facebook hordes posting selfies with their vaccine bandaids. My state is way behind, and there's no vaccine in sight for me. I'm about to miss yet another family wedding, and my elderly mother is in steep decline 3000 miles away. I'm genuinely happy for those who can get vaccines. But I've stopped logging into Facebook because it just leaves me feeling tearful.
March 4, 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 children are 6 and 3 now and they've spent the last year in quarantine. I think they're much better off today than they were a year ago in some ways. And not in other ways. Both of my kids were over-booked and they weren't on any sports teams, didn't have any lessons, etc. We just did stuff with them all the time. The playplace, the park, a restaurant, the zoo, the farm, we just went places. All the time. And they just wanted to be at home. My youngest son doesn't remember pre-pandemic but he used to cry to stay home. Now when we're out he cries if we're going home. He loves seeing the world; it fascinates him. My oldest son loves his house now, too--even while he's been doing virtual Kindergarten for a year. He likes snack time and recess playing with his brother. He gets video game time only on the weekends after he's finished all of his chores for the week on his chore chart. He doesn't complain; he's a very happy kid. I worry about so many children out there who are at risk, so vulnerable because their parents are abusive, or maybe they're neglected, the parents are working out of the home or stressed over money. We are safe and secure. I have a good job and it's been stable. I often think we had an upside-down pandemic. We became closer as a family, we became better and more present parents, we learned and loved more than before.
March 5, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This is my first entry. I heard about this project on NPR this morning, and was prompted to seek this out because I've been surprised that I haven't done a better job of writing down and processing all that we, and I, have experienced this past pandemic year. In my daily calendar for 2020 I marked the date when Portland went into lock down last March, and how I assumed that everyone would hunker down and we'd get through the crisis in a weeks, months at most. My daughter was supposed to get married in September 2020, and as she was fretting about whether they should cancel their venue, caterer, and DJ, I remember urging her to give it a little time, and that "if we're still experiencing the virus in September, then our problems are much bigger than having to postpone a wedding." Well, here we are. The wedding has been rescheduled for October 2021, and I think it will happen this time. In spite of everything, my family has been so lucky. We've remained employed, haven't been sick. My husband and I still enjoy each other's company! But god i miss people. Last night I had another dream about being at a big party, kissing and hugging. And feelings of people no longer wanting to be my friends creep in as scheduling outside time has just become too hard. We're all so sick of it. One friend of mine has sequestered himself even harder because he refuses to let his guard down now, not when we're all so close to being able to get the vaccination. I'm ending this now to do homework and get ready for zoom class. Thank god I've had new studies, an interesting outside volunteer gig, and part-time work to keep me tethered to the weird passage of time.
March 5, 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.
In Oklahoma we witness many occurrences of people in the community reaching out and supporting one another during the coronavirus pandemic. People are hungry and I see donations to the food bank increase. The online disaster of securing a vaccine appointment is spread around the country. Locally a young man set up a vaccine appointment tracking website to help others locate open appointments. His story made the local news and when people found out this man set up the site on his own using his own money donations began pouring in to help him maintain his website.Neighbors will stop their cars, roll down their windows and ask if you need anything at the store. I have seen and experienced such acts of kindness.
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Right now I’m avoiding speaking to my parents. I’m so mad that my mom is not taking her Covid exposure more seriously and doing more to protect her and my dad’s health that I’m worried about what I will say and where the conversation might go. If they get it, and they get really sick, it will take time to make arrangements for someone to take care of my daughter so that I can go (drive 2 days? Risk flying????) visit them or take care of them. Worst case scenario, I don’t want our last words before intubation (or worse.....) to be us yelling at each other. I guess I don’t know if not having any last words at all would make me feel better. I hope I don’t have to find out.
March 5, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Today my husband and I got first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the FEMA site in Oakland, California. Yay for prioritizing teachers; we are so relived that going back to in-person school doesn't mean we have to worry that we will also risk dying from COVID. Yay for all the FEMA & National Guard employees who are running this operation. Our visit couldn't have been easier. When we pulled into the coliseum parking lot, the attendant checked through the window that we had appointment QR codes and photo IDs. At the next station, we showed our licenses and they confirmed our registration. After we drove through the cone maze, another attendant directed us to pull up to a shot station in the tent. There were two or three tents with several lanes and all the stations in a line vaccinating at once. I hopped in the back seat and we put our windows down. The team quickly went over the questions we'd already responded to online and two of the women gave us both our shots at the same time. The woman who vaccinated me was warm and friendly; after a year of no contact with most of the world, I had to resist the impulse to get out and hug her. The shot was super quick and didn't even hurt. They handed back our identification and gave us our CDC cards, put a "15 minute" card with the time under the front wiper, and we pulled forward to wait 15 minutes before being released. Couldn't have been easier or more efficient, and I'm hoping more of these federal doses can be made available. Our county has experienced interruptions with supply and distribution that haven't impacted this FEMA site. Hoping efforts continue to ramp up so everyone can get vaccinated ASAP!
March 5, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Still catching up on past sketches to the present state of things... Jan. 20, 2021. Photo Sketch 1: Caption: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are inaugurated.
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on April 28, 2020. I am an international marketing executive at a major Hollywood studio and travel was a big part of my work-life before the pandemic. I was in London the week before lockdown with colleagues from across Europe and Latin America. I landed on a Saturday and was driving to work on Monday when HR called me and told me to turn around, I was quarantined. I went back to work the next day and by Friday we were all told to work from home indefinitely. That was a year ago. My children were 2 and 5 when the pandemic started. My oldest son finished pre-school virtually and started Kindergarten virtually. His first day of "in person" school was this week (March 1st, 2021). I went through chemo in the summer of 2020. I worked part-time virtually. We didn't have child care because we couldn't risk having someone come into our home. So friends helped us, they played with the kids outside sometimes when I was feeling particularly terrible. My husband did a lot, too. Friends brought gifts, meals and support but no hugs, no chemo partners, I did it all on my own. Our friends came down from Portland, took COVID tests and quarantined for 2 weeks with us (and their 2 year old) so they could help during my surgery in October. It turned into 3 surgeries in October and November until they finally got all of the cancer. Then radiation was over the holidays; was burned terribly but at least we had Christmas in our driveway with masks with my husband's family. And a bouncy house for the kids. :). Thank goodness we live in Los Angeles, the weather is nice all the time so no one ever needs to come inside unless they are wearing a mask and need to use the restroom. We couldn't find antibacterial wipes or toilet paper or paper towels when this started. That's eased up now thankfully. We were worried about diapers and wipes, and food for the kids, but none of that came to be. We ordered toys from Amazon, groceries from Instacart, food delivery from UberEats. We take the kids to the playground now. And the zoo and aquarium. We feel like we know what to do to stay safe--always with masks, always outside, always with hand washing and sanitizing. It's normal now. I started a daily journal with photos and screenshots of the WHO website when the pandemic started. 1,000 cases worldwide, then 2,000. I never thought we'd be more than a million, more than 250,000 dead. That journal stopped in April with breast cancer; I had much more to worry about and I guess that's been a blessing. I'm a different person now than I was before. I eat well and exercise. I'm present for my children and not on the road. We have lunch and dinner together every day. We have a babysitter when my husband and I need to work. We've seen the worst of it hopefully. My parents lived with us until October 2019 and then they moved back to St. Louis. They were with my kids every day since they were born and now haven't seen them in more than a year. It's hard for them but they just got their first vaccine shot yesterday. Because of the cancer, I can get mine in another 2 weeks. I'm excited for life to get back to some version of normal but I really hope it's not the old normal. It wasn't working for any of us. I want to hold on to a lot of this new life, even when COVID is a distant memory.
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My coping skill this week- angrily eating chocolate chips I meant to put in bread
March 5, 2021