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¿Cómo les está impactando la pandemia a los niños en su vida? Dé uno o dos ejemplos específicos de lo que ha visto pasar.
Los niños que conozco extrañan a sus amigos y a la escuela, el poder salir sin barbijos y el alcohol para todos lados, no poder subir a los juegos y no poder ir a espacios abiertos al notar lo llenos que están. El marido de una amiga que vive en la ciudad vecina se infectó del virus, y su hija mejor de 8 años es una niña muy sensible, y su madre me ha contado que llora por todo y se encuentra depresiva ante la enfermedad de su padre, la pequeña siempre fue de "corazón blandito" y tener a su papá bajo el mismo techo con fiebre, más la exposición a los medios que cuentan con números los enfermos y los muertos la tienen con el miedo a flor de piel.
March 5, 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?
How does America expect to remain a global power when states are making decisions like this? It makes me doubt that we will ever return to "normal" in this country.
March 5, 2021
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Hable de su experiencia en mantener este diario. ¿Ha tenido algún impacto en su salud (incluyendo salud mental) y su bienestar?
Mantener este diario me ha gustado porque me da la oportunidad de desahogarme. También me permite hablar de temas que me preocupan. Además, para mí es importante saber que alguien me lee, que alguien se toma el tiempo de leer cómo estoy, lo que me ha ocurrido. Si lo publican, me alegra que otros lo lean. Al mismo tiempo, yo leo a otros y me doy cuenta de lo diferentes que son las vivencias según las culturas, las sociedades y las economías en que cada quien vive. También es importante para mí que este diario está quedando guardado o archivado en la universidad. Pienso que tal vez, en algún momento en el futuro, alguien podrá leerlo, alguien podrá saber lo que significó para mí vivir en esta pandemia. Podrá ver la secuencia de vivencias, los altos y los bajos, la evolución de los días y los hechos. Creo que el ejercicio semanal de contar y ordenar las experiencias, escoger aquella de la que quiero hablar me ayuda a mantener la perspectiva de lo que ocurre, creo que sí me ayuda a tener una mejor salud mental.
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.
I heard about this project on NPR, and I wanted to contribute in order to memorialize my experiences for the future. I am still recovering from the COVID infection I received last year. I was on medical leave for the last half of 2020. I went back to work January 2021 but still get very fatigued, especially when talking with people because I am still experiencing word-finding difficulties. My boyfriend and I want to get married, but we are waiting for him to get a job. He has been unemployed for a whole year. Thankfully he is living rent free with family and has his immediate needs cared for, but it has been a frustrating situation for us both. I am working from home, but I had to go to the office today to print off paperwork to mail out. Unfortunately, the postage machine was broken, which meant that I had to come back home to mail out the documents. Something as simple as mailing something out becomes a huge hassle. I am tired. I haven't been sleeping well for the past two weeks or so, but it's hard to parse out what is depression, and what is work stress, and what is my continued COVID recovery, and what is what I call "COVID-depression," which is the mental state that we as a society are finding ourselves in. I am encouraged that the J&J vaccine was approved and is starting to be distributed, and I am waiting my turn. I am hoping that I can get my vaccine sooner, since I have a number of underlying health conditions.
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 the screen that you get when you try to get your parents, who are in their 70’s, a COVID vaccine. I have seen this woman’s face (from the CVS vaccine sign up page) at 4:30am, 5:00am, 6:00am and at random times in the afternoon. She looks happy. She is smiling. Anyone who has seen this face is likely as frustrated as I am. I blew a gasket the other day when I learned that more and more friends of mine are getting their shots. They are in their 40’s and 50’s, healthy and are eligible for the vaccine because they fit the definition of working in education (but they work from home and work admin jobs) and the like. Yet, there is a Facebook page of people pleading for help getting vaccines for their elderly relatives, or those with cancer - those who are most in need. Our health system - our American dream - is a game of grab a$$ medical care - take what you can get. Those with the resources play the lottery (or have someone else play for them) and hope their number comes up. It’s such BS and shameful. My parents have appointments later in the spring, they are safe and ok. They will be fine. But for all of those who can’t wait their turn: Shame. Shame. Shame. And shame on this system which is so broken it’s mind blowing. A rover lands on Mars and people are hitting refresh on the CVS website at 4:00 to help their family members. It’s disgusting.
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 week was a really hopeful one. Its been s year today since a corona virus arrived and we now have four vaccines approved. I brought my elderly aunt and mom to get vaccinated this week. It was really emotional and hopeful for us all. We are super grateful. Also the weather has changed to be very sunny and warm and I can feel the mood lifting in my area of the world. Edmonton AB is feeling happy and hopeful is my feeling. I am also super grateful for our healthcare system working so well. Last Friday my Dad had knee surgery and this Friday my husband had a colonoscopy. My mom is getting her cateracts fixed soon too. I know of many people having various other health issues and feel proud of our health care here in Edmonton.
March 6, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
As a professor, I am asked to make my schedule one year in advance. Seriously? Who the heck knows what childcare, teaching/virtual teaching, social distancing, etc will look like in a year AND I'm supposed to plan? I'm sitting here at 10 pm...in bed typing this because...well, I'm tired of never having time to do something that I want to do. I learned of this project yesterday when I rushed out the door to take my massively moody 2.5 year old and 7 month old on a ride to get them to nap. On the ride, I "treated" myself to a little NPR and this is where I found out about this project. I've wondered for a year now how other people are doing but have not known. I teach communication studies and ironically...I have not been able to communicate very much with others. I've taken the pandemic very seriously...first, as a pregnant woman in her late thirties with a 2 year old and now as a mother of two very small children. I continuously wonder...what are people doing? why don't they call? or text? Am I in the minority for profusely using grocery pickups? Anyways...getting back to the original question. How is the pandemic affecting my life right now? It's making me very tired. This week I got my second vaccine shot. I was blessed in receiving a shot as an educator. This week, I've struggled with aches and pains from the shot. I've also struggled with fatigue and a cranky toddler. I had to ask my husband to stay at home the day after the shot to take care of the kids. I didn't feel guilty. I mean two pregnancies, a pinched nerve, and pandemic later and I FINALLY got a day off to not take care of the kids! It's too bad I was sick! Man, society really has no mercy for women, does it? Today, we had some sunshine so we walked and biked and I convinced my toddler to ride in the stroller so I could talk to a colleague from work about work related stuff. The call was probably only about 15% work and the rest was catching up. He's an old friend and we really hadn't talked much on a personal level in several years. The chat about other things other than work was refreshing. I NEVER get to do that anymore. I'm full-time daycare and full-time professor. When would I have time for a "social" life?!?!? I felt he also enjoyed it too. Which left me after the conversation saying, "I bet he is a little lonely and our chat about takeout Indian food was refreshing break in the monotonous day of teaching and grading inside his home!"
March 6, 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?
My primary frustration? Getting an appointment for a vaccination feels like playing the lottery. Appointments are filled as soon as the dates are posted. Family and friends tell me to this website, call this pharmacy, go here, go there. It feels overwhelming. Wish there was an easy one-stop place to get on the waiting list.
March 6, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
March 5, 2021 WOW! What a week. On March 2, the same day that the Texans started their fight against Mexican General Santa Ana, we were granted out freedom by Governor Greg Abbott. We can now decide for ourselves whether or not we will wear masks in this state. I am personally torn. I know that the government has the right to make laws that promote the general welfare, and I have always viewed the pandemic edicts as this type of action on the part of the government. But I like my fellow humans, and I love my neighbors. I also like what I can do when I am healthy. And I don’t want to die. With work that brings me into contact with a wide swath of the local populace, I don’t see a problem with wearing a mask when required. But I also felt threatened with severe penalties if I forgot a mask or otherwise slipped in my caution. I am relieved to see that the government is now back into a more benevolent stance.
March 6, 2021
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I'm concerned about the increase of prices of goods and gasoline, and the recent volatility of the stock market due to inflation fears. Actually there's already inflation - look at your grocery bill!
March 6, 2021
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I'm really feeling the pandemic fatigue this week. I'm just so tired of the pandemic, and the size of my social fuel tank has gotten so small that even when talking with someone close to me for only about 30 minutes, I already feel drained
March 6, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
So tired of the same routine. 3 days in work setting, 2 remote. Rinse. Repeat. Unfortunately this week also brought unwanted news. Additional imaging after a routine mammogram revealed a small solid mass, requiring a biopsy next week. Frankly, the last place I want to be right now is a hospital. On the bright side, I got my first COVID vaccine - PfizerBioNTech!!
March 6, 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 think that my community is divided. There is a part of the community that is very supportive of others and that is trying to work to care for people who are struggling during the pandemic. Another portion of my community seems to be in denial that the pandemic is an issue and they do not seem as supportive. I have seen many people coming out to volunteer for things like testing and vaccination drives and there have been many fundraisers and drives to donate to local charities. Early on in the pandemic one of my favorite local restaurants was closed but held an event where you could purchase groceries from them that were originally intended to be part of their menu. You could donate to a fund to make grocery deliveries to families in need. They were also selling things like hand sanitizer made by a local distillery. This restaurant uses a lot of local farms and producers for their menu so I was pleased to support the business and in turn support all of those other local businesses. There have been a number of fundraisers similar to this throughout the community. In addition, in my school community, one member of another class lost her house in a fire and we all donated money and supplies to furnish her new apartment. There have been a number of events like this and I have tried to give where I was able. I felt that a lot of these activities happened in the spring and summer when things were more uncertain. Recently I have noticed that a large portion of my community seems indifferent to their impact on others and willfully ignores that pandemic. They continue to eat out at restaurants and refuse to wear masks. I know that these people may have many reasons for doing these things but they are directly impacting others in their community. When they go to a restaurant they are at risk of getting or transmitting coronavirus. The restaurant workers are there because they have to work, and they are being exposed to all of these people who just can't seem to stay home. Then again, not everyone has a kitchen or a good way to eat at home and for some people going to a restaurant may be an essential part of their human contact for the week. It is difficult to judge someone for going out at this point because I can't imagine how hard it would be to hardly leave your house for a year. I have felt lucky in some ways that I am in a program that gives me a reason to talk to people and to go out in public. At other times I have felt anxious about being around people and about the risk to myself and to others.
March 7, 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 the Bay Area (of California) support for doing what we need to do to beat the virus is more the norm than not. Though people with school age kids probably are reaching the boiling point with schools just now starting to reopen. Even Disneyland is slated to open April 1st. The Governor is under threat of recall for his handling of the virus... closing restaurants, bars, etc. it’s easy to get signatures inCalifornia for a ballot measure; less easy to actually through a democrat out of office. In my circle of friends - the early sixties and up crowd, people are being even more cautious u til they get vaccinated. I guess we are getting so close, why blow it? And the losses of loved ones is also undoubtedly a factor. One I three Americans have lost someone they love and know to the virus. We are one of those.
March 7, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The biggest challenge has been
March 7, 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.
Some artists are painting a mural at work remembering all the people affected by the pandemic. It’s full of flowers and beauty; it feels good to see!
March 7, 2021
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Talk about your experience keeping this journal. Has it had any impact on your health (including mental health) and well-being?
It feel good to write things down. I like the idea that I'll be able to have a record of all the thoughts I've recorded. Since 700+ people are doing this project here will be quite a range of stories recorded. I'd like to mention the five people I know that have died of COVID-19. THe first was my aunt. We weren't close. I had not seen her in 10 years. The second was my favorite English teacher. He was in his 80s and living in an Assisted Living complex. The memorial service for him was on a SAturday so I didn't tune in live. I listened to it later, but I was glad I got to hear it. He had a big influence on me when I was in high school. The third person I knew that died was in his 70s. HE was the friend of a friend and Russian. The fourth person I knew that died was the mother of a friend from high school. I saw her mom quite a few times. THe last person I know of that died was in his 80s. HE was my former sister-in-law's uncle and his son is a good friend of my sister. I had known him for a long time. HE lived in an assisted living complex where a lot of people got COVID and were to sick to respond to treatment.
March 7, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
End of last week, I got a scare when I received news that my mother had a stroke and she was rushed to the hospital. I was relieved that what she had was an embolic stroke. She was prescribed dementia medication which improved her memory some that she remembered two young boys (my younger sons who were the left in my parents' care for three months many moons ago - they are now grown adults) and expressed her anxiety with concern about what to do if something happened to them because they were left behind. I requested my close friends and extended family to pray for the recovery of my mother. Prayers for the health care workers taking care of her were included. I am very grateful for the presence of the internet and social media as it allows me to keep in touch with family and friends around the world without outrageous expense. I am very thankful for friends who said prayers or offered a mass for my mother. My college classmates (and forever friends) collectively sent flowers to show our sympathy for the death of the brother of our classmate/friend. I am very happy and proud to be part of this group of friends.
March 7, 2021
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Talk about your experience keeping this journal. Has it had any impact on your health (including mental health) and well-being?
March 5, 2021 I have kept journals over my years on earth. I started one when I was in fifth grade, and I have always found them to be useful. I can look back and jog my memory, and I can keep up with future expectations. This journal has been useful to me because I have had a place to vent, and I have answered prompts that kept my focus on my fellow humans and my neighbors as well as myself. It has been a lonely year, and I for one cannot wait until the isolation requirements are over.
March 7, 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?
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