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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Maintaining my composure For the past week Suddenly is a burden Days ago came the call “Tested positive,” I heard. A wail sounds off in my mind I cannot catch my breath Nothing else is of value More than the next days More than family health More than ridding virus Passing by,family unscathed There is no assurance My son and grandson Both have the covid virus As I write this entry DJT has been deemed A threat to democracy Having incited insurrection This moment the vote The 45th impeached. My heart beats rapidly As my mind spins facts “Fear” by Woodward described Knowing he hid the truth How deadly the virus He hid ifacts, so did party Now ten republicans Add votes to impeach. There is no assurance My grandson is four A fever hit him yesterday. I made the print in 2001 After 9/11 caused us pain My face was torn in two With globes spinning by I added simple spikes A simple mask in ink But now concentric Circles radiate outward Encapsulating more And more in rainbow Hues as 400,000 Perished, more follow Without Trump’s treatment Given to Guliani too There is no assurance We wait at social distance My heart ripped in two. Silence at 4:37 PM EST No one rampaging taking place in the Capitol Today in Congress the president is again impeached. 232 197 Passed.
January 14, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Got my Covid booster shot on Friday. Mild headache and body aches for the next four days but worth it completely. Another week and I am considered fully vaccinated though there is some talk of a another booster in the fall but those vaccines should really go to countries with much lower vaccination rates. Canada is sitting at about 80% of the available population with first shots, almost 40% have their boosters. Good numbers and right now the current numbers of positive cases is pretty low. For comparison the UK has 27x our new case numbers but their population is only roughly twice ours. Oh and the Olympics will be spectator free since Tokyo is now under a state of emergency through the games…both professional sports and this whole Olympics issue have gotten way too good a ride through the pandemic. Sports as a form of exercise is great, allowing pro sports to carry on the way it has and the fucking IOC insisting the games go on is one of the things I truly truly hate about society as a whole right now.so much money and energy focused on sports when our healthcare systems and students stuck at home,etc etc, suffered. Fucking disgrace!!
July 9, 2021