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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
It has been over two weeks since I received my second Moderna vaccine but am still scared to get on public transportation.The guy in this photo has been taking public transportation all year during the pandemic and is still alive and walks by my apartment on his way to the bus stop every week. Still I’m not sure it’s safe even though recently the public transit system ... issued a mask mandate instead of a mask recommendation order. We also received notice in my senior apartment building this week that we can have a few visitors. Until now we niece only been allowed a wellness check by one friend or family member. The numbers of COVID cases in [town] are falling and are at the lowest level since the pandemic began a year ago, Some of our amenities have opened beck up, like the beauty shop, computer room, exercise room, game room and community room. We are still told to wear masks outside our apartments but not everyone does and half of those who do have it below their noses.
February 28, 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?
Most of my friends are trans women, who are almost constantly being told the worst things about their identity. They still receive almost no respect, are slowly having protections eroded away, and have to see more news stories about trans woman, particularly trans women of color, being killed for being trans. One of my friends came out to her mother, because they temporarily live together because of the pandemic. The mother than blabbed this to literally everyone and she is receiving bad treatment from family. Another just entered a partnership with a long term friend of hers, and now the ex-husband is acting hostile toward her. They had always been at odds politically, so this was kinda gonna happen eventually. I look like a white cis woman, so no one attacks me, despite the fact I am non-binary. So I just watch these people slowly go through dysphoria and panic nearly every day because of life right now, and all I can do is support them and protect them from harm.
July 29, 2020