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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Why is everything so hard? This week, a friend came out to visit. She didn't even stay with us, but the visit was exhausting, expensive, and time consuming. Have I forgotten how to be social? This photo is from Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. She said it was the best thing she did on her trip, so I was happy about that. But to me the day was stressful and unnerving at the same time. Too much of my mental space is taken up with comparing how things used to be, pre-Covid, and how they are now. It seems like everything before was easy and cheap. Going out now there are roadblocks and barriers. It's aggravating, but of course there is no going back. I have to figure out how to be grateful and happy to be able to do things at all.
June 25, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Cases are rising in Greece - not too dramatically - after the opening up of the country for the tourist season, but what I am increasingly noticing is a spike in cases that are not recorded, in my own social circle. Many of my friends believe they 'may have had' the virus during their summer holidays, but their symptoms were so light that they aren't sure. Testing is very expensive in Greece, and not widely available away from cities, so most people vacationing on the island simply stayed at home until they felt better. Upon returning, some did tests, which came back negative. For others, they came back positive. But generally, I feel like this virus is much 'lighter' now that we have summer, with very high temperatures. I wonder how warped the official cases picture is, and how difficult it is to statistically present an official figure for each country, given how difficult it is to record cases that may or may not have been Covid-related... It's a bit of a mess.
September 2, 2020