Featured Refresh
Text & Image
How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
We have to fly next week for my medical appointments and treatment. It makes me very anxious. The last time, despite masking rules, so many people were in violation. I received an email update from the CDC yesterday, stating that high quality N95 masks were available for free in my community. I went to the specified pharmacy to pick them up for next week’s trip, only to find that they are stiff, uncomfortable Made-in-China weird masks, and far, far to tight for a human head (unless you are an infant?). I literally cannot wear one of them, even for a few minutes, let alone for 5-6 hours. So the whole attempt to get them was a waste of time, unless I can figure out a way to refit the straps. They look nothing like what the CDC showed in their email/website. I question if they are even legitimate N95 filtration.
March 24, 2022
Text Only
Talk about what you think the world will be like after the pandemic is over.
When the coronavirus pandemic is over the world will be a much different place than it was in February 2020. Millions will have perished from this virus. The families of the dead will continue to suffer greatly from the loss of their loved ones. Many millions more will die not from the virus itself but from one of a number of human errors that is tragic in scope. Many more people will die from hunger and starvation. People will die from lack of medical care for other diseases from a lack of medical resources. For those who manage to survive past these issues many will be poor perhaps for the first time in their lives. Downward mobility will be the next normal and the chasm between the haves and the have nots will widen. Violence and hatred will erupt all over the planet and if anyone is paying attention, this has already started. Yes, the world will be a much different place.
April 25, 2021