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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
"WEAR YOUR MASK" says the newest graffiti on the cement wall under an overpass by the trail I walked on yesterday morning. It makes me so sad to see that message and realize that once again it is relevant to our lives. If everyone eligible and medically able to would have just gotten the shot in the past few months, our country wouldn't be in this mess: of overcrowded hospitals and people once again dying of Covid. We all want to put the pandemic behind us and get back to normal: re-start the economy, have children learn in person in school, and socialize without fear. So, why, why, why, when we have the means to do this -- do so many people refuse to follow medically sound advice? My frustration knows no bounds.
August 10, 2021
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We’re seeing dramatic differences in rates of COVID infection, illness, and death in different places. What do you think about these differences?
I think that, from the perspective of an American, that the pandemic has really put a spotlight on the rot within American society. Poor people are more likely to get sick because they are "essential" and cannot simply stop working. Poor people are more likely to contract more severe cases of covid because, generally speaking, they are unhealthier than middle class and above Americans. Poor people are more likely to die from covid because they do not have access to decent medical care, assuming they can even find medical care at all. Too many Americans are suffering needlessly because they can't afford to go to the doctor. There are genetic components at works well, that we do not yet understand. But it is abundantly clear that this is a disease that, while it literally does not care at all who it infects, the treatment of the illness is vastly different based on wealth and community resource, which all too often means that POC get the shortest end of the stick.
May 10, 2021