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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I escaped this week and it felt great. This picture is only about 30 minutes of relaxation while watching children, but still, to be out of the house, in nature, with family, it was amazing! I broke all the rules - hugs, snuggles with a baby who is passed from person to person and slobbers over everyone, going into houses, eating together, etc. Frankly, I don't care. Right now at least. I hope and pray that I am able to stay healthy and that all of my family is too. It was risky but necessary - my mother had emergency surgery and I needed to be there. Thank God, she is healing and fine. And I would do it again to be there for her. I had missed her so much. Going there felt great, and coming home again felt much better. I don't feel as trapped, as desperate. And when I do start to go stir crazy again, now I have this beautiful picture to remind me that there is still nature and family not too far away.
August 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I am still on disability leave, and I am still struggling with my Post-COVID symptoms. I'm getting some of my energy back, but it's almost impossible to concentrate. My fiance and I were able to go to Downtown Disney to celebrate our engagement, though. That was our first "real" date in over a year! That was very exciting. It was fun to be able to safely go out and enjoy ourselves. The CDC issued guidance saying that vaccinated people can forego mask-wearing. Everyone is excited about this. I'm concerned that the people who weren't wearing masks all along and are anti-vacc will just say "oh I'm vaccinated" and then not wear masks. Trader Joe's and Costco and Wal Mart have already issued statements saying that they won't require masks even though CALIFORNIA LAW says that we still have to until at least June 15. The problem with all this is that the more people who are unprotected (no mask/ no vacc), the more opportunities there will be for the virus to mutate. It's these mutations that we need to worry about because the mutated virus may easily change the spike protein that the vaccines protect against. It's a game of probabilities and numbers, and no one wins.
May 19, 2021