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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
On top of all of the previous disappointments associated with the ongoing pandemic, a week ago we learned that my husband’s oldest brother has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. It’s heartbreaking for the entire family and doubly worrisome with COVID-19 still rearing its ugly head here, there and everywhere. His siblings and in-laws want to see him, hug him and reassure him. But can we? Should we? Is it safe for him? For us? If he chooses to undergo treatment, will he be isolated due to the virus? Will he fight for his life with only strangers at his bedside? Right now, it is all too much to process. 2020 has definitely been a year of heartache and sorrow.
October 23, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Feeling like I have a cold or the flu or covid Took a test and it came back negative. What a time we live in where anytime I get sick I automatically think, oh no what if it is covid? I worry about if I pass it on to others. Even though I had Covid back in March 2020, then the vaccine in March 2021, I often wonder, can I truly not get it again? How has this impacted my abilities as a student? As an athlete, as a teacher? Would I be different if I didn't have Covid in the first place? All in all, I am forever grateful that I got the vaccine because that negative test means I am a lot safer without a mask than I thought. I almost feel like it is wrong to go outside without a mask and yet here I am vaccinated going around without one.
July 27, 2021