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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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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