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For many people, the pandemic put travel plans on pause. What about you? Are you traveling, or planning to travel, again? If so, when, where, and under what conditions?
Since my husband is undergoing cancer treatments, and is awaiting (hopefully) a chance to get a second booster, we're not traveling in person. Instead, we've established a pandemic-induced routine of reading aloud to each other. We've explored China at the time of Mao's Revolution, explored Orwell's British countryside and home, and are about to go to Chicago's World Fair via Erik Larson. We treasure this daily ritual, and it's something we wouldn't have thought of doing, were it not for the pandemic.
February 4, 2022
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This is a picture I took while sitting at the Belfast City airport 6 hours early because the 24 hour PCR test I took was lost by the lab and I had to get to the airport early to pay for another test - this time a rapid antigen. There are no customer service agents around until 2 hours before your flight while several people sit around waiting for their COVID test results.I was struck by the UK’s expediency in getting free tests to people. Little did I know that I would come home to CT and find people indifferent to Omicron - no mask mandate - and no tests to be found!
January 5, 2022