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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
It is the first time we come back to nyc since our last visit on March 2020… When we visited then I was the only soul wearing a mask in Nyc… now a lot of people use it. We are happy to be able to go out and enjoy a trip like this. Our daughter is staying in NYC for a month, and sharing an apartment w 3 girls… one came back yesterday from a trip to Miami and very soon she reported she tested positive… so mi daughter went to get tested, thank god she is negative and she began using a mask as if it was a part of her body, she wears it constantly. Mi brother who lives in Colombia w his wife and 3 adult sons has lived trough a very difficult week… A. tested positive, he passed it to P., and finally M. got it… so 3 out of 5 relatives got infected…after months and months of confinement. Such a difficult time in Colombia simply because the vaccines are so slowly being offered to the general public. I regret I dis not invite the family to come over to get vaccinated.
July 15, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The way COVID 19 has affected me last week was the fact that I have experienced hearing about death more than any other time in my life. Those who unfortunately lost their lives to police brutality, COVID 19 and even situations where guns and affiliations are involved. All my life I never seen this much chaos happen so rapidly and is something that has made me think about my future and those whom I love and how I like most people out there want to progress and have a secure bright future. I stay home although I do take my walks outside and exercise here at home but the deadly shootings that have been happening lately across the boroughs have made me rethink about walking since I don't feel safe to even put some headphones on and jog without having to swivel my head from time to time. I believe that many people living in low income have gone through so much that they have being fed up with so many hatred and despair that it makes them feel like is "normal" to do what they do. Some are aware of what they do but the adrenaline and other reasons control their actions and then others aren't aware of it but still commit the wrongful decision since they have nothing to lose living in such poverty that makes them sick and oppressed. In one end is understandable in another it ain't but till then the inequalities have to get stabled in order for many people to progress and have better lives and security both in themselves and around them.
July 6, 2020