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We’re seeing dramatic differences in rates of COVID infection, illness, and death in different places. What do you think about these differences?
This is a photo of our local emergency room with empty triage tents outside of it, taken from inside our car. We were passing by on our way home from getting drive-through flu shots which we could get because our insurance is really good and our doctors are very caring. Somehow everything about this picture sums up for me how we have access to ways to take care of our health that other people don't get. Black and brown and poor people are dying at so much higher rates. Even when wealthy white people like the president and his entourage get sick, they don't even think it's a big deal because they are already insulated and pampered, and can get expensive, cutting edge medical treatment with no problem. If all of us tried to keep each other safe, and if essential workers got excellent care and protection, we'd see a very different pattern.
October 7, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
My boss got it --- and even had to go to the hospital. My brother in another country just got it. On the plus side he already got dose #1, but now who knows when he will get dose #2. Honestly, I feel even more afraid. It is just getting closer. I feel overwhelmed. I feel angry that things are moving so slowly. How does the EU think that it is at all appropriate to be playing around with the idea of not sending vaccines to the UK? Yes, Brexit is shit. And they are angry --- but play with something that is not as essential right now. I don't know when I will be vaccinated. I don't know when I will see friends or family. I am worried about having to go out of the house to public spaces. And am thankful that for the time being I don't need to. But how long will that last. How long will my boss be ok with me working from home? At what point do I go back into the office? How long will it feel like everything is shut forever? How much longer will this be going on for?!?!?!?!!
January 28, 2021