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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
One thing we've done better than in the past is that the names for this disease and the subsequent variants have been memorable but not accusatory Unlike, say, "Spanish Flu", "Zika", or "Ebola" we've resisted the urge to brand it with the locations or the peoples where this disease was first identified It helps to have a name like SARS-CoV-2 that doesn't have immediate associations with sectors of the planet I do see the irony of the latest variant being called Omicron "Om" used to be a way of channeling a transcendental state Now it's more like, "OMG"
January 11, 2022
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How do you imagine life will be different when the pandemic is over? Have your thoughts on this changed since the pandemic began?
I was thinking about this the other day - and I honestly can't imagine going outside without a mask. I can't imagine being in shul with lots of people. I can't imagine being on the tube. I can't imagine hanging out with groups of friends. I can't imagine what it will be like to see my family again and hold their hands and give them hugs. I can't imagine going through the airport and getting on an aeroplane. In all honesty, the thought gives me anxiety. But I know I will do it --- I want to do and I will need to. I can't imagine what it will be like to get pregnant and give birth. It is a world that I am so hopeful for, but a world that can't imagine and I am scared of.
February 3, 2021