“A year on and I feel at perhaps my unhealthiest sadly, both physically and emotionally. My mom is getting the Covid vaccine next week and I am so happy for her. I hope that all of us will be able to get our vaccines too.”
“As someone who has been home bound/self quarantined for a few years to due to chronic illnesses and disabilities, the pandemic hasn’t changed my life that drastically. In terms of daily life and mental health I’ve been struggling a bit however, there is no routine set in place for me, all the days seem to fade into each other, and I’ve been too scared to go outside because of my physical health.”
“Going to work was very scary because I have some health issues as it is and I have to interact with people, so I constantly used sanitizer, gloves, multiple masks, etc…Working in a medical field in this time has been exhausting and will be even harder as flu season approaches…I hope one day I will be able to give the COVID-19 vaccine as part of my job and help to others.”
“I removed my rings but one. Bracelets, and watchbands, anything a virus could stick to and, by some inbred
genetic need to trick me to scratch my nose that exact moment, to allow it
to enter my respiratory column,
to feed.”
“Ik heb mij soms wel geërgerd aan de maatregelen, zeker naarmate de kennis rond corona toenam aan hoe sommige mensen daarop reageerden. Ik begrijp het wel, het onbekende angstbeeld, maar heb mij wel afgevraagd waar het gezonde verstand van mensen gebleven was…”
“…And just one commute away, I will be risking my life each and every day at my workplace. I will be a front-line worker, without the personal protective equipment afforded to medical workers, facing students who do not have to follow safety or cleanliness rules for most of the 24 hours in a day. Many of the families in my community believe in magical thinking, believe that God will protect them, and believe in the propaganda spouted every day from President Trump and his corrupted supporters in government and the media. I could not be more disgusted at this willful ignorance. It’s like a death cult…”
“…There are several cases of patients with COVID-19. Their survival depends on their condition and pre-existing illnesses. As I see these patients, I witnessed several deaths and recoveries as well…”
“Ang mga tao ay natatakot dahil may banta ng covid19. Sana makahanap na ng vaccine para makabalik na sa normal na buhay ang mga tao…”
“…A lot of the nurses and PSW’s who work with me like to socialize outside of work. We need to get our mind off of work sometimes, and we’re finding that it’s hard to do that right now. We’re surrounded by the news and any time we speak to somebody at work, it’s always about COVID-19…”
“…May discrimination pa, pag Asian inaaway, minumura minsan sinasaktan pa. naranasan ko yan minsan nasa bus ako at ako ay naka mask, bigla ako nilayuan at sinabing , ‘you asian, go back to your country’”…
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