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• 2021-01-25T12:03

  The End of an Era

  Here we are, almost a year after the beginning of COVID, with over 99 million total cases, and 2 million total people dead from this sickly disease. In California alone, there has been over 3 million cases. If you would have told me a year ago that this is where we would be, I would laugh. But that laughter has turned into tears because of the manslaughter of COVID-19. There are timelines out there stating the overall progression of this virus, but I will tell you my timeline and experience with COVID. In March, I was told by my teachers that we were leaving school for "just a few weeks" to see how this new virus would play out. I thought it would be a much needed break from my tedious every day life at school. After a while, I started to lose hope, and when they announced we were not going back to school, I was devastated. By Summer, my life was really boring and felt like it didn't hold much worth. I was tired of living in solidarity. When school started in the fall, I was happy that I would have routine in my life again, but it still was the same; boring and lonely. Come winter time, I was finally excited again, for my school announced we were returning in January. I was so happy that my life would finally gain a little more normalcy. But, the day before school was supposed to start, my father tested positive for COVID, ruining my plans for returning to school. I was devastated, but I knew we had to stay home to keep other safe. Finally, last week, I was able to return to school. Since then, I have finally been happy; I don't feel so lonely anymore. My overall experience with COVID was painstaking, but so much has changed, and this virus, although horrible, has made me a better and more grateful person. As we near the end of our COVID-19 journey, we need to recognize that everything happens for a reason, even this.
• 2021-01-21

  Experience With Covid Within the Family and Peers

  I really haven't experienced that much of covid within the family except me getting into close contact and receiving symptoms after. My family has been lucky and no one serious in my family has received covid but, I know many people who have covid and sadly, I know someone who passed away too from it. Even though my family hasn't gotten anything serious yet, we are still very alert and strict on what we can and not do.
• 2021-01-21

  My Experience with a Positive Covid Test

  I personally haven't really been affected by Covid, but I have had a few friends who tested positive. It was kind of funny because the two friends that I would talk with every day and hang out with were the two to get it. One of my friends tested positive on Christmas Eve and the other tested positive a few days before Christmas. I didn't know for a while because of Christmas plans and holiday festivities, so it wasn't a huge deal, but we couldn't get together for new years' which was kind of sad.
• 2021-01-21

  Covid-19

  I had nobody in my family who got Covid-19 but my teacher got it and his symptoms were a Fever and a headache. My experiences are that my teacher has to zoom from home and he can't come back to school for a week to make sure he's safe and healthy we got to stay at school.
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  03/24/2020

  Personal COVID experience

  A Twitter thread sharing a personal experience with COVID-19. People have turned to Twitter to speak about their experiences with COVID because they are able to reach a larger audience. Harry explains what it was like at the beginning of getting sick and he also explained how he wasn't able to get tested. The fact that so many people had it or have it and aren't getting tested makes some of the numbers look better than they are. *Harry Wood, @harrymwood *Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University