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2021
a look back
This assignment has been hard to complete because I don't feel like I have many stories to tell. While I did spend the Summer working a sleep-away camp, I have spent most of the last two years inside avoiding activities that could lead to exposure. After re-writing stories way too many times, I decided to write about the present. Two years into the pandemic, I am facing the same uncertainty. In 2020, I knew nothing about what was going to happen. Now, it almost seems worse. We continue to return to how things were before covid-19, but I am not sure it is possible. In 2020, I figured we would spend six months to a year, and then it would be like ebola. Yet, here I am in 2022, worrying about new variants, when I can get my next booster shot, and whether I will be working this Summer. While I wish we could return to the way life was before, I think about the fact that this pandemic probably won't end anytime soon. We will constantly be getting booster shots and quarantine for the unforeseeable future. There are so many things that I want to do before I graduate college, like studying abroad, going to concerts, visiting my friends' colleges but, these aren't safe or practical decisions to be made. While I have to acknowledge that my anxiety about covid may be speaking more than the science and facts, it's hard to ignore that our actions have more consequences than we could have ever imagined. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives forever. We could either start to make some changes or let it get worse. As a camp counselor, my campers often asked me why we had to wear masks if we had to test negative to come. I often said because we have to or because the state mandates it, but in reality, we wore masks for the safety of all campers and staff. We wore masks as a precaution rather than create a potentially dangerous environment. We did it because we cared. Even though I feel like I have a lack of stories and I am still uncertain about everything Covid, I still take the necessary precautions because I care. -
2020-05-06
Careful Czechia. Yana G
I would love to tell a short story of how it is going in Czech republic during quarantine 2020, being a russian gringo and a student. I'm 23 years old, all my friends in the same age as well. Some of us used to work, some are still studying. When in Czechia started quarantine, it was only 3 or 4 people with Covid. Everybody agreed that quarantine started early enough, and that was a good thing. By the way, there was no panic on the streets or in supermarkets. It seemed like czechs already were prepared. Schools closed immediately , and they're closed still. Every teacher is in contact and fully understands, that this stress makes us, students, less productive. But still doing homework is almost impossible. My friends with asian look were discriminated a little, but we totally understood that it's just for a while, that it's normal fear, I was afraid of everybody walking by me on the streets or making noise like coughing. We are waiting for a normal life. Waiting and pretending, that we still have this life. We work out, cook, draw, make photosets, play ukulele and have a good time with a little taste of fear in the mouth. Friends that used to work, don't have any chance to come back to there work. It's kinda stressful, cause who will help us, non-czech and non-adult? Of course, I can say, that the problem should be solved by Czech state, that they should help us, or maybe at least I should be angry. But honestly, I'm greatful for being here, with careful Czechs and my friends, for being studying from home and having computer from school (yes, they helped with this). For starting finely my small blog about art. And for saving my favourite small coffee shop that is still working and making damn good coffee. -
2020-04-11
Need to Do Better than "Go Back to Normal"
This tweet points out the hard conditions for workers and families without benefits, especially without healthcare coverage. People are wanting to return back to normal but this Twitter user says we need to do better than normal. -
2020-04-27
Restaurants go Back to Normal
Many local restaurants in my hometown are taking the steps to return to normal. They realize that they have lost business due to cutting back hours and not opening on some days to help stop the spread of COVID-19.