Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[BigBlueHen53]

No worries, I don't wallow. Expressing myself is my therapy; once I do so I'm usually over it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yup, good night!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Hen, very sorry for your loss. It really sucks. I don't have a big bubble of friends in the first place, but we're all FIRMLY on the same page about COVID - open communication, limited contact, masks everywhere, etc. I think I ditched anyone in conspiracy theory land years ago, but it happened and it sucks. I hope you take some time for yourself to feel better.

As for Shakespere.... I will never understand people who find him stuffy. Romeo and Juliet is surely garbage, but his plays are full of jokes about being gay and genitalia. XD They were pop comedy. Most of them are very funny.

My favorite is Neil Gaimans take on A Midsummers Nights Dream in the Sandman comic books. Excellent read if you haven't but a bit trippy.

... @electrymonk, only 35 minutes????

 

[Cynthia12]

I wonder what the long term effects of this pandemic phenomenon will be on a generation of people who did and didn't get sick, who did and didn't lose loved ones, who did and didn't have a chance to form social groups in school. This is something that strikes so profoundly on life as we experience it that I think they will be a generation that carries an identity for the rest of their lives like we Baby Boomers do.

I know other generations have identities too but sometimes a event comes along that shapes everything ever after. I think your daughter is part of such a group and I hope knowing that she's not alone in the hundred little and larger assaults on her life helps her approach it with some equanimity.

Found out about this site. They have already posted some pretty sad letters from children to Santa. The USPS..a couple of examples. One child says, Dear Santa, I don't want anything for Christmas, but I would like to ask you if you could do me a favor. Can you please find a cure for Covid-19, and give it to us to save the world. Thank you. Another child...no toys for me..but for ppe, Lysol to help keep us safe. ...It's hard to imagine what these kids are seeing that we're not even understanding is in their head and their heart. Praying that they become a smart, brilliant generation. That from living through a tough time, made them realize just how resilient they can be...............go to uspsoperationsanta

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Including the Ivermectin?

Yes. I got a prescription because I'm high risk. My landlord isn't high risk so she isn't taking it although she's taking everything else.

 

[MROO]

True facts. And hey, I got a lot of work done.

Next time you quarantine, can you do it at MY house, please? We got almost nothing done while we were in lockdown mode. I guess that's understandable, though, since two of us were really sick and the third did everything she could to avoid contact with us or anything we touched ... still ... my house? Please?

 

[MROO]

To speak to the topic of the thread title, how the virus is affecting my life .... I'm losing a friend over it. I'm so isolated out here anyway, so far from my family, this woman has been very precious to me. But this virus has been unexpectedly divisive. We have not gotten together since this began, of course, but yesterday we were able to go somewhere "together" in separate vehicles. I was looking forward to seeing her. I figured we could actually talk briefly so I put on my mask and rolled down my window. She approached, unmasked. I pulled back from her and asked her to step back or mask. She said she thinks masking is stupid and unnecessary. It felt like she was saying that I am stupid. She said she couldn't see me because the mask covers my face, and she couldn't hear me because it muffles my voice. I knew that wasn't true. She has said she doesn't believe Covid is any worse than the flu, that the media are faking the numbers of infections and deaths, etc. I felt that she was saying that I am stupid for wearing a mask and taking the virus as seriously as I do. I was hurt and felt insulted and alienated. And now I feel even more isolated and lonely than before. Covid is affecting everyone in so many ways, even if it doesn't make them sick. I'm sad.

My response to the "It's stupid" comment has been a standard , "Well, it wouldn't be the first stupid thing I've ever done, and it certainly won't be the last ... but humor me, okay?" It usually gets a smile and a modicum of compliance. In the meantime, don't let this end a friendship. Everyone is testy, right now, and she probably feels like you dissed her, too. Let it go, at least for now. These things often have a way of levelling out. Let's just hope she doesn't learn it the hard way. And pray for her ... it's really hard to stay angry at someone you're praying for!

 

[MROO]

Gawd.... I need to go-to bed 35 minutes ago.

Yet, I want to share a memory directly connected to this..... The conduit between comedy & tragedy.....

Until tomorrow then?

Okay ... it's officially "tomorrow." Where's that story?

 

[hispoptart]

Took a break today. Didn't get almost any Yule work done except for cleaning the skull for the bone earrings. They should come out pretty good looking. I'm looking forward to the bones being done. I'm going to dry them in salt for a few days before putting them on hooks to make sure they're very dry. Then I paint the teeth gold.

G is doing a bit better. His tummy pain is gone and he says he's feeling a lot better. We videocalled from across the house today and he was looking well rested. His sense of taste is still deeply shot, though.

Can't wait to see the earrings, Glad to hear G is feeling better. I feel his pain with the senses gone. I can't smell or taste anything. Sure hope it comes back for both of us soon.

 

[hispoptart]

To speak to the topic of the thread title, how the virus is affecting my life .... I'm losing a friend over it. I'm so isolated out here anyway, so far from my family, this woman has been very precious to me. But this virus has been unexpectedly divisive. We have not gotten together since this began, of course, but yesterday we were able to go somewhere "together" in separate vehicles. I was looking forward to seeing her. I figured we could actually talk briefly so I put on my mask and rolled down my window. She approached, unmasked. I pulled back from her and asked her to step back or mask. She said she thinks masking is stupid and unnecessary. It felt like she was saying that I am stupid. She said she couldn't see me because the mask covers my face, and she couldn't hear me because it muffles my voice. I knew that wasn't true. She has said she doesn't believe Covid is any worse than the flu, that the media are faking the numbers of infections and deaths, etc. I felt that she was saying that I am stupid for wearing a mask and taking the virus as seriously as I do. I was hurt and felt insulted and alienated. And now I feel even more isolated and lonely than before. Covid is affecting everyone in so many ways, even if it doesn't make them sick. I'm sad.

I am so sorry that happened, I just don't understand people like that. They are the reason so many people like us and those of us on this thread have gotten covid. The majority of us on this thread agree that masking up to protect others is what we need to do, but because of people like her, several here including myself have gotten it. When I was first told I was positive, I cried for hours, but then I got to thinking of the reason I got it in the first place and I became angry. I took that anger and decided I am going to kick this things butt!
Just remember you are not alone, we are all here for you! You can PM me any time. I'm a good listener.