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Trapped in quarantine
It was a normal Thursday afternoon and I just woke up from that seem to be a eight hour shift from an overnight job I was doing in food service. I was energetic and ready to take on the rest of the day. Looking forward to going to the store, I got up washed my face, put on my socks, pants and a T-shirt along with a long sleeve thermal Top. It was a sunny beautiful day in western Pennsylvania.
By Kyle Smith6 years ago in Longevity
How are we doing? The short answer is we're okay.
My friends ask me how I’m doing. The short answer is always - we’re okay. But the real answer is much longer. I feel a lot of anxiety these days. It’s always there, sometimes with more intensity than others. But a constant, ever present, lurking beneath our routine.
By Jill Jaimes6 years ago in Longevity
Lost in quarantine
It was a normal Thursday afternoon and I just woke up from that seem to be a eight hour shift from an overnight job I was doing in food service. I was energetic and ready to take on the rest of the day. Looking forward to going to the store, I got up washed my face, put on my socks, pants and a T-shirt along with a long sleeve thermal Top. It was a sunny beautiful day in western Pennsylvania.
By Kyle Smith6 years ago in Longevity
Desperate for Control in a Nightmare World
It all feels so out of control. And, this lack of control feels different because there’s no real way to stop it at the moment. It’s like we’re all in a massive group project where the majority of the group is doing what they’re assigned, but the ones that aren’t are causing previously unimaginable problems and threatening to derail the entire project. I knew there was a reason I hated group projects!
By Katherine Ferry6 years ago in Longevity
Don't go Viral.
When all else fails, we, as humans tend to take matters into our own hands or point our finger at anyone that "should have done or shouldn't have done" something to prevent the catastrophe. In this case, our current pandemic, people from all walks of life are affected by a singular disease that ravages the respiratory system in a unique manner, leaving those with preexisting conditions i.e. diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, breathing difficulties, or simply being over the age of sixty years old to fall to the novel corona virus. At least that is what they told you in the beginning, however with new evidence that it effects humans of all ages, making it far more potent a disease than previously thought.
By Mitchell Depriest6 years ago in Longevity
Can any good come out of Covid 19?
By nature, I am a positive and very optimistic person. The glass half – full type. But I can’t lie to you. The Covid 19 pandemic has raised my hackles and I have reigned myself in on multiple occasions to prevent a panic attack triggered by the latest apocalypse style news. I live in the UK and have watched as the world, piece by piece is shutting down, entire countries going into lock-down with a police or military presence preventing unnecessary movement. Here, although in lock down we are told to practice social distancing keeping 2 metres apart from others when out on our assigned daily exercise and avoid unnecessary movement. Schools have closed and parents are trying to figure out how to home educate while surviving the health risks, while isolating, while trying to change their businesses into online ones, while dealing with the uncertainty and financial implications. Panic shopping has seen empty shelves worthy of war like scenarios and fights breaking out over toilet paper. Who would have thought?
By Michelle Foulia6 years ago in Longevity
So, This is the Apocolypse, Eh?
What the heck is going on? How on earth does a microscopic virus bring the world to its knees like this? And how on earth has my usually shielded city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada end up being involved in all of this? These are the kinds of things that happen somewhere on the other side of the planet, in exotic countries. Usually, the victims seem millions of miles away and end up being just numbers that show up somewhere beyond the headlines. Not this time. This time, we here in the center of Canada, isolated out on the prairies, are part of the story. It’s hit home. We are doing what so many others in the world are doing, which is waiting patiently (and not so patiently) for the risk to die down so we can go back to being less than 6 feet apart from each other. At the moment, we are all vulnerable, as vulnerable as those across the planet who we normally can’t relate with. This is truly a world wide experience. Fortunately, however, there are far less zombies than anticipated. All the movies tell us that future pandemics all involve turning into zombies. There has not been a single zombie sighting yet. Many of us have been preparing for a zombie apocalypse. We didn’t prepare for this!
By Chris Hearn6 years ago in Longevity
World Autism Awareness Day 2020
The month of April has arrived and there are two reasons why this month is personal to me: it’s Autism Awareness Month and today is World Autism Awareness Day. Autism Awareness Month was first recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, affects 1 in 59 children. Boys are four times affected as girls. For those who aren’t familiar with who I am, I’m on the autism spectrum. I was interviewed by Vocal for their Creator Spotlight feature about two weeks ago. They were asking about things such as cosplay and why I’m passionate about different causes. Autism awareness is one of those causes. Here’s a little bit about myself and why this month is so important to me.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 6 years ago in Longevity
Covid-19: Wuhan Reopens but Risk is High
On December 31 2019, the Chinese office of the World Health Organization (WHO) heard the first news of a previously unknown virus causing multiple cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, a city in eastern China with a population of over 11 million.
By Anton Black6 years ago in Longevity
