In my home state we had church members of a very popular church in town stage 2 different incidents of hymn singing in the middle of our small college town. They didn’t like the few rules that the city and state have tried to enforce. No one wore masks and there was no physical distancing. About 200 hundred people sang.
They don’t want anyone telling them what to do, and apparently don’t care about others. Thursday 120 people were dx with Covid in our sparsely populated county. Fewer than 50% of people wear masks. I will continue to stay home.
This attitude seems disappointedly common today. I was taught at a young age that personal freedom was not possible without personal responsibility. It’s really two sides of the same coin. I wonder if some people might look back on their actions during this pandemic with any regret.
So sorry it is so bad there that is awful Stay inside though because that is your best bet not to get it. Or wear a mask when out with others around even outside etc. I am also gaining weight, not sure why, prolly a few different things. I am on a path now to lose some hopefully. It is getting so cold here though to even go for a walk which I do at night usually.
Although your question was addressed to @Terry4, I wouldn’t think that odd. We live in Manhattan, and the styles of buildings vary greatly, pre-war, art deco, post-modern, etc. I assume it is similar in your area, but the architecture and related history can be fascinating.
This is the second Monday in a row when we’re getting promising news on the vaccine front. Moderna reports initial findings of 94.5% effectivity. This is the kind of news that sustains me for the long-haul. Now we have two promising vaccines that could start deployment before December 31.
In the midst of a galloping increase in infections all across the country, we all need to hunker down and minimize our individual risks. There’s nothing wrong with trading this social holiday season for many future ones post-pandemic.
You’ve got at least one, probably two orders of magnitude more great old buildings than we do. And “pre-war” in NYC can mean a lot of wars. My bad memory thought that the Dyckman house, not too far from the apartment we were staying in, might be pre-Revolutionary War. Nope - post-war replacement for one that was destroyed in that war. We don’t come close to that.
Well, today the sun is out with a few clouds. My motivation is numbers. I just got notified I walk 800 miles since last November. Next year I want to walk 1,000 miles. Just crazy,lol. Nancy50
Our complex is a set of IM Pei design brutalist structures of four large buildings. Unattractive in some way, but very nice, with almost wall-spanning windows overlooking an internal 3-acre courtyard. Built as middle-income housing in the 60s and then becoming condo, it has been nice for us.
On another note, although we admire the structure and history of buildings, so much of what makes NYC are its people and their interiors.
Travel. We put off one winter skiing vacation for my work, and then had to put it off again with the pandemic. All-in-all, my spouse had to cancel 3 more, plus whatever vacation we would have taken this October.
Long-term motivation has been getting increasingly difficult for me lately. I’m an introvert, but I still crave some social interaction. Other than my husband, of course, and one or two socially-distanced park get togethers this summer, I haven’t seen anyone I know in person since March. I feel like my existence has shrunk so much.
I’m trying to stay as positive as possible. I’m so lucky that I still have a job, and that I can do it effectively from home. I’m still healthy, as are my family and friends. It could really be so much worse. I have been reading a lot, doing some watercolor painting, cleaning out some closets that have needed cleaning out for some time, and I take my dog for a long walk or two everyday. I’ve been trying to find new hobbies. Also, work keeps me busy most weekdays.
Virus cases are increasing markedly here. I miss going to the office and seeing my colleagues. I miss going out to dinner with friends. I miss being able to go to the grocery store without being afraid. Mostly…it’s depressing how many people will not listen to science - won’t wear a mask or social distance. The selfishness is astounding.
If I ever think about being lax, I look at the virus data published by my county…which then has the effect of making me not want to leave the house.
Virtual Reality has done it for me. I don’t like Second Life, but I’ve been socializing in OpenSim communities, there are hundreds of them. Just spent an hour in a bar chatting with a little dragon and a mad scientist, or maybe mad hatter it was hard to tell, lol, all while wearing a little cat avatar.
I got covid in early March, before I got any information on what to do or not to do. Sick for months, because Type 1 diabetes, duh. Starting to see improvement but seems to be long-term damage to breathing, diabetes more brittle and I’m still coughing. The isolation is brutal at times, but I don’t want to give it to anyone else.
Gratitude is a potent antidote in many less than desirable situations. Simple acknowledgment of circumstances that benefit you and your family is an easy tactic to accomplish. Whether saying it out loud, in writing, or in prayer, it all works.
I salute your altruism here. The isolation will end. Your virtual reality games seem like a rational tactic to meet this basic human need.
Since you’ve already had Covid-19, you likely are not able to transmit to someone else at this point. Has science answered this question? I don’t know. There are now many people in this situation.
I don’t mean to treat you rudely and can appreciate a wide range of tactics to boost long-term motivation to sustain your personal efforts to avoid Covid-19. I’m not so sure your reliance on hydroxycholoroquine is warranted, unless you’re also using it to treat lupus or malaria.
I have a relative who is a MD. His take: we don’t know when to say someone who still has symptoms might no longer be contagious. The antibody tests are unreliable. We don’t even know if immunity stops contagiousness. We know a lot more than we knew in February. We still don’t know what we don’t know.
Terry I loved your thoughtful post. The impact Covid has had on our family has been scary and transformative.
I was initially having a hard time feeling stressed and bored, and although I was making the best of it, if I’m being honest it was wearing on me a bit. But then I got diagnosed with breast cancer in July. And I found the tumor myself in a random way that felt too crazy to be a coincidence. All of a sudden all that was important to me was survival. I just wanted to LIVE. I got a huge dose of perspective… and the world (and my life) began to look different. I honestly thought I had always practiced a lot of gratitude in my life before, but gratitude is on a whole other level for me now. My “life lenses” are clearer, and maybe what they should have been all along.
This year has been a challenge in many ways for all of us, and I can’t stand how it’s changed the way we navigate our world now, but I also have this year to thank for allowing me to slow down and take stock of my many blessings, and focus on my new job of getting healthy, mastering happy, and staying alive.
Stay inside though because that is your best bet not to get it. Or wear a mask when out with others around even outside etc. I am also gaining weight, not sure why, prolly a few different things. I am on a path now to lose some hopefully. It is getting so cold here though to even go for a walk which I do at night usually.
