I am legitimately worried about the long-term mental and physical effects of this pandemic - even for people who never got the virus. We are basically experiencing Great Depression levels of trauma as a society, there's no way this won't have long-term effects on how people function, how we cope, etc. I just don't see how there wouldn't be serious ramifications for years to come (especially if this drags on into mid-next year or further).
This morning, my partner pointed out to me that, this Saturday, we had had tickets to the Phillies game, which have since been refunded. We had bought them before the season started, and before all (gestures everywhere) THIS happened. And I distinctly remember thinking, in April, well this should all hopefully be cleared up by end of May, end of June at the LATEST.
I work in US education and I don't even have words for how most everyone—K–12 through post-secondary—is handling this. Teachers, staff, and admin are being treated as disposable. We've already made huge sacrifices in money, time, emotional labor, etc. so what's another? Aren't school employees supposed to be martyrs? (Which is a whole other topic.)
And higher ed? While it was easier for many institutions to move online because more of them had online programs, they're rushing to reopen because they can't miss out on those sweet housing fees and they're worried students won't pay for online-only. (And let's be frank: even before all this, there was a lot of bad online ed practice going on, but there was also a lot of bad in-person teaching, too.)
I feel for everyone, but am a constant mix of furious, despondent, depressed, and numb.
There was a point in this this thing early on where I would go to the grocery store with a sense of purpose. I’d mask up, put on my latex gloves, and roll my own shopping cart I bought online around to buy as much as I possibly could to prevent frequent visits while dutifully self-isolating. Minus the personal shopping carts, I felt like most other people were doing the same. Now, when I go I see bunches of people — mostly twenty-somethings — buying three bananas and a case of hard seltzer and I know we’re doomed.
I thought Glady's looked a bit empty when I walked by a couple days ago...even though tbh I expect waaaaaay more places to shuttered in the area by next winter. Manhattan gonna be a ghost town unless they do something to help with rent
Man, I recorded episodes of my podcast weeks in advance, and one came out in June joking about Trump saying it would be done by Easter. That was a gut punch at the time, and its insane months have gone by since with nothing.
I am legitimately worried about the long-term mental and physical effects of this pandemic - even for people who never got the virus. We are basically experiencing Great Depression levels of trauma as a society, there's no way this won't have long-term effects on how people function, how we cope, etc. I just don't see how there wouldn't be serious ramifications for years to come (especially if this drags on into mid-next year or further).
This morning, my partner pointed out to me that, this Saturday, we had had tickets to the Phillies game, which have since been refunded. We had bought them before the season started, and before all (gestures everywhere) THIS happened. And I distinctly remember thinking, in April, well this should all hopefully be cleared up by end of May, end of June at the LATEST.
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April 2020 really feels like 2 years ago but also it feels like June and July didn't really happen
I work in US education and I don't even have words for how most everyone—K–12 through post-secondary—is handling this. Teachers, staff, and admin are being treated as disposable. We've already made huge sacrifices in money, time, emotional labor, etc. so what's another? Aren't school employees supposed to be martyrs? (Which is a whole other topic.)
And higher ed? While it was easier for many institutions to move online because more of them had online programs, they're rushing to reopen because they can't miss out on those sweet housing fees and they're worried students won't pay for online-only. (And let's be frank: even before all this, there was a lot of bad online ed practice going on, but there was also a lot of bad in-person teaching, too.)
I feel for everyone, but am a constant mix of furious, despondent, depressed, and numb.
There was a point in this this thing early on where I would go to the grocery store with a sense of purpose. I’d mask up, put on my latex gloves, and roll my own shopping cart I bought online around to buy as much as I possibly could to prevent frequent visits while dutifully self-isolating. Minus the personal shopping carts, I felt like most other people were doing the same. Now, when I go I see bunches of people — mostly twenty-somethings — buying three bananas and a case of hard seltzer and I know we’re doomed.
I'm currently 100% accurate in my pandemic predictions.
I thought Glady's looked a bit empty when I walked by a couple days ago...even though tbh I expect waaaaaay more places to shuttered in the area by next winter. Manhattan gonna be a ghost town unless they do something to help with rent
Man, I recorded episodes of my podcast weeks in advance, and one came out in June joking about Trump saying it would be done by Easter. That was a gut punch at the time, and its insane months have gone by since with nothing.