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Alexander the Great once suffered an arrow wound that pierced his lung. He fought on as long as he could, but eventually collapsed on his shield. His army was able to protect him long enough to win the battle and to escape. They cut the arrow out of his chest and amazingly he fully recovered.
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We’ve been here before as far as pandemics go—exactly 100 years ago. But have we learned anything since then?
From 1918 to early 1920, the world was held captive by a virus known as H1N1, or the Spanish Flu. Like COVID-19, it spread across the globe within a matter of months. When it was all said and done, 500 million people—about a third of the world’s population—had been infected, and approximately 50 million people died.
COVID-19 is a different virus, but the story of its spread is quite similar; people even had the same arguments about wearing masks and social distancing that we have today. The evidence is in this “Do’s and Don’t’s” lists from the 1918 pandemic that appeared on Twitter and immediately went viral.
Spanish flu recommendations. History repeats itself. #LongCovid pic.twitter.com/oZ7gCEgVSu
— Talya Varga (@TalyaVarga) August 8, 2020
The most important things on the list—wearing a mask, washing your hands, and avoiding crowds—are things we’re supposed to be doing today. But even 100 years ago, we had to plead with people to heed this advice and listen to scientists.
From the same era . pic.twitter.com/nAObrpuNCK
— Jυ𝐒𝕋 ⒶN𝕿H𝐨N𝚈
(@omicRocker) August 8, 2020
Most people complied, but a lot didn’t; there were four waves of the disease before the pandemic ended in April 1920.
You might as well use this as well. pic.twitter.com/BtfyVQZaXQ
— Chris (@ChrisDo30828241) August 10, 2020
Had they done what they were supposed to do, there’s no doubt that the infection and death tolls would have been lower, and the pandemic would have ended earlier.
It seems we dont learn from history pic.twitter.com/opoaSUuYHO
— Kassandra
(@Noname06401912) August 9, 2020
We’re still relatively new to COVID-19, and we can still mitigate the damage. While there’s no way of eradicating COVID-19, we can pay attention to science and keep ourselves and others safe.
You know what they say: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Are you doing all you can to keep yourself and others healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic? Let us know in the comments below!
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You probably know someone who eats “gluten free.” It’s become something of a fad, with even people who have no medical reason to eschew gluten sure that doing so makes them “feel better.”
And you know, everyone can decide for themselves what they do and do not want to eat.
For people with celiac disease, though, ingesting gluten can have some very real, and extremely uncomfortable, gastrointestinal effects. With gluten sneaking its way into tons of products – including those that claim to be gluten free – relief could be a huge deal for so many.
A case study that was published in Annals of Internal Medicine detailed a male patient who was treated with Tofacitinib, a medication used for people with rheumatoid arthritis and alopecia. When he returned for a followup appointment, doctors found that his celiac disease had gone into remission.
Normally, celiac patients have to avoid gluten for the rest of their lives in order to stop long-term damage to the mucosa in their digestive tracts, but his man found he could eat and tolerate it with no trouble after going on the Tofacitinib.
The patient, who was seen at the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, had previously been controlling his celiac disease with a gluten-free diet. Then, he began a regimen of Tofacitinib to treat his alopecia. The medication inhibits enzymes associated with worsening severity of rheumatoid arthritis, mainly, though it has previously been used to treat certain bowel diseases.
His celiac disease showed complete histologic and serologic remission, even after he returned to eating a normal diet that included regular gluten.
The results are promising, though they need to be replicated on a larger scale before gluten lovers everywhere can rejoice. The drug also has side effects that would need to be considered before doctors prescribed it to celiac patients en masse.
Still, hope is on the horizon, and sometimes, that’s all you need.
Well, that and to be able to eat garlic bread with your spaghetti.
Am I right?
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While the current pandemic has left most people burrowed indoors in order to maintain social distancing, others have to spread their wings and take flight.
Whether it is for business or for a much-needed vacation, it’s important to consider your health and safety the next time you travel.
Here are 10 ways to avoid germs on your next flight so you can boost your chances of arriving to your destination in good health.
Keep your face-to-face interactions to a minimum by utilizing the online check-in option.
This feature allows passengers to check-in up to 24 hours before a flight departs. At the same time, it helps you steer clear of germs on the self-service kiosks at airports.
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Airlines may have upped their cleaning game, but it’s easy to miss a spot or two. And in that case, you could expose yourself to germs.
Take the time to disinfect high-touch surfaces such as the armrest, tray table, seatbelt buckle, and screen controls. You never know what has been left behind by a previous passenger.
Did you know that where you sit on the plane could influence your exposure to germs?
With some airlines leaving middle seats empty in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, that gives you two seat options. A window seat is your safest bet because it gets exposed to the fewest people during an average flight.
You can never have too much hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes.
These items are especially essential when traveling given your exposure to many people and surfaces.
You can bring bottles of hand sanitizer that measure 12 ounces or less as a carry-on in the United States.
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Our money can be a festering ground for germs.
Instead of relying on cash at Starbucks or wherever else you prefer to purchase your pre-flight snacks, opt for the cashless method to reduce the chances of contamination.
Did you know that one behavioral study from 2015 revealed that a person touches his or her face about 23 times per hour?
You definitely don’t want to do that at an airport or on a plane considering how much exposure you have to germs by touching public surfaces.
Most people throw their personal items into the plastic bins at security checkpoints. Don’t follow that trend.
Instead, keep your phone, wallet, and other items inside your bag to prevent exposing them to germs.
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This may seem simple, but turning on the overhead air vent can provide an extra layer of protection against germs and viruses.
How does this happen?
An airplane’s filtration system can neutralize potentially harmful particles and keep you safe.
Do you seriously need a lesson in what social distancing means?
Maintain a six-foot gap between people in security checkpoint lines or luggage pick-up areas.
You may even want to board last so you don’t have to be stuck waiting in the walkway with a bunch of other passengers.
This should be a standard no matter if you’re traveling abroad or taking a trip to your local grocery story.
Wear a mask not only for your own protection but for everyone else’s, too.
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Have you traveled on an airplane since the COVID-19 pandemic hit?
What changes did you make to your traveling routine?
Tell us your experience in the comments below!
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Once we get to a certain age, I feel like nobody’s body really works quite right anymore. Things ache, you can tweak them without trying, and honestly, it never really feels good to move from a sitting position ever again.
What’s funny is how we just accept that’s how life is now – like these 14 people, who barely even notice the weird things happening in their own bodies anymore.
I don’t feel dehydrated even though I am. When I was a kid, I’ve gone whole days without drinking anything.
I’ve just learnt to force myself to drink water every hour. Until I developed this routine, I never understood how my lips were supposed to feel like as they were always dry.
My pancreas just refuses to produce insulin.
It’s really annoying but what can you do?
will just randomly get a huge chill which looks like a mini seizure.
People always ask what’s wrong.
“Voluntarily Piloerection” or to put it more cooler, I can raise my hair i.e. Have goosebumps at will.
It’s apparently rare but seeing the amount of people saying they have it too, you should get in contact with James Heather who is researching about the same
I get ocular migraines sometimes.
They’re not terribly frequent, though maybe once in a while they’ll be persistent for a week or so. It’s a strange experience. No pain, no headache, but an actual blind spot develops in my vision, that ‘appears’ sort of like a lightning bolt, it hovers there for about 20-30 minutes then gradually subsides. I’ll tend to feel a bit weird for maybe an hour or two afterward but then back to normal.
They seem to be triggered by a combination of poor sleep, dehydration and (maybe) caffeine + stress. Have had them off-and-on for about 10 years probably. Consulted with a couple doctors about it and they’ve said it’s probably nothing to be too worried about unless it starts happening more frequently/intensely.
I have spinal stenosis, basically my vertebra are thickening and pressing against my spinal cord in my upper neck and lower spine.
It causes numbness in my extremities and I have to do special stretches to help relieve the pressure but man sometimes I’ll sit for a little bit too long and it’s like my feet don’t exist. I’ll try to walk but it’s like walking on stumps.
Back to the stretches and within 10 minutes the feeling returns. I use to do 100 mile bicycle rides, now I’m lucky if I can walk three blocks without tripping and falling.
I can control my pinky toes separate from the rest of my foot.
Never thought it was weird until my mom was like what the fuck and apparently most people can’t do that.
I have Exploding Head Syndrome, which is a lot scarier sounding than it actually is– a sleep phase disorder.
Basically, when I’m falling asleep I occasionally hear random phantom noises that startle me back awake.
For me, I most commonly hear someone shouting my name, an unintelligible brief yell, knocking on the door, or the doorbell.
I’ve noticed over the years that it tends to happen mostly when I’m overtired and/or anxious, and I may not have one for months and then have them every other day for a week.
I get sharp intense pains on the left bottom side of my ribs randomly. I just suck in air and hope my rib didn’t puncture my lung. Sometimes its when I’m working out, but sometimes I’m literally just standing there and whoops popped a lung.
I’m 18, and have been experiencing these since I was 15. Happens whether I breathe in or out. Hurts like hell for a minute and then passes, I mainly breathe in more air to stop myself from screaming.
I’ve never seen a doctor for it because I saw a post online saying that most teenagers experience this pain because “our ribs are growing”. Don’t know the medical truth of that but whatever it calmed my tits and made it easier to live with.
Sometimes when I yawn saliva literally squirts out of my mouth.
No idea why, it’s kinda weird.
When I yawn and stretch I become blind for a few seconds, don’t know if thats normal
I have neurological issues that make me have “phantom” feelings.
For instance the last two days I’ve had a burning sensation, like if I‘d rested a hot soup bowl on my thigh, but there’s nothing there.
It can feel like little bug bites, scratches or “streaky” burns. It’s never severe, mostly just weird to feel a distinct sensation for no reason.
Sometimes I’ll ask a family member to check for marks.
The other day I pulled up my shirt, turned around and asked my mom if there was anything on my back.
She was like, “Oh my goodness! There is! Looks like one of the cats got you!”
And we were both so weirdly delighted I’d actually been mauled. lol
I was born with a disorder that makes crossover motion between both sides of my body more challenging. Riding a bike took me a year to master, for context.
The hardest thing for me to do autopilot is stairs, though. If I don’t think about it, my body automatically goes one at a time with both feet rather than alternating.
I’m white and pale AF.
Normally avoid sun exposure due to not tolerating heat well and skin cancer running in the family.
But earlier this summer I spent quite a bit of time in the desert. I got several shades darker, except for a bunch of random spots that are still white.
They weren’t covered and had the same amount of sun exposure as the rest of me, but just no color change at all. Biggest spot is on my bicep but there are random spots everywhere.
I’ve always had a streak like that along my hairline (hair also grows in white there too) that my mom said was a birth mark. I’m guessing these “new” spots have always been there too but never apparent because I avoid sun exposure.
No one warned me it would be like this, y’all – why does my back hurt?
What does your body do that you’ve just written off with a shrug? Tell us in the comments!
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How much time do most of us really have to spend researching on what’s good for them and what’s bad? What’s healthy and what’s unhealthy?
Sometimes, it can feel like a full-time job reading reviews and checking out other peoples’ opinions about that kind of stuff.
And there are a lot of things out there that people THINK are healthy, but they really aren’t.
What’s a lot unhealthier than people think?
AskReddit users weighed in with their opinions.
“I once saw a chart showing the disparity of what average people thought about the healthiness of an item versus a group of nutritionists.
The biggest disparity by far was granola bars. Which made sense…”
“Sitting. The desk job kind.
Just a couple of years on a slightly off center cushion on an office chair can give you chronic lower back pain.
It’s a b*tch going through the process of strengthening your lower back again.”
“Fruit juice.
Big Sugar: Let me introduce myself.”
“Anxiety: the effects are physical as well.
As someone who comes from a family prone to high blood pressure anyway, it is a constant concern.
I thought my anxiety wasn’t that bad until I was asked to give an impromptu lecture/explanation in college to the students. My hands, voice and entire lower body (from the toes to the hips) started shaking.
Though the professor commended my efforts, I needed some time to relax back to normal.”
“Non-fat packaged foods.
You’d be much better off eating the fat that was already there rather than eating all the sugar that replaced it.”
“Starbucks….some Frappuccinos have 70 GRAMS of sugar.”
“Staying up late.
People tend to downplay the risks of not getting enough sleep because they’re not immediately evident.”
“Bottling up your emotions because you’re afraid to open up.
I suffer from this.
I opened up sometimes but it bored people or worse, angered them to see me reach out in the worst stages of depression. I’ve been broken up with, ghosted and bullied because of it. I’m now terrified to speak up.
Because of this my condition has worsened and I live terrified every day that one slip is all that it will take for me to lose the few people I have left in my life.
Fun stuff.”
“Fat free food.
Usually has a bunch of added sugar instead.”
“Mommy wine culture.
Stop drinking away your problems and glorifying alcoholism.”
“I feel like people don’t know how important their diet actually is.
Simply reducing sugar a little seems to be a huge deal for some people and I think that really shows how unhealthy sugar actually is if you’re having withdrawal symptoms like tiredness and headaches from it.
They’ll just treat it like a normal thing to give kids loads of sugar at all times, give them fruit for once. And sugar alternatives and sweets ‘without sugar’ are even worse as the alternative works as a d*mn laxative.
People should know what’s in their food.”
“Being underweight or overweight.
At a certain point you are too skinny or too overweight and you need to talk to a doctor and dietician.
Some natural variation from person to person is normal, but you shouldn’t be super skinny or super overweight.
It will never be healthy.”
“Weed.
Smoking any plant matter releases carcinogens and messes with your lungs.
Also has been linked to decreased brain development in frequent users under 25.”
“Looking at screens for hours on end. Especially harmful when its only a few inches from your face.
Put it down and go to bed.”
“Obsession.
Whether it’s food, drugs, or a huge crush, obsessions are really dangerous and can warp your mind so you don’t correctly value real-life stuff.”
What do you think is much more unhealthy than people realize?
Tell us what you think in the comments.
Please and thank you!
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We’re all dealing with some serious sh*t at this moment in history.
None of us expected this to happen at the beginning of 2020, but here we are and we have to deal with it in the best way possible.
And that means WEARING A MASK when you go out in public.
Yes, it’s hot. Yes, it can fog up your glasses. Oh well! It’s not a big deal and you’re helping out yourself, your family, and complete strangers who you come into contact with.
But what are some OTHER reasons that people like wearing masks in public?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.
“It makes negotiations and awkward conversations at work so much easier!
They can’t read my face nearly as well, so I feel way more confident.
I love it.”
“I never realized how much emotions I unintentionally show when not wearing a mask.
Now people can’t tell what I’m thinking.”
“I’m in the military and have to shave.
I also have to wear a mask at all times on base.
So I’m growing a goatee.
Suck it, big brother.”
“A few of my patients said it covers their bad teeth and they feel like they can laugh and smile more with other people without feeling self-conscious.”
“My teeth suck.
This whole mask thing has been just fantastic.”
“I have terrible seasonal allergies and can’t breathe through my nose very well because I’m constantly congested.
Wearing a mask makes me feel less embarrassed to breathe through my mouth!”
“My sister bought me a black mask that reads, “Spaceballs the Facemask.”
When I wear it out in public people look at me and smile. Some laugh and tell me how much they love my face mask.
It makes people happy, and considering the depressing times we need more happiness in the world.”
“Out in public, I often think of funny things, which causes me to smile slightly.
Before masks, if I ever made accidental eye contact with anyone during those times, they thought I was smiling at them and would smile back, or approach and try to socialize with me.
Well, I’m an extreme introvert and I hate that. Now, with masks, no one can see me smile–so that problem is solved! I’m actually going out more because of it.”
“I have bad social anxiety and don’t speak much in public.
I’m also an opinionated b*tch.
Now I can make comments I’m public without being like “everyone heard that, they know it was you, they want you to shut up”.”
“I get to pretend like I’m a fighter pilot when I pull it off and let it dangle once I get back to the safety of my car.”
“I like hiding my face so I can focus on my work easier…
If that makes sense…
I started wearing a work hat with the mask and I really like it.”
“Not having to smell people’s coffee breath, and people not having to smell my cigarette breath.”
“I can make funny faces, talk to myself and sing and if no one is around, no one will notice.
I just love it.”
“I talk a lot in my head and sometimes accidentally mouth what I’m saying so people probably think I’m crazy but with the masks no one knows.”
“I don’t have to pretend to smile at people at work.
I can get away with my usual expression of angry boredom.”
“I don’t have to overthink whether the random people I see are acquaintances and whether i should say hi or not…
Or really i dont have to say hi to anyone whether im sure i know them or not…
I can just mind my own business and not care about anyone…”
How about you?
What are some other reasons that you don’t mind wearing a mask when you head out in public?
Tell us what you think in the comments!
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We know why we should be wearing masks right now when we head outside and we’re around other people.
The scientific evidence shows that the best way to prevent the spread of this virus that is ravaging our country right now is to wear a mask.
No problem, I say! It’s not my favorite thing in the world to do, but we all need to make small sacrifices if we want to get back to normal.
But are there OTHER reasons why people like to wear masks when they go out in public…?
Let’s see what folks on AskReddit had to say.
“I had a dentist appointment before going to the grocery store the other day, no one could tell if I was drooling from being numb.
Alternatively, if I’m listening to music no one can tell if I’m mouthing the lyrics to all the good bits.”
“My nose was running the other day it was incredibly embarrassing but I remembered nobody could tell because I was at a CVS with a mask on.”
“I used to smile at people when I passed them in public and it would make them smile back at me.
Now I still smile because I forget that a mask is covering my face. When I walk away I always remember and think that the person thinks I was staring at them.
I think that’s pretty funny so I enjoy wearing a mask out in public.”
“My mouth has a natural frown. It doesn’t reflect my mood, but I got “What’s the matter?” comments a lot.
Now I’m old, and it just looks cranky.
Look at my eyes, it’s all good.”
“I’m really uncomfortable and self-conscious of my face, especially the lower half.
Honestly I wouldn’t mind wearing a mask in public all the time, even if/when this passes.”
“It covers my adult acne.
And wearing a mask has actually helped mine go away a bit because I touch my face less and don’t wear any makeup where the mask covers.
I only have one pimple on my jawline right now (for the first time in YEARS) and no one can even see it because it’s covered.
I may honestly continue wearing a mask long after all this is over.”
“I can freely mutter to myself without fear of people seeing my lips moving…”
“Makes me look more masculine, it hides my face which in insecure about and makes my jaw seem more sharp and pronounced.
It also brings more attention to my eyes which I’m more confident about.”
“I like to pretend I’m an off duty ninja.”
“I’m an introvert, so it’s like getting to hide in plain sight.”
“I love not having to smile.
I can finally wear and conceal my neutral I-hate-everyone-and-everything face.
It’s great.”
“I work in retail and I love not having to fake smile at customers.”
“People are less likely to recognize me at the Trader Joe’s my sister worked at, and I don’t have to partake in small talk I’m not interested in.
I love Trader Joe’s, just hate being distracted from my mission.”
“It’s so much easier to tell if I’ve already talked to someone. It normally takes me a while to “memorize” a persons face but now I can just be like…
“Oh that person has a green mask with polka dots. I saw them yesterday.”
They’re also really cute and I was actually thinking of buying one before all this started.”
“I get to wear and show off the cute, hand-made masks my wife has learned how to sew! I’ve got a fox one and a bee one so far.
I absolutely love them and her.”
How about you?
What are some of the reasons YOU like to wear a mask in public?
Share your thoughts with us in the comments!
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I don’t think anyone could have predicted the insanity and sadness that the whole world has gone through since March.
And those of us here in the U.S. are still in the thick of it, for reasons that we’re not even going to get into here and now…
But it’s interesting to think about what 2020 would have been like if this health crisis hadn’t taken over the whole world.
What do you think you would’ve done if the pandemic HAD NOT broken out earlier this year?
Let’s take a look at some interesting responses from AskReddit users.
“Would have gone to a taping of American ninja warrior, gone ziplining in Indiana, traveled to Iceland.”
“I just graduated college in May with a degree that relates to business within the entertainment industry.
I had to move back home with my parents in another state just because the jobs weren’t in the city I was in all of the sudden. It really sucks. I’ve applied to what I can just about every day, but the jobs just aren’t there.
I was ready to move on with my life and really be an adult, have a job, get married, have a dog in the backyard, all that jazz, but now it’s on hold while I go back to sharing a bathroom with my siblings like in elementary school.
It really sucks.”
“I would’ve continued working 60+ hours a week at a job I hate, getting paid a pittance, instead of focusing on what makes me happy.
I’ve taken that time to write my first novel. I’m a month away from completing my first draft!”
“I would be working a part time job in a failing weed shop which probably would have been shut down by now.
Instead, I’m now the manager, have fixed nearly 100 issues I inherited from the previous manager, store sales have improved greatly, and I suddenly have a career.
All thanks to the global pandemic.
Yay?”
“I would not be alive.
I was planning to commit suicide.
I would have been dead before the lock down, but when everything shut down I had met someone and I immediately felt comfortable around them, and I was able to vent and release years of bottled up emotions, and she helped me work through things one at a time, which started giving me hope that maybe I’m worth something.”
“Take my Vietnamese girlfriend to Vietnam for two weeks (she hasn’t been there since she was 5 years old) and propose to her. Thanks COVID
P.S I proposed here in the states anyway.
She said yes.”
“I’d be in Norway on vacation this very moment.
I suppose the bright side of COVID is the huge amount of PTO I will have saved by next year…”
“Defended my PhD in person, walked at my graduation, had my family at said graduation, played softball weekly, seen friends, gone camping and hiking with friends, gotten my car fixed, probably would have a different job.
Also, traveled to visit my dad and my bf’s family.
Probably wouldn’t have lost as much weight though.”
“This was supposed to be the year of big (positive) life changes for me.
– I graduated with my MFA in Theater (which would’ve happened in person, and I would’ve gotten to see my family and celebrate with my cohort in person)
– I would’ve been a bridesmaid in one of my best friends’ wedding (I also haven’t seen her in person since 2018 so that would’ve been nice to see her)
– The first full production of one of my plays would have gone up in NYC
– I would have had my own wedding (we got legally married last year, but still haven’t had our “wedding”–now we won’t until probably 2022, at which point it’s more like a vow renewal)
– my husband and I would’ve moved out of this d*mn studio to a place with a bigger kitchen and more space for our kitty to run around (but now we’re stuck here for another year)
– I probably would’ve been able to get a job as a theater administrator or teacher and wouldn’t feel like a useless couch lump
So uhhh yeah, this year can go to hell. I’m ready for 2021, and it better be better than this.
The bar isn’t that high.”
“I most likely would’ve continued to stay overweight, as I had much easier access to eating out and would use school as an excuse to not work out.
With the covid quarantine, the boredom actually led me to work out a lot more, which also led me to eating better, and I am happy to say I’ve lost 14 lbs from when I first started this 3 months ago!”
“My side business wouldn’t have collapsed, but I would still be working 50+ hrs/week in my regular job in my regular office instead of working from home 90% of the time.
So, while it is a financial burden right now, it’s also a blessing in regard to life quality and making the reboot of my side business much easier in (hopefully) 2021.”
“Well, my plans to hike and raft the Grand Canyon, followed by the 4th of July in Las Vegas were cancelled.
Other than that, not much.
I got fatter from working at home.”
“My husband would’ve been able to see our son get born.
He has a cough caused by a stint in his throat that was put in for radiation treatments. He was supposed to get it removed but all non-emergency procedures stopped for a while.
He had the same cough my entire pregnancy and no one noticed it until covid started getting bad. Occasionally he has coughing fits. Makes the people around him uncomfortable and any cough now make nurses raise an eyebrow.
He didn’t want to have a coughing fit at the hospital with me in delivery and the nurses put him out of the room and I deliver by myself.
He sent my mom with me instead.”
“We would’ve been making some money and we would’ve had a nice anniversary.
We were literally two weeks away from catching up on everything when Covid and the shutdowns hit and now we’re set back by over a year.”
“I would have worked a lot more, and instead I would have missed:
-Picking up the guitar for the first time in 6 years
-Starting a twitch channel
-Learning to program (started with some basic C++ stuff)
Honestly I felt more fulfilled without my job, my life is… I guess more stable now that I am working again but I don’t have the time to pour into hobbies and improving myself anymore and it’s become clear time I spend working at my job is not time I am spending fulfilling myself in any meaningful way.”
“I’m 30 and because of Covid I’m more or less broke, unemployed (I got laid off) and both of those things have caused me to move back home. My parents are about as happy about this as I am.
Covid has snatched away my very much enjoyed independence and turned me into a 15 year old again.
Being a teen sucks.”
How have you spent the last several months since the pandemic hit?
Share your stories with us in the comments.
We’d love to hear from you!
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This year has been a disaster and, for many people, it’s caused them to completely reevaluate their lives.
Which is one positive thing to come out of this awful crisis. People are debating what is really important to them and how they want to live their lives moving forward.
But it’s interesting to consider this question: f this pandemic hadn’t happened, what would you have done the past several months?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.
“I was scheduled to start my 6 week residential PTSD program in May. It is now closed indefinitely.
Lost my father late April, I imagine I’d still be able to speak with him now if no virus…”
“I would’ve spent my six months exploring Mexico during my gap year actually exploring Mexico rather than every corner of my apartment in Mexico…”
“About the same thing except I would’ve had my mom to joke around with.
Now I joke to myself while her urn sits on a shelf in the living room corner. I would’ve gotten to go through my senior year of high school with her being there by my side in a literal sense.
I would have no money at all, but no amount of money Social Security can give me will ever be worth losing my mom at 17.
I feel awful about those who are younger than me that are going through the same situation as me.”
“I beat cancer last year.
This was supposed to be my f*ck cancer travel year before going back to work. In april I was taking my dad to Iceland with me for a nerd convention.
After that, I was going to take our 4×4 truck and spend 3mo or more on the road. Visiting national parks, museums, sight seeing, camping. I just some west coast in Feb to mid march
I’ve stayed home since mid March.”
“I wouldve hopefully passed my driving test.
I failed it in March and weeks later Covid hit the UK.
Haven’t driven since, im not even sure I remember how to drive.”
“I would have had to work only 40 hours a week instead of the 70 that I have.
The stupid clients assume that since people are at home and under the fear of losing their jobs, we can overwork them to insanity.”
“I would have taken a kick *ss trip to Japan which would have been way outside of my budget!”
“My wife and I are opera singers: this was our big breakout year.
A good number of contracts with very reputable opera houses
that would take us to the next level. We were gonna buy a house…All of our contracts for the next 18 months were canceled and we won’t be singing anytime soon since most companies have closed.
We’ve shifted careers at this point. Or at least are trying to…”
“My partner of 15 years and I decided to get officially married, have a big party and everything, everything supposed to happen October this year. Then COVID hit.
We were bummed for a while but relieved that so far COVID didn’t affect our families. Then we decided to call it off and spend the money on buying a house, that we would do in a near future anyway. We have just signed the papers today! We are so happy.”
“I’m supposed to be taking improv at iO in Chicago. Now the whole theatre is closed.
It’s especially sad because I was finally making adult friends in that class (I graduated college in 2019, so I no longer live near most of my close friends).
We were staying in touch a little bit at the beginning of quarantine but it’s kind of fizzled out.”
“I would’ve gotten a full-time job at my internship after graduating.
But they lost too much money during COVID to justify hiring me.”
“I moved to New York City in February, a few weeks before the lockdowns started. I had a whole binder of things I wanted to see and do and a job I was excited about. But I got laid off as soon as things got started and everything I wanted to do became impossible, and some of it is probably never coming back.
I would have been taking the train to every station, catching impromptu shows, hunting down the best open mics, trying to pin down the best pizza and burger, putting together a d&d group, and traveling to other parts of the north eastern us that I’ve always wanted to see.
I had big plans for this year, and I’m so heartbroken that all I’ve experienced is an endless chorus of sirens.”
“Before covid hit, I accepted a job a cross the country being a rock climbing instructor for a boy scout camp.
I put in my notice, moved in with my BF’s family for the few weeks leading up to moving to the camp. Everything fell through. Lost the old job and the new one never started. Moved out of the house I was renting. Drained my savings in the move and subsequent months.
Now I’ve started IT courses online(realized I love tech, and fixing tech), lost 20lbs, and my bf and I are planning to start living on the road full time(RV life).
Life has never gone the way I planned. Not once, but I’m kind of happy with what I’m aiming for now.”
“Would have kept my job, gotten a raise, a sizeable bonus.
And moved out of my parents house, and ultimately taken my plunge into independence.”
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