Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Q is for Quarantine

This year for the A-to-Z Challenge, I'll be looking at major events that happened in 2020 [the year we would all like to forget, so let's look at it first, before flushing it down the toilet].

Welcome to Q!  We're looking at – QUARANTINE [LOCKDOWNS].

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In March 2020, we were all told to STAY HOME and we were SAFER AT HOME and “15 days to flatten the curve”.  The CDC is still saying that as of the date I'm writing this blog post, even though we have vaccines.  I don't know about you, but my definition of "15 days" is definitely different than the US government's definition.

Now I'm reading news of an obesity epidemic and an increased suicide rate, and a recent news article indicates that people are now actually dying because of inactivity.  There's also speculation that the recent increase in mass shootings is related.

One of my kids is significantly disabled.  It is essentially impossible for him to learn from a screen, so if he was still school-aged, we would have had a major problem.  But we found a few computer games that he likes to play and that teach him things, so he has that.  But - He had a therapist coming to our house three times a week.  He played basketball and baseball.  He was in Boy Scouts.  We took him camping, to theme parks, to other places so he had the chance of experiencing new things.  All of that stopped in March 2020.  A few of those things have re-opened now, but for an entire year he had nothing, and the hardest part for us is that he didn't understand why and we couldn't really explain it to him.

How did your family handle the quarantine?

Here's a teaser for tomorrow, letter R:

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8 comments:

  1. At first it was just shock and discovery, COVID was so unknown.

    As time went on, it got to be a strain, and there was nothing you could do about it except walk and ride a bicycle.

    I had to change how I did business and I don't think I really adjusted. All my work had been speculative before, now 5 companies wanted me to design something that fit their product line. It still leaves me shaky.

    Hopefully vaccinations will expand and we can get back to full sociability, though I doubt it will ever be the same.

    We were able to redirect our energy, but that does not help those without that capability, it hurts to know that I can't be of help.

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    1. Five companies now want to work with you. That's awesome. Congrats!

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  2. We coped okay. I kept working, my wife and kids managed fine, but we were fortunate to be in that position. So glad ours has come to an end for now, and hopefully forever!
    https://iainkellywriting.com/2021/04/20/the-state-trilogy-a-z-guide-q/

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    1. Glad yours has ended. Ours is looking up. CA is targeting June 15 for full re-open.

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  3. Since I've been working from home for 21 years and the hubby is retired, lockdown really didn't affect us much. Our daughter who lives alone though was particularly affected and had some moments of real depression. Remote working?

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    1. I hope your daughter is doing better now. Depression isn't fun.

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  4. We're so lucky here as we only had about 10 weeks of lockdown when it all initially hit. I loved it, because life slowed for a little time and I had my family with me. I have been very, very lucky.

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    1. Extra family time is always good. Glad you had that.

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