![]() ![]() I know there are nurses and doctors being ordered to call deaths from this virus when they died from other causes. 06 percent of the 200,000 died because of COVID. ![]() True there are indeed cases where folks died directly because of the virus but less than. There’s plenty more that went right and wrong.The facts are that there isn’t over 200,000 who died because of COVID-19. But for others, it was a lonely time in lockdown mode. For many, households suddenly grew with grown children returning home to hunker down together. We need friends and family gatherings to enrich our lives. Being alone is not all it’s cracked up to be. (AP file photo) IsolationĪnd, many suffered in silence. Paper companies had to go into overdrive. When others needed help, many turned inward and grabbed all they could. Masks, hand sanitizer, meats, poultry, eggs … you name it. People grabbed more than what they needed and it wasn’t just toilet paper. Shoppers hoarded toilet paper as if the end of the world was imminent. (Herald file photo) Hoarding toilet paper The grocery store workers were the ones who needed the help. The grocery store workers who never got enough credit for sticking it out were the ones we should have focused more on. Yet, this was just the tip of the iceberg on what the real problem was during this pandemic: fear. How the heck did this ever gain traction? It was quickly proven that COVID-19 mostly spread through the air. We’ll let you vote in the poll on this topic. He’s still under attack for school lockdowns and all the stops and starts from the pandemic. Anthony Fauci was first must-see TV then one of the most distrusted men in the White House. Anthony Fauciįormer White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Healthcare workers needed the top masks the most, for sure, but the rest of us? Kids? To some degree, experts say, they help. Those thin surgical masks still litter parking lots everywhere you go. First cloth masks were sufficient, then all the talk was over N95s, KN95s, and KF94s. When and what masks to wear was handled poorly, to say the least. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Not being allowed to hold a wake and regular funeral for lost loved ones compounded the already depressing days that made the first year of the pandemic, at times, unbearable. A vaccination record card is shown during a COVID-19 vaccination drive. Still, nobody was crazy about the whole concept. Others rationalized abiding by it all was for the greater good. The whole idea of showing a vaccine card and adhering to a mandate in order to keep your job gnawed at our collective independent streak. (Herald file photo)ĭon’t toss that vaccine card just yet, some still push them. Not all the news is good - animals are still being killed on highways - but we did give Earth a break from all the noise and pollution. Dolphins were seen in harbors, white-tailed eagles flourished, coral reefs recovered, sparrows sang and we all noticed. When we all went inside, wildlife went further outside. The question is will working from home to some degree be here to stay?Īn EMT gets to work. Work friends are great, but your pets probably appreciate you being home more, too. Those who can still work from home, even for a few days, will probably live longer now that you won’t be so frustrated while stuck in traffic. (Herald file photo) Hybrid and remote work To-go cocktails will remain on the take-out menu. ![]() Mixologists worked their magic helping customers cope with being cooped up. In a rare smart move, the state Legislature did allow the purchase of to-go libations with takeout meals. Restaurants and bars were shut down crippling those businesses so severely many have been unable to recover. What’s your opinion? Take the poll HERE today at on the best and worst of the coronavirus pandemic: BEST: To-go cocktails But all we went through will never be forgotten, at least not for a long time. Now the World Health Organization - never a bastion of believability - has downgraded the plague declaring it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The bad taste in your mouth for weeks, the splitting headaches, and worse has infected almost all of us - or worse. Lockdowns and panic gripped the globe as dire news began to seep out of Wuhan then Italy as the virus quickly spread to both coasts with a Biogen conference here intensifying the fears locally. It’s been a slog since the second week of March 2020. ![]()
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