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13 Things to Write About That Don’t Push Pandemic Panic Buttons
I’m full up on pandemic panic, are you?
I don’t know about you , but I’m full up on pandemic posts. I get it, this is serious. But still. Too much is too much. You don’t want to look, but you can’t stop looking.
It’s like a train-wreck video playing on repeat and you can’t look away.
Italy bans funerals. Half a million dead. Early symptoms. A woman with COVID speaks out. First child death. Not enough respirators. Coronavirus hits US air-craft. Sacrifice the grandparents. Young people are dying. Vaccine updates. How to survive if you’re over 60. Fines for people violating isolation orders.
It’s stressful — and it’s everywhere.
Um… people…?
You know stress weakens the immune system, right?
We have to stop doing this. To ourselves, and to each other. If it’s helpful, by all means, tell us. But let’s be honest — how much of it is truly helpful and hasn’t been seen all over the news? Do we really need more?
More fear, more stress?
So I asked myself what I/we need right now
Because more stress isn’t it.
