What will you take away from COVID-19?

[BTExpress]

The shame game.

"Shame on XXXX for doing this. Shame on XXXX for doing that."

The blame game.

"This would have been over if not for THOSE people." "I caught it despite doing everything right. Must have been THOSE people who infected me."

 

[Michael_ Gee]

1. About 15 more pounds than I had going into Covid-19. Home-baked bread sure tastes good, though.
2. The effect of the unrelenting illumination the virus brought to the flaws and dysfunctions in our society, and just about every other society on earth as well.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

A new job.
A lot less salary (but, oddly, a lot more money in the bank than usual since we only spend money on groceries and takeout once per week).
Like others have said, a loss of respect for some people in my life (like my brother-in-law who still insists it's just like the flu and you just need a Z-pack to survive it).
Less interest in sports, I learned I can live without them and don't miss it THAT much.
A bigger home garden.
Closer connection to my oldest friends since we started Zooming every Friday night.

 

[Songbird]

About 15 more pounds than I had going into Covid-19.

Unfortunately so. I have not been in a swimming pool since April 2020. Sucks bigly.

 

[Moderator1]

I read 128 books in 2020, so there's that. Will finish my 30th of 2021 today.

My apartment is pretty nice when it is just a regular apartment. It is very small when you are there ALL THE TIME.

Went to a concert in the city on March 6 last year. Can count on one hand the number of times I've been in since.

My takeaway? I liked the old days better. Two grandkids born last year and I feel like I hardly know them. Pictures and FaceTime can only do so much.

 

[Driftwood]

Three burning memories:

1. How it looked around town for that 15 minutes exactly a year ago when shutdowns began and people obeyed.
2. My time with COVID, in home quarantine, and wondering that first night if this was all she wrote for me.
3. Sitting in the shot line for an hour and a half to get vaccinated by the government like it was a 100 years ago or something.

The way I do my job changed greatly, but I honestly see that as sort of a positive and just natural progression. COVID gave it a jump start but wasn't the total reason.

 

[Jerry-atric]

The shame game.

"Shame on XXXX for doing this. Shame on XXXX for doing that."

The blame game.

"This would have been over if not for THOSE people." "I caught it despite doing everything right. Must have been THOSE people who infected me."

It is shameful.

 

[Jerry-atric]

I read 128 books in 2020, so there's that. Will finish my 30th of 2021 today.

My apartment is pretty nice when it is just a regular apartment. It is very small when you are there ALL THE TIME.

Went to a concert in the city on March 6 last year. Can count on one hand the number of times I've been in since.

My takeaway? I liked the old days better. Two grandkids born last year and I feel like I hardly know them. Pictures and FaceTime can only do so much.

There was a cute, smiley, happy baby in the shopping cart in front of me at the grocery store yesterday and it occurred to me how long it has been since I've held a baby or toddler, due to the pandemic.

 

[Jerry-atric]

That Jerry is a moron.

Now I think you are just playing with me.

 

[Octave]

Less interest in sports, I learned I can live without them and don't miss it THAT much.

Far less interest. Practically none.

 

[FileNotFound]

Most crises are filled with cliché-ridden tales about heroism and people coming together across ideological, racial and community lines to pull through. This has been exactly the opposite. I'm stunned to find out how many truly bad people inhabit our planet, with the light of a crisis shining on them.

 

[Huggy]

I have lost 20 pounds and started watching soccer, first the Bundesliga because that was the only live sports going and then the Premier League and FA Cup. Turns out I am really enjoying it.

No daily commute has helped save a lot of money but has impacted my reading (as I did almost all of it on the train) which hopefully saves Moddy a few bucks.