COVID-19 – Book of Jen

We Won’t Go Back to “Normal”

A black man in a light blue button down shirt is wearing a tan face mask. A white man in a black shirt is wearing a black face mask. They are in an office environment. Photo by Good Faces on Unsplash. — Photo by Good Faces on Unsplash

What you considered to be “normal” life is gone forever. The sooner you accept this – the easier it will be for you to move on and make better choices.

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California Requires Masks In All Public Places

Two people are wearing masks indoors. They are doing an elbow bump. Photo by Maxime on Unsplash. — Photo by Maxime on Unsplash

Public transportation, and several stores, already required people to wear masks while indoors. The new requirement makes mask wearing indoors standard across California.

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Health Care Under Biden-Harris – February 2021

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The Biden-Harris Administration has put in effort to make it easier for people to receive the health care they need. There is an emphasis on making sure that minority and/or vulnerable groups of people are protected. This is a huge difference from the Trump-Pence Administration, that greatly restricted access to health care.

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You Are Not an Island

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“No man is an island” is an idiom that was taken from a 1642 sermon by John Donne, who was the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral. The full quote is as follows:

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My County Issued a Mask Mandate

A woman wears a mask in the grocery store as she selects a tomato. She carries a small basket. Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels — woman wearing a mask in a grocery store by Anna Shvets on Pexels

The county I live in has issued an indoor mask mandate. It started today. I rarely go outside anymore because I have two auto-immune disorders. When I do leave the house, I am almost always the only one wearing a mask.

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I’m Tired

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I’m tired. So very, very tired. All the time. Maybe you are too, but for different reasons.

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California Reopened – And I have Concerns

Reopening does not mean that COVID-19 has magically disappeared. We are opening too early, with unclear guidance that is unlikely to be properly enforced.

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Biden’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order titled: “Executive Order on Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery.” The order called for an emphasis on ensuring the people who were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 would receive the help they needed. It also called for the creation of the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.

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The Biden-Harris Covid-19 Vaccination Plan

Have you wondered about how the Biden-Harris administration managed to get so many COVID-19 “shots in arms” in such as short period of time? Were you surprised when pharmacies, stadiums, empty stores in dying malls, and pop-up vaccinations sites appeared? All of this is thanks to the Biden-Harris Covid-19 Vaccination plan.

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More Dental Care During a Pandemic

For whatever reason, I ended up needing a lot more dental care than I expected this year. Trying to see a dentist during a pandemic is difficult. It is also a little weird because of changes made in response to COVID-19.

Before you read this blog post, you might want to read the first part: Dental Care During a Pandemic.