COVID-19 – Book of Jen

COVID Under Biden-Harris Administration – January 2021

Photo of the White House, surrounded by large green trees. The sky is white. There is a fountain in front of the White House. A yellow-green lawn stretches out toward the viewer. — Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash

This blog post is focused on the COVID-19 protections that the Biden-Harris Administration put in place during January of 2021. I am pulling some this information from a generalized health care post that can be found in the “Out of Spoons” section of Book of Jen. I also included relevant information from (then) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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Covid Is Not “Over”

A colorful image of what a covid virus might look like from Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash

I am an immunocompromised person who is absolutely terrified about what will happen if the White House chooses to believe that “Covid is over”. Fortunately, The White House has a website where you can contact them and share your opinions/thoughts about specific policies. https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

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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

Scrabble titles spell out the word February. Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash — Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

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

A grayscale photo of a sleeping woman. She is wearing a t-shirt and is using white blankets and pillows. The headboard is metal bars. Photo by Kinga Cichewicz on Unsplash — sleeping woman by Kinga Cichewicz on Unsplash

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.