For almost two years you live in the fear of it. At first is the fear of the unknown. Then the fear of what you know. After that the fear of being tired of it until the realisation of the inevitable comes. No matter how many vaccines you get or how much time passes we will most likely all end up getting it before it fades away. I am about to find out how it affects me…
The Virus Diary – Month 18 Healing process
Bottom of the wave It has been interesting to follow your mind and how it works in situations like this. First you convince yourself that nothing’s changed ,everything is just fine because you have to. It’s a way of surviving, it’s a way of managing the situation. The truth is that it’s not fine everything …
The Virus Diary – Month 16 – Vaccinated, check!
So weighing between getting the virus and getting side effects from the vaccine there was really no real dilemma. I got the vaccine when I had the chance and didn’t have any side effects ( I know some have had).
The Virus Diary – Month 14 – Light at the end of the tunnel
It’s been so many months since we hit the second wave here in Finland. First we thought that things were getting better but then we quickly noticed that it was actually getting worse. Case amounts rose steadily to amounts higher than ever during the pandemic early this year. So that meant more drastic measures were …
The Virus Diary – Month 11 – Second wave
“As of 22 November there have been over 57.8 million cases and 1.3 million deaths reported globally since the start of the pandemic” Source: WHO weekly report And now 5th of January 2021 there has been 84,2 million cases and 1,8 million deaths (source WHO) The amount sounds huge and is huge. I stopped thinking …
The Virus Diary – Day 212 – Second wave or not?
That’s the question on everybody’s lips everywhere. Some countries seem like they have never been over the first wave, and some have clearly entered the second wave phase already. I suppose Finland is tiptoeing on the rope not sure on which side to fall. We would need to be able to contain the “R factor” …
The Virus diary – Day 152 – Holiday season
The situation here in Finland is so much better than it was the last time I wrote. The government decided to lift the restriction in early June for the first time and have since done some more changes to them. Now we are allowed to eat in a restaurant (with restrictions… 50% capacity inside and …
The Virus Day 116 – Restrictions lifted slowly
Primary schools and kindergartens opened up again this week here in Finland. In a way it’s an end to a certain era of the fight against Covid-19. I doubt we will need to have this drastic measures again, but you never know. It has helped a little with the concentration now that there is less …
The Virus – Day 97 – How much longer?
This is now longer new and exciting. This is no longer the new normal. This is now abnormal and I would like it to end. I think that pretty much sums up the feelings of the past few weeks, but let’s dig deeper into why I feel this. No running… no forest, so gardening! I …
The Virus – Day 83 – Life is still life
Yep, all good. Life seems to continue normal and you don’t even think about this “new normal” that much anymore. Teenagers think that this is better because they can wake up 15 minutes before the school starts and preschooler thinks it good because she can be with mommy all day. BUT she does get bored, …