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Pandemic Behaviors We Should Continue
COVID-19 silver linings
We’ve all been cooped up trying to endure what seems like a never-ending pandemic. For most of us, we can’t wait for life to return to “normal”. We want to gather with friends and family maskless, go to concerts, go out to eat, and go on vacation.
While we are eager for life to return to a more pre-pandemic state, for those of us with chronic illness, there are many COVID-19 habits and practices that we think should stick around.
People with chronic illness have lived in COVID-19 like conditions for many years before the pandemic arose. We are often limited in what we can do compared to healthy people. Many of us experience extreme fatigue, pain, unwellness, and a variety of other symptoms which makes getting out of the house and doing normal things very challenging. We feel isolated because we have to cancel plans last minute. We are often misunderstood. We are living in a body that is constantly fighting us.
Although COVID-19 has been a horrible event in our history, there are some elements of the pandemic us ‘‘spoonies” would like to stick around long after things return to “normal”.
