{"id":39835,"date":"2020-05-13T20:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=39835"},"modified":"2023-10-07T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:40:34","slug":"two-month-in-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2020\/05\/13\/two-month-in-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Update From Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been living in quarantine for 2 months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What’s amazing, to me, is that we’ll remember this pandemic for the rest of our lives. Everything has been so extreme. The disease. The response. The pushback. All of it is just… a lot.<\/p>\n

For me, this Friday will mark 9 full weeks of social distancing<\/span> from family, friends, and other humans in general. At this point in the quarantine process, I am realizing that there are things I miss and things I have done just fine without.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what I miss:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Family & Friends<\/h4>\n

First and foremost, I miss seeing people I care about. Video chatting and partaking in virtual game nights have helped me trick myself into thinking life is still going on as usual. Still, part of me misses the kind of interactions that really only happen when you’re around one another. I want to see my grandparents. I want to go out for drinks with my friends.<\/p>\n

It is hard to envision what it will be like finally being around people again after all of this trauma. Will things be similar to how they used to be?<\/p>\n

Leaving My House<\/h4>\n

This is the first time in my life that I’ve ever stayed home for this long<\/span>.<\/p>\n

61 days without going… anywhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even as a baby, while being raised by my parents, I still had to go out every now and then. Whether it was for a visit to a doctor or because my parents needed to run an errand and I had to tag along, there were still reasons to venture out. But not now.<\/p>\n

Times are different.<\/p>\n

It’s such a strange feeling to just… be… home. All the time.<\/p>\n

Shopping In Real Life<\/h4>\n

Anything that’s necessary gets ordered online and delivered. Amazon and online retailers have changed everything because it’s actually possible to legitimately “stay home.” The fact that it is even possible to live like this is actually amazing, in a strange kind of way.<\/p>\n

I miss being able to jump in my car and drive to a store just to look around<\/em>. Leisurely shopping for no reason other than for some much needed retail therapy. I used to love going to malls just to be in a busy place filled with people. I think that is why I loved walking to Primark in Spain. People. Hustle and bustle. Something about it made me happy.<\/p>\n

Peacefulness<\/h4>\n

My state, New Jersey, has been battling against the rapid spread of this terrible virus. Cases have been really widespread here. Maybe it is because of how densely populated we are here. \ud83d\ude41 What’s even more interesting is that despite being a major hotspot, many people here are protesting and fighting to demand a rapid re-opening of our state’s economy.<\/p>\n

I like to have my own freedoms and liberties as much as the next person, but not at the expense of risking my own health. I am not exactly sure what everyone is so angry about. Social distancing sucks but social distancing is not being mandated to make us miserable.<\/p>\n

They want to slow the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve. And flattening the curve successfully means social distancing works.\u00a0<\/strong>Not that COVID-19 was overhyped or a total hoax, which some conspiracy theorists seem to be pushing.<\/p>\n

Critical Thinking<\/h4>\n

Very recently, a video called “Plandemic” went viral.<\/p>\n

That video seems to promote anti-vaccine propaganda hoping to make people doubtful of Dr. Fauci and the government’s intent. With ominous music playing in the background, they make claims such as, “the flu vaccine already had coronavirus in it.” The documentary makes the coronavirus pandemic seem like one giant plot against the American people engineered for Trump’s ultimate demise. Nevermind the small detail that this pandemic originated in China and has negatively impacted the entire global economy, not just ours.<\/p>\n

I wanted to address the rumors in that video with a different video from Doctor Mike who fact-checks the claims made in Plandemic and explains which ones are true and which ones are misrepresentations. You can watch it here:<\/p>\n