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Fear and COVID in Australia
5 years ago
Hi,
There is a COVID hotspot now near the streets where my apartment block is.
It is around a 5 minute drive to it from where the bus from the Uni to the CBD drops me off.
I am deeply, deeply nervous at this point, but I'll be honest, I knew this would happen the second I saw people in the streets when the first lot of restrictions were now common. People without masks and not social distancing. I knew that there would be a second wave, no doubt about it, I'm not the most optimistic of people, but this close to where not only I currently am living, but where my mother is currently for conferences and her hotel is close by.
I'm scared. I am frightened. And since I have no internet in my apartment, I don't know who or where I can go to if lockdown hits.
This is the first few stages. This could be prevented in mere days, but the lack of people with masks that I saw just in the afternoon today don't give me much hope.
Uni work has just halted. The documentary assignment will be impossible to do if there is another lockdown. This could mean that I fail.
If you want to help, just leave a comment and tell me how your day was. Give me something to look forward to when I come back, depending on how long that could be. Could be tomorrow, it could be two weeks. Could be until the end of the month.
It is around a 5 minute drive to it from where the bus from the Uni to the CBD drops me off.
I am deeply, deeply nervous at this point, but I'll be honest, I knew this would happen the second I saw people in the streets when the first lot of restrictions were now common. People without masks and not social distancing. I knew that there would be a second wave, no doubt about it, I'm not the most optimistic of people, but this close to where not only I currently am living, but where my mother is currently for conferences and her hotel is close by.
I'm scared. I am frightened. And since I have no internet in my apartment, I don't know who or where I can go to if lockdown hits.
This is the first few stages. This could be prevented in mere days, but the lack of people with masks that I saw just in the afternoon today don't give me much hope.
Uni work has just halted. The documentary assignment will be impossible to do if there is another lockdown. This could mean that I fail.
If you want to help, just leave a comment and tell me how your day was. Give me something to look forward to when I come back, depending on how long that could be. Could be tomorrow, it could be two weeks. Could be until the end of the month.
Hope things clear up and you can come back soon
Ah, right, my day. It went pretty smoothly! Work is keeping me busy and a bit tired, but I'm working through things and keeping on track. I was able to pay a (carefully socially-distanced) visit to my father and step-mother this evening (brought a Nutella banana bread thing I made), so that was nice. Even had special guest appearances from an aunt and uncle duo in from out of town for medical testing reasons (not Covid-related and all test results came out encouraging).
Stay safe and take care of yourself. Here's hoping things take a turn for the better, or at least mix it up with a few more glimmers of light than they've had.