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Millions of U.S. residents will need COVID-19 vaccines brought to them because they rarely or never leave their homes. Doctors and nurses who specialize in home care are leading this push. https://t.co/AdoMiP3DZY

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 19, 2021

 

  

 

An added consequence of isolation caused by COVID-19 mixed with societal pressures already embedded within Japanese society.

 

“The world I was living in was already small. But I felt it become smaller.” Nazuna Hashimoto has chosen to speak publicly about her depression and suicide attempt because she wants to remove the stigma around mental health in Japan.https://t.co/LMxV450FYf

— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) February 23, 2021

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

An added consequence of isolation caused by COVID-19 mixed with societal pressures already embedded within Japanese society.

 

 

That's a very moving article. Though I am not Japanese, nor do I live there, I can relate to living alone and having to manage anxiety tied to the pandemic and my job, my parents' welfare, and all that. 

 

I have found that having regular appointments on Zoom with friends has really helped, but I can see how in Japan, nobody wants to burden others with their feelings of depression. So they are less likely to confide in people. There is a stigma in talking about one's problems or worries openly.

I know I've said this before, but Joe Biden is PRECISELY the kind of leader we needed at this point in our nation's history.  He understands exactly how it feels to lose loved ones to forces beyond anyone's control; and instead of pushing junk science and quack cures on the public, or waving it away as some minor annoyance that'll disappear as soon as the weather changes, he's working as quickly as possible to get out the facts AND the vaccine, so that we can stop more people from dying and resume some measure of our normal lives.  No matter what happens from this point forward, he'll always rank among the best in MY book.

Edited February 23, 20214 yr by Khan

 

  

 

  

The White House plans to send more than 25 million masks in both children and adult sizes to health centers and food pantries nationwide https://t.co/OMZ1vF6UPk

— CNN (@CNN) February 24, 2021