Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Sons
1:35PM
We now live in a world changed by the Covid-19 virus. A father’s responsibility is to love, care for, protect, and support his children. This will never change. Ben, Andrew, and Patrick, I am so proud of the adults you have become. Ben you are currently living in New York City, safely working, and healthy. Andrew and Patrick you are both schooling from home following their closures and adjusting to the loss of prized summer internships, but also remain healthy. As you are all adults now, my responsibilities have changed, but my deep love for you will never be changed even by Covid-19. Please continue to take care, be safe, do your best, enjoy and appreciate your lives as well as each other.
Love:
SDB
0001
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Fiancé
10:50AM
This pandemic has been very difficult. We were supposed to get married on June 27th with 250 of our closest friends and family. We have since had to postpone our wedding. I didn’t think it would effect me as much as it has but the decision was so hard. A whole year of planning, and now it has to be pushed back. I wish this pandemic would end. I cried last week and then my fiancé bought me a truck. (Jk we’ve been planning it for a while but the timing was perfect. It’s the little things that make you happy again or this big things?)
Love:
JGW
0002
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Boyfriend
4:06PM
I had always wanted to be by your side every second of the day, but this is a bit too much. I’ve now learned your bad habits like leaving your dishes everywhere and calling our beloved dog a “poopy head”. I lay in bed every night, uncovered, for you and the critter join forces to ensure I have no comfort. The dog has no morels, but you, you should know better than to take what is rightfully mine. YOU are the “poopy head” and it is YOU who shall be cold tonight. ALSO, If I do not get a ring after putting up with you all this time, I will be upset but I will do nothing, because even though you are a turd, I am absolutely, 100% in love with you.
Love:
TCH
0003
Scotland, UK
Dear:
Endings
4:07AM
Over the years I have fallen in love with the end with a beautiful novel that seems topical in this unprecedented time.
“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” Mary Ann Evans
Love:
AAR
0004
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Dan
12:54AM
When I met you, I was 18 and a fool among other things. I was afraid that the monumental physical distance might leech its way between us, pry us apart like old roots. You’re someone I knew in a different lifetime, someone I expected would show here eventually. I’ve never had so much time with you. Ambling along the stone beach, I watch you eye and pick at the rocks a way down. I know not to worry now. It’s been the worst year yet, and the very air is now riddled with a greater uncertainty. You’ve been the best kind of friend and have loved me through deep tribulations. With this, I fear little. I love you more than you know.
Love:
SAL
0005
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
The Sky
6:04AM
You have such an unfathomable beauty. Sometimes light. Sometimes deep. Sometimes full of wipsy clouds, the closest thing to a Van Gogh in real life. You pocess the freedom that I only dream of, so immense and unmeasureable. You hold the tails of kites and cradle the wings of planes. With the world in the state its in, I look to you. Up and away from the devastation. I know its foolish to try to ignore it all. But there is a gravity to hearing such terror day in and day out. I want to grow wings and grace the atmosphere, all the vast blue, calm air. Hold my eyes until I can again hold your heart.
Love:
JLB
0006
05.09.2020
3,900,000 WC
Ontario, Canada
Dear:
Family
10:42AM
If lucky, individuals are born in good times and to a good family. I feel especially blessed to have been born into a great family and to now be part of raising a great family. To me we were living in “the best of times.” Now with the pandemic caused by that novel corona virus, our times are not the best but challenging. My family, however, remains the very best. I feel loved and do my best to ensure that all family members feel the love I hold for them. As individuals and as a family, we will be tested by this virus. We will adapt as needed but the love we share will not be diminished now or in the future.
Love:
FSN
0007
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Pet
8:19AM
You are unconditional acceptance and love. You wait for me to return from outings and offer your undivided attention. You accept me either happy or sad. You are there for me reassuring my value. As I struggle to navigate my world in pandemic, I feel your caring, your concern and greatly appreciate your resolute support and love. You are my rescue pet and you rescue me daily.
Love:
HPO
0008
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Memories
12:00PM
I will always cherish you and the individuals associated with you. This Covid-19 virus has taken individuals for which I deeply cared. It has shortened their lives but has not diminished their love. The love shared is within you, my memories. All those special shared times, thoughts and dreams live on, live on in the loving memories created and stored. Love never truly leaves those to which it is given. No virus will ever vanquish the memory of love.
Love:
MJP
0009
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Piano
12:00PM
There was an itch, a will pulling me. I haven't played in years, my fingers navitgating the keys without the grace they used to possess. I was classically trained for 15 years until college where I had a committed relationship with homework and drinking with friends. I remember being told that if you touch piano keys with a truth (or a longing) they touch back. It was something that I never believed in, some sort of players fancy. With every chord and scale, I felt myself realizing those words I once discredited. The feeling is not one you feel with your fingers or with your ears. It is in your heart, however sappy that is. You feel loved, cherished, and blissful as your breathe life into such an incredible machine. Your work in tandum, a duet in your soul.
Love:
ASV
0010
New York, USA
Dear:
Parties
3:03AM
Last night I moved the furniture away from living room and danced in the darkness. I thought it would have the same thrill of the nights I stayed up till 5am, flooded in colored lights and surrounded by others. I blasted my music even though I knew my neighbors were home. Everyone is home. So I danced. I danced and danced, arms all akimbo and legs stomping away the loneliness. I would've been a sceene to see, a girl dancing alone, swaying without a partner to hold. In spite, I held myself, an image of a girl lost in the bliss of a song. There is something about self love that I missed until now. Maybe I found the solace of myself.
Love:
KLI
0011
Nebraska, USA
Dear:
Shoes
12:00PM
I wonder if you miss me like I miss you. All of our romps, bruising the concert and sometimes bruising my knees. I never go outside anymore, choosing to lie in bed and stair at the ceiling making consellations out of cobbwebs. You collect dust and fade (slowly) in the light of the entryway window. I try to look away every time I walk by, as though distance would help seperation. Sometimes I laugh to myself and wonder if you get jealous or think I have passed away. Maybe I have found another pair. Well, I want you to know I haven't. I haven't been outside in a week. Maybe the fear inside me will subside, and I'll find the strength to remove myself out from my warm blankets and into your familiar embrace.
Love:
HEJ
0012
05.08.2020
3,810,000 WC
Alaska, USA
Dear:
Boy
9:08PM
I miss the way I never had to hide myself behind a person I never was (and never have been). With you I could feel unconditional happiness without restraint. I am home now. Miles away from you, my chosen family. All the nights you held my head full of dreams in the bend of your shoulder, my hands inching closer to yours. All the nights we drove in twilight to your place (and that feeling inside me as though I could glow or burst into flames spontaneously). You set my heart on fire. I remember the color of the sky through the front window of your car, a fluorescent blue. I remember the temperature of the air through the broken right window and the warmth of your lips. I miss it now that comfort, your embrace. I imagine a world without this all. A world much different than this. But maybe if I do, that world would never have you.
Love:
ASR
0013
Texas, USA
Dear:
Books
5:58PM
In my times of finding relief in the day from COVID-19, I can finally take more time delve into the numerous stories I have often put off. While my job is on hold, these stories allow myself to have a place of refuge in the lives of my favorite characters. While there are so many mysteries that remain with COVID, I find comfort knowing these stories have some sort of resolve.
Love:
DFH
0014
Kentucky, USA
Dear:
James
4:49AM
I hope you are doing well so far away from home. I am sorry your freshman year of college had to come to an end in such an anticlimactic way. In a few months, your father and I will find a way to get all your things back home, but in the meantime, stay safe and know that we love you so much.
Love:
NXS
0015
California, USA
Dear:
Jeanie
3:05PM
I saw your message in my inbox today and I almost broke down in tears of joy. I miss our sewing sessions as much as you do. I do agree that I think it is best for us to cancel all further sessions. In the time being, we will have to converse through messaging and the phone. Hope you stay healthy!
Love:
ERV
0016
New York, USA
Dear:
Stove
1:01PM
As someone who does little in terms of in-home cooking, I have come to love the creations I can bring into my kitchen now. With more time to try and fail, cooking no longer seems like a chore and more of a relief in my day. If I can thank COVID-19 for anything, it would be my newfound love for the art of cooking.
Love:
REW
0017
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Health
4:07AM
As violent and time wasting as some might believe them to be, video games have been a means of great relief in my time of COVID-19. With much more time in my daily schedule, I have decided to start a Youtube channel to share my love for the games I play. I got my first subscriber this afternoon and I couldn’t be happier.
Love:
JGL
0018
05.07.2020
3,710,000 WC
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Mr. Arnes
8:13AM
I noticed that you took my trash to the curb the other day. I wanted to thank you so much for your generous act. In the strange and stressful time of COVID-19, working together and helping others is something we all should try to do. Seeing your act of kindness, I will find some way to repay you.
Love:
SRA
0019
New York, USA
Dear:
Window
9:08PM
As the days go by, looking out your panes help me see the small changes occurring in the world. As much as COVID-19 seems to not be going away, it is hard not to notice the changing Spring season. The budding trees and the growing grass, all remind me that with time, this too shall pass.
Love:
SHB
0020
Missouri, USA
Dear:
Internet
11:03AM
Thank you for the immediate connection you create to the world around me. International updates at a second’s notice, seeing how COVID-19 is being combatted all around the world. The meaningful connections everyone is making is something worth being grateful of. I can not imagine, how 100 years ago might have a truly different response.
Love:
JFN
0021
Scotland, UK
Dear:
Music
2:00AM
To take me away from the stress of COVID-19, music has been an outlet of comfort. So many tunes from different eras speak of the troubles and strength that came with the generations that listened to such music. By listening to these songs, I to feel a connection and motivation that comes from several hundred notes skillfully sang.
Love:
PCW
0022
North Dakota, USA
Dear:
Legos
12:00PM
As I try to work through my online work schedule, feeding my family, and keeping the kids entertained, one toy has made all the difference. Legos had been an endless tool for my kids to focus on. While a Lego set has ultimately one step by step outcome, millions of configurations can come of it when kids have become bored with the original. A police station can become a spaceship in a matter of minutes of building. Thank you so much for the creativity that my kids can explore.
Love:
LLD
0023
Quebec, Canada
Dear:
Becky
5:56AM
I can not say how thankful I am that you have recovered seemingly from COVID-19. Hearing about the scary symptoms, I can not imagine the experience you had. If there is ever anything you need from me, feel free to reach out whenever. I hope you stay safe and that the worst is over for this horrible year.
Love:
AHL
0024
05.06.2020
3,620,000 WC
Indiana, USA
Dear:
Garden
4:19PM
As the new buds push through the soil, I can see life growing before my eyes. In a time of sickness and death, it is refreshing to see and think about life. While there is still more work to do, I will do my best to protect you from the storms and weeds that come with the summer months.
Love:
PVS
0025
Illinois, USA
Dear:
Guests
6:10AM
I had hoped to have seen you earlier this year. I had hoped to be married now. Covid-19 and its social distancing are the reason I am still single. I was and am hoping for a larger wedding but have to wait. I am hoping to see you sometime soon. Another invitation will be sent, not sure when. Be sure to RSVP.
Love:
ARB
0026
Washington, USA
Dear:
Parents
10:35PM
I am missing you both. I wish I had moved back home when college let out for online learning back in March. I know you encouraged me to come home, yet you let me make the decision to stay or come home. Thanks for allowing me the choice to stay near campus in my apartment, although now some company would be nice. This sheltering in place is beyond getting old. I get this mask thing and social distancing but it feels like the fabric of our society is being shredded with the animosity between naysayers and the rule followers. It has been weird going to get groceries in the store with some people masked and others oblivious to the reality of deadliness of the virus. Say “Hi!” to my brothers too.
Love:
TOH
0027
North Dakota, USA
Dear:
Mrs. Organ
12:00PM
You were one of the best English teachers in high school. You taught me so much as I reflect back on those years and the challenges of English Literature. With the Coravirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the works of Dylan Thomas like “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” and Emily Dickinson’s “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died” pop into my head. Life/death, there is that line, a precipice. People going about their daily lives, working and having fun with family and friends, then within days they are sickened and lying face down in a hospital bed struggling to breathe. I get tired of listening to it all, the news, more infected, more deaths, not enough testing, not enough masks, not enough supplies and unemployment worse than during the Great Depression. Thank you for preparing my mind for college and life’s challenges.
Love:
ACT
0028
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Denny
12:03PM
Have you heard from Julie? Has she been up from Nebraska? Probably not with all the stay at home orders. I hear she is working for the U.S. Census. That must be an interesting job. Connie said that she and Julie are friends on Facebook and follows her posts. Sounds like Julie and her husband have lots of fun with their dogs, lots of Facebook photos. I bet it is hard not having family in town to connect with. Freddie and I wish our kids were closer somedays. We haven’t ventured to far from home. Our kids are doing well and both still working. Our grandson, Ben is in NYC. We talk with him every so often. Sure wish he was back here in Minnesota.
Love:
DHS
0029
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
MaryAnn
1:03AM
I was just wondering how things are going in California? How has this virus affected you? Being you and I are 84 years old now, we must watch what we are doing to avoid this dreadful virus which is killing so many people our age. God has been very good to Darwin and me. Our family is so far healthy and no one has lost their jobs, although my daughter must furlough for two weeks in June. We are lucky to still be able to buy food. We did have a shortage of toilet paper which is now back on the shelves in Minnesota. Wishing you much health and hope we can see each other again in the future. I will say goodbye for now but will be writing again soon.
Love:
CLB
0030
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Ingenuity
11:26AM
I tend to spend a lot of time at home, so being confined to home has not been as difficult for me as has been for others. I try to keep to a schedule. I shower and dress in real clothes everyday and usually get in some type of exercise either via Youtube or 30 minutes of swimming in our pool. Attending Mass on Sunday via the internet has been quite enjoyable. I get to watch the service when it's convenient to my schedule, I have a comfy chair to sit in, and there are no smokers or heavy perfume wearers near me. My family has also scheduled game afternoons on Zoom. I've seen more of my husband's family in the last 4 weeks than I have in years. The best part has been using my crafting skills to make masks for family, a medical office, and my daughter's co-workers. I feel like I am helping to keep people safe and still keeping busy. My birthday celebration for next week at Walt Disney World had to be cancelled which has been a bit of a disappointment, but it's already been rescheduled for the Fall.
Love:
VRR
0031
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Distance
7:02PM
Periwinkle sky, cotton balls floating, red-winged black bird perched.
Dusty road, wind rattled sign, flower May moon.
Crumbling barn, raptors soar, gopher’s diggings.
Evening walk, Grandmother Cottonwood’s shadow, my happy heart.
Love:
CLS
0032
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Heather
1:02PM
In all my many years of teaching this is my first such message on Mother’s Day. Please extend my thank you to your entire class. Hope you all have some time to connect with your moms and grandmothers. Spring and Mother’s Day equates to new life and joy for fresh beginnings. Children are blessings and bringing them up to be caring, respectful, hard working and loving adults is no easy task. The class of 2021 is all of that! Take care.
Love:
CLB
0033
Michigan, USA
Dear:
Masks
3:56PM
Life and expectations have been changed by the Covid-19 virus. In our recent past if during the spring or summer months an individual walked into a store wearing a mask, all present would most likely assume that the person was irresponsible and was there to execute a robbery. Now trying to live with this virus, we are comforted by seeing other responsible individuals wearing masks in stores and out in public. Today, masks are part of the clothes our heroes wear just like in the comics we read as children. The virus and the times they are a changing. Stay healthy!
Love:
FTH
0034
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Grandson
12:00PM
I love picking you up from preschool and hearing you talk with your preschool buddies about who is having the next birthday party & where it will be! I heard this chatter every time I picked you up as you got more and more excited for your 5 year old party. With your eyes so bright, you would talk about your Power Ranger birthday cake and having your party at Bounce World.
Then… the COVID – 19 virus came. Your mom and dad had been doing a good job of teaching you about this virus & how you couldn’t go to school any more, see your friends or grandparents. Next came your question: “When is my birthday party?” We made due with what we had. This birthday showed us all that memories are made with love, family & friends. You learned about gratitude, smiled with excitement & thanked everyone.
Love:
HJD & RPD
0035
Ontario, Canada
Dear:
Light
6:02AM
You have a power to fill a room and mend the aching pain of dullness. There is a sense of longing to your whim, a fancy that I can only grasp in the flood of your embrace. It is in times like this where I long for touch and find your arms instead. You play my heartstrings like a harp, bringing music to my vatic soul. Over the last months I watch the motes of dust dance to the song, together in a bliss I long to know. Maybe I can find this fancy, this solace in the warmth of your beam. Every morning, I wait by the window to be healed again.
Love:
AOJ
0036
05.09.2020
3,900,000 WC
New Mexico, USA
Dear:
Rain
12:00PM
Can you wash Covid-19 away? Wish you torrents would sweep it far from mankind. If only the infected could stand within you downpours and be cleansed and able to breathe long and strong. Rain, if only you could beat the corona. Quench the thirst for normalcy. If it were only that simple, for rain to save the planet. Patter, beat down, spray, and bring us life.
Love:
EAM
0037
West Virginia, USA
Dear:
Wuhan
6:30PM
I do not know any of you. I knew nothing of Wuhan until January 2020. We here in America heard you were locked down, your city shut for comings and goings. Americans went around their business, perhaps oblivious to what was coming. You have children, you have grandparents, you have jobs, you have dreams…guess we paid no heed as death counts grew in your city. Coravirus spread like wildfire across the planet. What have we learned from this human life disaster, this pandemic without cure, and this economic catastrophe? Is it about loving and caring for all no matter the color of our skin, our language, or political affiliation? We will grapple with the questions. Some place blame and other find no need but rather look for the science to solve this microscopic threat to mankind. We all have suffered. Be well people of Wuhan. Keep loving those you care about as we do here in American, that love is our common bond.
Love:
LRP
0038
Michigan, USA
Dear:
Grandma
8:17PM
I have such fond memories of our times together and quilting all summer long. As we shelter in place with the Minnesota Coronavirus guidelines, I wrap up in that flannel quilt you made me and feel your love and care. Please be safe when you are out and about in the community. Wear your mask when you go to your doctor appointments, to the pharmacist and to the grocery store so you stay safe. We love you more than you will ever know.
Love:
BJB
0039
Idaho, USA
Dear:
Grandpa
8:36AM
We have been so worried about you with your recent spine surgery. The coronavirus delayed your surgery for almost 2 months which is so hard to believe how this pandemic has played havoc on the healthcare system. This is so worrisome to us all. Do you need our help in anyway? We love you so much and pray for your healing. Call whenever you want to talk.
Love:
KPR
0040
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Neighbor
11:58AM
See you in the yard. We wave and you wave back with such a great smile on your face. With your yard looking immaculate, we enjoy the beauty it provides us as we take our social distancing strolls down the road. We look forward to the time we can gather again on a summer evening for pie and ice cream, sharing the simple stories of our lives. Love you and miss your friendship. And pet that pup of your’s, we can only see his tail waggling from afar.
Love:
HFS
0041
Indiana, USA
Dear:
Lover
9:08PM
How can this be? Our wedding plans canceled. I always dreamed of big wedding, surrounded by our friends and family. I try to put it all in perspective but the image is just warped. I want to wear that expensive wedding dress and walk down the aisle in the church with the pews filled with happy guests, sip champagne, and be fed wedding cake. So I get this attempt at virtual weddings, but it just won’t be the same. Ok, marriage is more than a wedding, it is for a lifetime. I pray it is a long and healthy lifetime. I look forward to our wedding, in whatever form it takes and especially building a family to cherish. See you soon and stay well for us. Forever yours.
Love:
IDY
0042
05.08.2020
3,810,000 WC
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Ben
7:24PM
I am wrapping my head around the skewness of time and distance in my daily like ruled by the next new pandemic fact or fiction. Ben, if I should fly to see you, it would take 2 hours and 35 minutes; if I drove, it would take 17 hours and 28 minutes (cheap gas but no restaurants open, so would have to pack food and pray for toilet paper along the way); if I were to bike, it would take 107 hours; and if I should walk, it would take 348 hours (social distancing precautions may slow my progress; although what an adventure at age 62 soon). And so, I am home this spring, missing you and sheltering in place. It all seems skewed by the potential lurking risk of infection by a burr-like virus which at this very moment is keeping you sequestered in a New York City apartment, at least making sourdough starter breads and pancakes. When will we see you again? Missing you and so look forward to your presence back home with family. Sometimes I hate distance and time.
Love:
CLB
0043
Utah, USA
Dear:
Poetry
12:42AM
"The plane leapt the tropopause, the safe air, and attained the outer rim, the ozone, which was ragged and torn, patches of it threadbare as old cheesecloth, and that was frightening. But I saw something that only I could see because of my astonishing ability to see such things: Souls were rising, from the earth far below, souls of the dead, of people who had perished, from famine, from war, from the plague, and they floated up, like skydivers in reverse, limbs all akimbo, wheeling and spinning. And the souls of these departed joined hands, clasped ankles, and formed a web, a great net of souls, and the souls were three-atom oxygen molecules of the stuff of ozone, and the outer rim absorbed them and was repaired. Nothing’s lost forever. In this world, there’s a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead. At least I think that’s so.” Tony Kushner
Love:
ELP
0044
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Nature
12:00PM
Your steadfast cycling will not be hampered by Covid-19. In all places with winter’s snow, ice, or sun and surf, you saw a coronavirus infiltrate the planet, insidious and deadly, but you have never forsaken humanity in your bounty. As many globally shelter in place, seasons change with the new birth of tulips, daffodils and greening horizons. Speculation on the source of Covid-19 sparks conspiracy theory, mistrust and anxiety. The decimation of livelihoods and resultant economic instability is a threat to your own safety. Supporting the welfare of nature has been put at the back burner as human lives are the focus. Yet in these times, where do people want to be…a hike, a bike ride, sitting on the front porch, fishing, standing in the rain…yes with you. Each evening as I social distance down my gravel rural township road, not to difficult when it is only me and my family, I see the deer bound across our path, the hawks catch air, the old man in his pickup on nightly drive by, clouds changing, and spring’s verdant entrance. Earth’s nature, I want to say, “Thank you for giving us hope in these most challenging of times.”
Love:
SDB
0045
Delaware, USA
Dear:
Sleep
3:58PM
Where are you? I miss you so much. In the recent past you would come to me with relative ease. Now you avoid me like the plague. I believe that is because of the current plague, Covid-19. I now lay in bed thinking of all the news about this virus. I think of the suffering that has been born by so many and I try to strategize how to minimize the effect of the virus on my family.
Love:
PVG
0046
city, country
Dear:
Holidays
10:04AM
I know you are scared. This virus has changed our culture and has greatly affected you. You were a time for gathering. You were a time for rejoicing. Today is Mother’s Day, a time to celebrate all our Mothers. This year is different, no restaurants or outings! Will our efforts truly feely like a holiday, a day that is special? I hope so.
Love:
AIF
0047
Alberta, Canada
Dear:
Reading
2:13PM
Welcome home. Mostly lately you have been work related and not the friend I remember when younger. Now with this pandemic and social distancing, you, my old friend have returned. I never considered you and me as fast when paired. Large books would usually deter me as my patience has never been the greatest. However, if interesting any size book could hold my attention. In addition, I sure enjoyed us sharing short stories, DYI books and magazines, as well as outdoor and nature literature. I have a “to do” list for us to attack while the world attacks this latest virus. I am looking forward to your company.
Love:
RTM
0048
05.07.2020
3,710,000 WC
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Electronics
1:05AM
I am lucky; I live in a place with windows and space. I am able to shelter from this terrible Covid-19 virus but have variety and the ability to move about, yet be sheltered. Electronics you give me even greater space and more ability to move. Radio, TV and Computer, you provide me with additional spaces to enjoy and explore but allow me to be sheltered. Thanks so much for the information, opportunities and support you provide me during this time of uncertainty
Love:
AKL
0049
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
History
4:06PM
Some love to learn about you, some do not. We have heard that if we do not understand you, we must relive you. Covid-19 has given us a grade of “F”. We did not learn the lessons 1918, SARS, and Ebola to just name a few? Now we must live and study your current event. Now we must relearn the lessons of the past. I hope we will receive a high passing grade this test as we hopefully plan our futures.
Love:
AHD
0050
South Dakota, USA
Dear:
Youth
12:00PM
Youth, you are long ago in my past. The news says because you are now so far away, I am more likely to not do well if I encounter the Covid-19 virus. If you were closer, I could fight the disease better than my current self. I would be worried in a different way. I could fight you as I once confronted bad weather: “Virus, virus go away, come again some other day.”
Love:
OME
0051
Alaska, USA
Dear:
Fear
3:08PM
2020 the year of Covid-19. Surrounded by quarantine. Children with parents. Coronavirus patients. Masks against fear. No one walks near. Unemployment staggering. Incomes plummeting. We will manage. Hopes bandage. No need for you. Our life askew.
Bye bye fear. Hear Hear!
Love:
TKH
0052
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Freedom
12:00PM
Can’t go out. Can’t shop. Can’t meet friends. Can’t go for dinner. Can’t gather. Can’t go to school. Can’t graduate. Can’t sleep. Can’t concentrate. Can’t go into work. Can’t believe the news. Can’t find a cure. Can’t get a vaccine. Can’t see the virus. Can’t stop the dying. Can’t see the end. Can’t seem to find you Freedom. we need you badly. Looking in earnest for you. Hope to see you soon! Please.
Love:
USJ
0053
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Neighbor
12:00PM
Social distancing is easy in the country. Being so far from others is just our way of life. The Covid-19 virus has changed our ability to interact at will and to travel but it is not limiting our ability to be out of doors. As the vegetation greens up, our country seems more comforting and more protective. Stay safe. I’ll honk and wave as I drive by.
Love:
TTJ
0054
05.06.2020
3,620,000 WC
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Society
10:54PM
This new Covid-19 virus is a cause for reflection. Some say that it is a great social leveler but I do not believe that to be true. Those on top never feel or truly feel for the bottom. The top is too far from the bottom to ever understand and the top likes its position. Top down change is rare. If change will come, it will be from the bottom and middle. Hopefully the change will be through ethical reflection and through voting.
Love:
TTP
0055
Oklahoma, USA
Dear:
Nature
11:43PM
What are you thinking? Is this Covid-19 virus your revenge? You were under assault by humans and their pollution. Are you fighting back? We are trying to control you again but not doing so well. We are observing your new virus and trying to control it. But what we have learned is that to control the virus, we must control ourselves. We must restrict our movements and consumption and as a result we pollute you less. You are healing and we are protecting ourselves from the virus. I hope you will share with us the secret to allow us to live with your virus and I hope we learn the secret that we are all healthier if you, nature, are healthy also.
Love:
SUL
0056
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Government
7:06AM
Please stop this “stay at home” nonsense. Thousands of people die of the flu each year. Thousands die from gun violence each year. You do nothing to change those events. Yes, the Covid-19 virus is killing people but so will a failed government. Job loss will ruin lives as does the virus. My retirement funds are being killed by the closed economy. It is time to open and allow people to work to save their homes, their businesses, and our economy.
Love:
MAB
0057
California, USA
Dear:
Siblings
3:54PM
Sorry we have not been able to visit face to face due the stay at home restrictions in our states caused by this Civid-19 virus. I enjoy our phone visits greatly. Some of your statements do raise concerns that you do not see the significance of this virus and that worries me. I want us all to remain healthy and have many more years of visiting. I hope we can all continue to talk freely but at the same time please make all efforts to remain healthy. Please wear a mask in public whether you do not completely believe that is needed. Trust in the medical experts recommendations. Stay healthy!
Love:
EBS
0058
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
You
10:32AM
Yes, I am talking to YOU. Why are YOU not wearing a mask? Medical professionals over the world recommend wearing a mask to protect YOU and ME from the Covid-19 virus. I am wearing a mask to protect YOU and ME! If YOU listen to the news, we have learned that social distance and masking helps to protect us during this current health crisis. YOU are part of this society. YOU have the chance to influence this society in a favorable manner. Please accept YOUR social responsibility and put on a mask! Will YOU please stop being a threat to my family and me? Will YOU please put on a mask?
Love:
UIK
0059
Florida, USA
Dear:
Covid-19
3:59PM
I hear you like me or actually like killing individuals like me so you really do not like me. You show your prejudges by preferring to pray on those who are older and those with pre-existing medical conditions. You have changed the world in a very negative manner and also have negatively affected my family. So to be truthful, I do not like or appreciate you either. But as with all conflicts or crucial interactions, a need to develop understanding as well as a way forward needs to be developed. We need to learn to coexist in this world. I hope that we learn soon.
Love:
SHK
0060
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Mom
4:34PM
You are 97 years young. You have been the family matriarch and its glue. Your cognition and health are failing but your kindness and love for family remain strong. Listening to information concerning the Covid-19 virus, you are at an age where you most likely would not survive an infection. I am happy that you are able to remain in your condo with the unfailing support of your local living children. The loving care they offer is what is allowing you continued life. I wish I lived closer. I wish I could visit. I wish Covid-19 would just go away so I could travel to see you. I hope I will be able to hold your hand and kiss you again. I miss you so much and am afraid of losing you. I am afraid of losing you while not being able to really see and visit with you or if necessary to be able to say a private, personal good-bye
Love:
SDB
0061
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Mothers
2:10PM
It is our day. Always in May. I love May. Spring’s green life budding. Our day to open those happy cards with heartfelt wishes and signatures from tiny or grown hands. Each signature braised in our brains. Our day to be gifted bouquets or pots of flowers. Perhaps we have breakfast, lunch or dinner prepared for us with champagne bubbles to lighten our spirits. If only we could have a video of it all, to fast forward to or rewind to in order to watch those magical moments as simple as the sunny sandbox days. Mothering isn’t without challenge, if done with love and earnestness then we have done our best. Many joys to all mothers in this Covid-19 pandemic, you may sit alone and hold that family picture tight and wait for the phone to ring.
Love:
CLB
0062
New York, USA
Dear:
Healthcare
6:42AM
I know you are busy with the Covid-19 virus but I would like to be able to come to you for some regular health related needs. This virus has taken many lives and has taken you from your normal activities and best practices. For best care related to my prior cancer diagnosis, I am to have regular scheduled rechecks. This virus has caused those rechecks to be canceled and put off. Healthcare, I know you are planning for future safe encounters. Please finish your plans soon. I and many others are needing and wanting to see you again.
Love:
JIL
0063
Texas, USA
Dear:
Freedom
7:06AM
It is said that you never know what you have until it is gone. To date, I have not had to mourn the loss of loved ones, but I greatly mourn the loss of you. Living in the US, I and many have so much. Being able to move and interact freely is just an everyday event, nothing special. Nothing special until this Covid-19 virus entered our global community. Now we cannot freely travel, enjoy freely gatherings or just hug and touch friends. Freedom, for me you are greatly missed!
Love:
ASA
0064
Alberta, Canada
Dear:
Hugs
12:00PM
Pending the provider, you, Hugs have always been special. You are affirmation of a caring bond. Now with masks and social distancing, I really miss you. I miss the re-affirmation of support. We are told that you are dangerous now because you may spread the virus. But at the same time we need you now. Some say that need is greater than ever but I believe that devalues you. I really miss you. “Air Hug” is not the same.
Love:
LIQ
0065
Ontario, Canada
Dear:
Parks
2:57PM
You were always special for me. A place I played when young and a place I so enjoyed watching my children play. You are closed for the safety of the community because of this virus and its related pandemic. What will happen to today’s children? They will miss your places of fun and joy. Will they understand the lack and thus loss of fun memories? When they are older, will they take their children to play in your places and create memories of simple fun? I hope so. I hope you are not totally removed from those young lives.
Love:
SJM
0066
05.09.2020
3,900,000 WC
Maine, USA
Dear:
Colleges
12:00PM
You are the educators of the next generation. I am a “baby boomer.” My parents are members what was coined the “Greatest Generation.” Labels are just a way to easily categorize something. The generation you are educating is living through a health crisis not seen in 100 years. Due to this Covid-19 virus they have lost the past semester of face to face interaction in classes, at social and at sporting events. They have lost internships, graduation, earned employment prospects, opportunities to travel home and most significantly ones they loved. This current, “next generation” has endured loses not seen for generations due to this virus. This is a “great generation” and deserves our respect and support.
Love:
JOK
0067
Michigan, USA
Dear:
Access
1:08PM
Why have I taken you so much for granted? You were always just there; for the most part I had as much as I needed. Now with the Covid-19 pandemic, access to the American lifestyle is limited. Access to public and private places is significantly limited from what I have become accustomed. Governmental regulations and health guidelines have reduced my access to the life I was accustomed. I, also, have limited my access and interactions in an effort to minimize my risk of illness and the risk of bringing the illness to my family. This life of lost access is different but remains very much worth living.
Love:
ASH
0068
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Goals
10:50AM
There was a time when you were lofty. That time was pre-Covid-19. I was hoping to do so much, planning for so much good. That planning is discarded now, lost and gone. With the current uncertainty, it is very difficult to make specific and detailed plans. It is said that change is the only constant but lately it seems that not even change has any consistency. I hope to revisit you soon but for now my only goal is to keep my family and myself healthy
Love:
LFF
0069
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Opportunity
4:39PM
Where have you gone? This virus and its associated pandemic appear to have you on furlough or have you lost your work as a lot of individuals have at this time. With you away, individuals are at a loss for establishing life goals. People need to have you available so they do not lose hope. Please return to our lives as soon as you can.
Love:
PIA
0070
Ontario, Canada
Dear:
Future
12:54AM
You used to be so favorable, a future I was looking forward to enjoying. You appeared so favorable for my family and me. Now with the Covid-19 virus all is changed, all is uncertain. I hope that you will provide a favorable future to everyone. You our future will, for certain, be different but I hope that you will become encouraging for everyone. I hope you, our futures, will reassure everyone to continue to seek the fulfillment of their visions.
Love:
YJM
0071
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Dreams
4:30AM
You used to be enjoyable. You were visions into my past. Now you are just reminders of the current medical and financial crises because of this Covid-19 virus. I no longer wake with smiles; I just wake to worries and fright. I am hoping that you return to your former self soon.
Love:
DDB
0072
05.08.2020
3,810,000 WC
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Retirement
9:59PM
So close and yet so far is the state of many individuals finances. Loss of income and loss of benefits are hurting many. Time is on the side of the youth but it is not the friend of the elderly. Most people usually want more time. This virus is stealing time, time to live for some and the time to earn money for retirement for others. I am healthy and I am looking forward to meeting you someday, I hope this virus doesn’t delay our meeting longer than I hope.
Love:
SDB
0073
Utah, USA
Dear:
Vacation
12:00PM
I was so looking forward to enjoying some time away. I enjoy seeing and exploring new places. Now all has changed because of a small virus. Now I will be staying home. I will need to look within and explore my feelings and my space. I may enjoy this just a much and learn more valuable facts. Time will tell.
Love:
LCT
0074
Maine, USA
Dear:
Benefits
5:20AM
My company gave you to me as a supplement to my income. Benefits, you were an extra that were prized as I considered a place to be employed. The Covid-19 virus has affected the economy and changed most businesses. The business I work for has changed. It has taken you away. Good-bye benefits, for just a little while I hope.
Love:
DLP
0075
Virginia, USA
Dear:
Company
3:05PM
I have worked for you for years. I was committed and hard working. Now due to this virus, that does not matter. Nothing I did matters to you just that I am no longer of value to you, just an extra expense. Yes I worked and you payed. Now there is no work, no pay, just virus.
Love:
HLJ
0076
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
DPT Class
7:45PM
Losing the opportunity to attend your graduation from the DPT Program is difficult to comprehend for all of us. The program faculty are extremely proud of all your accomplishments these past three years in the doctoral program. You have learned how to care for patients with respect and skill. Even though you will not walk down the aisle with cap, gown and doctorate hood with all your classmates, we the faculty extend our congratulations to you all for your hard work to complete so many examinations and clinical practice hours. May you take the knowledge and abilities gained and head into the healthcare workforce with confidence and wonderful memories of you time with us. We wish you all the very best today and in your future as you always put the needs of the patient first in your compassionate and healing care. Yes, you have had loss with no celebratory evening, but the Physical Therapy profession has gained incredible colleagues. Best of luck in your careers!
Love:
CLB
0077
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Co-Workers
12:00PM
I miss you. Some of you are furloughed, some with reduced hours, some with changed work days, and others using vacation. I hope you are well and just inconvenienced, not hurt, by Covid-19. I am happy to be working but it is now very different from the past. Social distancing restrictions limit gatherings. That sounds like nothing but it does change working a lot. Signs are on meeting and break rooms stating the maximal number of individuals that should be in a room. Elevator floors are marked with tape indicating where the restricted numbers of occupants should stand. Everyone is wearing a mask for the safety of all. The masks are good but have another effect. People are not as friendly or talkative. You do not receive the casual “hi, how are things” as in the past. You do not receive or are able to see the smile shared as in the past. I miss all of that and you. Please stay well. We will get through this and appreciate what we have all the more.
Love:
MCE
0078
05.07.2020
3,710,000 WC
Kansas, USA
Dear:
Doorbell
3:26PM
Ring ring ring! Any one home? I no longer hear the jovial chime of the I once heard on a weekly basis. How I miss that cheerful tone, which one of my friends had come to see me? What wares was a salesman peddling today? Had I ordered something I had forgotten about? Was someone trying to get my vote? While often times a mystery, what causes my doorbell to ring was not a dull event. Yet people sheltered in place, no more rings. Such a sad thing.
Love:
BEJ
0079
New York, USA
Dear:
Nature
12:42PM
Just a year ago, the world was focused on talks of climate change. What we were doing that could cause irreversible harm to Earth forever. Yet, with COVID-19, scientists are seeing incredible changes in climate factors with the world’s shelter in place response. Air pollution has decreased, and consumption is less. Yet, when COVID-19’s impact lessens, will you again be the one in trouble?
Love:
JJR
0080
Alaska, USA
Dear:
Appetite
8:55PM
As the news certainly depicts, there is still no real cure for COVID-19. The stress of COVID-19, being furloughed, and the general state of the world can certainly cause anyone’s stomach to turn. With shelter in place, gone are the days of trying the newest food spot or dish. No more quick food truck delights. No more trips to wineries to drink away the day. No more roadside dineries to secure a hardy breakfast. No more runs for a special roast or blend of those morning beans. No more midnight for our favorite tacos. With no real access to food out on the town, I guess eating in will have to quell my appetite.
Love:
AJH
0081
Idaho, USA
Dear:
Grandma
3:20AM
With COVID-19 keeping everyone at home, it has kept me from coming to see you. While you are not in your lifelong home, I hope you are getting the support you need in the nursing home. Unfortunately, to protect you, visiting has become a possible harm. Mom says you are staying as active as possible which is good in order to fight off sicknesses like COVID-19. Remember to not be afraid to ask for help, as much as I know you still have that independent mindset. I am sad we cannot meet to begin our knitting sessions. I have been watching online videos to learn a bit, so I am not so amateur as soon as I see you again. Some day soon will we sit clicking away, talking about all the little things occurring in life. Maybe one of us will bring up COVID-19, and we will both laugh, thinking about how the world seemed to just stop for a year.
Love:
SJG
0082
Iowa, USA
Dear:
Checking
2:40AM
I lost my position this week at the hair salon. With the state closing physical stores, management doesn’t know when we will be allowed to open again. So, I now stare at a computer screen, checking my savings, applying for unemployment, and writing this letter. Being a saver, I have enough to stay afloat for a time. But how much time? We will just have to wait and see how close to the red we get.
Love:
JRP
0083
Georgia, USA
Dear:
Calendar
1:06PM
As day by day goes by, it is hard not to think of what has happened and what is soon to come. For months now, COVID-19 has controlled how we set our schedules. Whether it is work, vacation, or special events, I wonder if anyone’s calendar is unchanged by this pandemic. I hope that soon I will look at the familiar grid and not see something so bare.
Love:
ADJ
0084
05.06.2020
3,620,000 WC
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Church
6:30PM
As you all understand, our Church has had to close its doors in order to protect those who are most vulnerable. In a time of uncertainty and isolation, I ask you to contemplate whether your connection to God has lessened in anyway. Remind yourselves that he is always present and knowing this should bring strength during this time of isolation. If your faith is strong alone, it will certainly be robust when we can all return.
Love:
JRO
0085
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Motivation
3:40PM
As I wake up every morning to a content and warm bed, it is hard to believe that a pandemic effect the world outside my cocoon of comfort. I look to the alarm clock, making a mental note of the time it has been since I first turn it off. With no work for this week, uncertainty can cause one to look to places of coziness for relief. Hopefully in the coming days will I have that same energy to cease the day that I once had weeks prior.
Love:
FBP
0086
Wisconsin, USA
Dear:
Knees
12:11PM
How untimely, this whole COVID-19 business has had to be. Today would have been the day of my elective total knee replacement. So, I suppose you must do your best to carry me a few more months. While the aches and pains persist, it will only be time until we can start anew, with confident steps ahead.
Love:
WKM
0087
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Lucy
1:32PM
I heard about your father’s passing. I would be lying if could tell you how I know you are feeling. As quick as COVID-19 has come, it is easy to say it won’t happen to me. While we won’t see his smiling face, I know that his legacy will live on in you. He would be so proud to see how much strength you have shown in these past days. He is watching over you with all his love.
Love:
PFB
0088
Colorado, USA
Dear:
Clark
11:42AM
I wanted to thank you for telling me about Beth’s unfortunate departure. While I was never incredibly close to her, there was never a time that she didn’t brighten the whole floors day. I can remember her constant giggle and smile that could change anyways day from rain to shine. I think we should reach out to her family to consider making a memorial of some sort to remember her character.
Love:
DFG
0089
Washington, USA
Dear:
Class
2:20PM
I hope you are all staying safe in this time of COVID-19. While we can no longer hold our Chemistry class due to the high school being closed, I hope to provide supplemental learning online. I know you will miss our hands-on experiments, but I can tell you that science lives on!
Love:
PFB
0090
New York, USA
Dear:
Distance
4:07PM
As Rami el Samahy, a principal at Boston architecture and design firm OverUnder and adjunct professor at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, points out, this won’t be the first time in history that cities and buildings will be reimagined or redesigned in response to an increased understanding of disease. But while the particular lessons of COVID-19 are still very much TBD, a few ideas have already emerged. For one thing, as architect David Dewane of Chicago firm Barker/Nestor points out, “architects are often inspired to come up with fresh ideas during those moments when we’ve got nothing else to do.”
From:
Architectural Digest
0091
MaryLand, USA
Dear:
The Curve
8:10PM
Countries around the world are working to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic. Flattening the curve involves reducing the number of new COVID-19 cases from one day to the next. This helps prevent healthcare systems from becoming overwhelmed. When a country has fewer new COVID-19 cases emerging today than it did on a previous day, that’s a sign that the country is flattening the curve.
From:
John Hopkins
0092
United Kingdom
Dear:
Design
2:00PM
Overall, Stay Sane, Stay Safe is an admirable example of the power of collective design, and our community’s ability to come together, quickly and with visual impact. “A crisis like Covid-19 is shared by the entire world. It’s called a pandemic for a reason,” explain the group on this subject. “By sharing a common goal (kicking corona’s ass) you notice that we’re not so different from each other at all. The difference that a collective design project like this can make is that it’s bringing people together, figuratively speaking of course. Seriously, stay inside.”
From:
ItsNiceThat
0093
United Kingdom
Dear:
Syndrome
1:38AM
Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, a development that may augur a pandemic risk for the very young. Both Cuomo and his counterpart in the neighboring state of New Jersey also spoke on Saturday about the pandemic's growing toll on mental health, another factor on the minds of governors as they weigh the impact of mounting job losses against health risks in moving to loosen restrictions on daily life.
From:
Reuters
0094
New York, USA
Dear:
Patients
4:57PM
It is another medical mystery of the coronavirus pandemic: Large numbers of Covid-19 patients arrive at hospitals with blood-oxygen levels so low they should be unconscious or on the verge of organ failure. Instead they are awake, talking—not struggling to breathe. Although nobody is quite sure what about the coronavirus causes these patients to react this way, they are rapidly changing how many doctors are treating the disease.
From:
Wall Street Journal
0095
New York, USA
Dear:
Bias
3:00PM
Decades of research shows that black patients in the United States receive inferior medical care compared with white patients. Many families, social scientists and public health experts now fear that racial bias may be contributing to the disproportionately high rate at which Covid-19 is killing African-Americans.
African-American patients enter the health care system with distinct disadvantages, experts say. There is less access to quality health care in many black communities, research shows. And black people are more likely to have diabetes, hypertension and other underlying conditions that make Covid-19 particularly fatal.
From:
The New York Times
0096
05.09.2020
3,900,000 WC
New York, USA
Dear:
Tulips
12:00PM
As the first crucial spring approached this year — tulip blooms flash and fade like fireworks in March and April — so did the global pandemic of the coronavirus.
The annual tulip festival that draws hundreds of thousands of people north of Seattle to Skagit County, where three-quarters of the nation’s commercial tulip crop is grown, was canceled. And that put every other element of the tulip economy into free fall as well: No festival visitors paying to stroll through the blossoms and no money spent on restaurants, hotel stays, bouquets and bulbs for growing at home — a $65 million hit to the local economy that only compounded the economic blows of the state’s shelter-in-place orders.
From:
New York Times
0097
Minnesota, USA
Dear:
Minnesota
9:17PM
In April, Gov. Tim Walz unveiled a "moon shot" testing program for COVID-19 with the Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota and HealthPartners with a goal of gathering up to 20,000 samples per day. Yet Walz said during a call with reporters Friday that the number of completed tests in recent days doesn't reflect even half of the state's current capacity, which he described as "over 10,000."
From:
Star Tribune
0098
Illinois, USA
Dear:
Disparity
5:09PM
The racial disparities in coronavirus deaths have largely been attributed to endemic and entrenched inequalities in Chicago — decades of disinvestment in the predominantly black neighborhoods on the South and West sides that have left residents with fewer jobs, poorer health and diminished opportunities. Those forces often are portrayed as intractable and, during a pandemic, nearly impossible to fix.
From:
ProPublica
0099
Georgia, USA
Dear:
Sioux
12:00PM
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has rejected an ultimatum by South Dakota's governor to remove checkpoints on state highways within tribal reservations or risk legal action. Gov. Kristi Noem sent letters Friday to the leaders of both the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe demanding that checkpoints designed to prevent the spread of coronavirus on tribal land be removed, the governor's office said in a statement.
In response, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier said in a news release Friday that while he agreed it's important to work together, "you continuing to interfere in our efforts to do what science and facts dictate seriously undermine our ability to protect everyone on the reservation."
From:
CNN
0100
United Kingdom
Dear:
Children
4:24PM
The deaths of three children in New York of inflammatory complications possibly linked to Covid-19 has prompted Andrew Cuomo, the state’s governor, to warn of “an entirely different chapter” of a disease that had been believed to cause only mild symptoms in children. The governor reported the first death, of a five-year old boy, on Friday. At his morning press conference on Saturday, Cuomo raised the number of fatalities to three, after the death of a seven-year-old and a teenager.
“The illness has taken the lives of three young New Yorkers,” Cuomo said. “This is new. This is developing.”
From:
The Guardian
0101
New York, USA
Dear:
Dr. Fauci
8:29PM
Three members of the White House coronavirus task force will self-quarantine after possible exposure to COVID-19, administration officials said Saturday.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, will quarantine for 14 days. Stephen Hahn, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, has already gone into quarantine.
“Dr. Fauci has tested negative for CoVID-19, and he will continue to be tested regularly," a NIAID spokeswoman said. "He is actively monitoring his temperature and other health indicators."
From:
NBC News
0102
05.08.2020
3,810,000 WC
Washington D.C., USA
Dear:
Long-Term
1:10PM
Somewhere between 5 and 80 percent of people who test positive for Covid-19 may be asymptomatic, or only develop symptoms days or even weeks after their test, and many of these people will have a mild form of the illness with no lasting symptoms. But Nichols is one of many Covid-19 patients who are finding their recovery takes far longer than the two weeks the World Health Organization says people with mild cases can expect. (The WHO says those with severe or critical cases can expect three to six weeks of recovery.)
From:
Vox
0103
New York, USA
Dear:
Therapy
6:31PM
As scientists scramble to find COVID-19 treatments among existing approved drugs, researchers in Hong Kong may have found a winning combination. Early data shows that a triple antiviral therapy may be safe and effective in treating patients with mild to moderate cases of COVID-19, according to a study published Friday in Lancet.
All three drugs used in the study are already approved to treat other illnesses. Interferon beta 1b is a drug commonly used to treat multiple sclerosis, lopinavir-ritonavir is an anti-retroviral medication used to treat HIV and ribavirin is commonly used to treat hepatitis C.
From:
ABC News
0104
New York, USA
Dear:
Staffers
1:30PM
On Thursday, CNN reported that one of Donald Trump’s White House “valets”—a member of the Navy who serves him food and beverages—has tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday, Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs reported that one of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff members has also tested positive. (Update, May 8, 2020, at 3:10 p.m.: Politico reports that the staffer is in fact Katie Miller, Pence’s spokeswoman, who is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, which puts the ring of potential infection even tighter around Trump than it was previously.)
From:
Slate
0105
Washington D.C., USA
Dear:
Economy
12:00PM
The United States is mired in one of the most immiserating peacetime moments in its history. In a little more than two months, more than 70,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, a disease that did not have a name in early February. The U.S. economy, which began the year as an engine of global stability, is in shambles. The unemployment rate has surged to a level unseen since the 1930s, the Labor Department announced on Friday. Only about half of American adults have a job, the lowest share of the population employed since measurements began in 1948.
From:
The Atlantic
0106
Mexico, USA
Dear:
Mexico
7:45AM
The Mexican government is not reporting hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexico City, dismissing anxious officials who have tallied more than three times as many fatalities in the capital than the government publicly acknowledges, according to officials and confidential data. The tensions have come to a head in recent weeks, with Mexico City alerting the government to the deaths repeatedly, hoping it will come clean to the public about the true toll of the virus on the nation’s biggest city and, by extension, the country at large.
From:
New York Times
0107
Georgia, USA
Dear:
Hinge
6:27PM
This pandemic has profoundly interfered with the life of our nation and we must treat it as one of the most significant threats to our national security in decades. At this writing, more than 70,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the US, and the number of known cases is doubling about every four weeks; currently there are more than 1.2 million. America's economy has shed more than 30 million jobs. Indeed, the coronavirus crisis is shaping up to be a "hinge event" in American history, like the Great Depression or 9/11.
It is reshaping the world, politically, socially and economically and it is also revealing major structural weaknesses in American society and undermining already fraying trust in the capacity of the US government to respond effectively to core security challenges.
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CNN Opinion
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05.07.2020
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New York, USA
Dear:
Covid-19
4:30PM
So far, the novel coronavirus responsible for the global pandemic is mutating normally as virologists expected to see based on their experience with other similar viruses. "Viruses mutate," said Dr. Nels Elde, Ph.D., associate professor of human genetics at the University of Utah. "That's one of the things that makes them such a successful entity."
"The word 'mutation' to people means something bad because it's got that connotation to it," said Dr. Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., Higgins professor of microbiology and immunology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY.
"It simply means a change in the genome sequence. It doesn't mean that it's necessarily bad for you at all," Racaniello said. "Plants grow in the spring. Viruses mutate. It's no big deal."
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ABC News
0109
Massachusetts, USA
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Sweden
8:00AM
According to Our World in Data, Sweden recorded 812 new confirmed cases on April 25, the highest daily count so far, which helped push the total number of confirmed cases over 20,000 by April 30. As of May 8, in nearby Denmark, a much more densely populated country, the number is 10,083; in Norway, 7995; and in Finland, 5673. The total confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Sweden has passed 3000, a relatively small number when compared to Italy, the United Kingdom, or the United States, but much worse than Sweden’s neighbors: Denmark (512), Norway (209), and Finland (255). Sweden’s 301.1 COVID-19 deaths per million people—compared to countries that chose a lockdown—does not reassure: United States (228.61); Denmark (88.74); Norway (35.97); Finland (35.92). Half of the deaths occurred in nursing homes.
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Boston Review
0110
New York, USA
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Testing
8:00AM
“It’s kind of like the wild West,” says Janko Nikolich-Zugich, the head of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson’s department of immunobiology. One of the reasons the University of Arizona wound up making its own antibody test was because it wasn’t clear how reliable other ones might be, he says.
“It’s very attractive to think about, ‘I’m going to go to a drive-through and get a finger prick and I’ll get an answer,’” says Patricia Slev, the section chief for immunology at ARUP Laboratories, a national reference lab. But most of these rapid tests don’t have independent validation that the test works the way the manufacturer says. Consumers who want to make sure they’re getting good antibody tests should look for ones that have outside testing to confirm the test is accurate.
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The Verge
0111
New York, USA
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Airports
6:48PM
While all the changes that airports will undergo are not completely clear, one thing is for sure: the facilities are about to undergo a seismic shift.
“Although we’re still in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, we’re anticipating it will bring about the same kind of paradigm shift in air travel that we experienced after 9/11,” Osbaugh, the Gensler architect, says. “We may never look at flying or airports the same way again.”
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Condé Nast
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Washington D.C., USA
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Hospitals
3:45PM
As hospitals were overrun by coronavirus patients in other parts of the world, the Army Corps of Engineers mobilized in the U.S., hiring private contractors to build emergency field hospitals around the country. The endeavor cost more than $660 million, according to an NPR analysis of federal spending records. But nearly four months into the pandemic, most of these facilities haven't treated a single patient.
Public health experts said this episode exposes how ill-prepared the U.S. is for a pandemic. They praised the Army Corps for quickly providing thousands of extra beds, but experts said there wasn't enough planning to make sure these field hospitals could be put to use once they were finished.
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NPR
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Georgia, USA
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Antarctica
1:00PM
While the rest of the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, one continent has managed to remain entirely free of the infection. Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, is now considered the "safest place in the world," with no confirmed cases at all. The region had a close brush with Covid-19 when outbreaks hit the final cruise ships of the season, but the virus didn't reach its frozen shores. And, because it's currently descending into winter, when it's completely cut off, it should stay that way for now.
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CNN Travel
0114
05.06.2020
3,620,000 WC
New York, USA
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Updates
4:00PM
The U.S. economy continues to look bleak after more than 3 million workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to federal labor data released Thursday. Although that figure is down slightly from the week before, over 33 million Americans have now filed for initial jobless claims as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which has routed some industries to Depression-era levels. Yet even as the economy begins to slowly fire up again state by state, economists expect unemployment levels to continue rising — and to extend across a broader swath of industries.
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CBS News
0115
USA
Dear:
Children
12:16PM
Dozens of U.S. children have been hospitalized with a serious inflammatory condition possibly linked with the coronavirus and first seen in Europe.
New York authorities announced Wednesday that 64 potential cases had been reported to the state. The advisory followed an alert earlier this week about 15 cases in New York City. A few other U.S. children have been affected during the pandemic, including a 6-month-old infant in California diagnosed with COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease, a rare condition that causes swelling in blood vessels.
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Associated Press
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California, USA
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Pets
12:05PM
A dog in North Carolina and two house cats from separate areas in New York state have tested positive for the virus causing COVID-19.
The cats experienced mild respiratory illnesses and all the animals are expected to make full recoveries, according to a reportTrusted Source from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
While animal infections with SARS-CoV-2 worldwide remain rare, experts say the situation is evolving and more reported cases are to be expected.
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Healthline
0117
New York, USA
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Children
8:00PM
The coronavirus has largely spared children. Most confirmed to be infected have had only mild symptoms. But doctors in Europe and the United States have recently reported a troubling new phenomenon: Some children are becoming seriously ill with symptoms that can involve inflammation in the skin, eyes, blood vessels and heart. The condition, which doctors are calling “pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome,” is so new that there are still many unanswered questions about how and why it affects children.
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New York Times
0118
Pennsylvania, USA
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Latitude
6:04PM
Your chance of surviving the new coronavirus may simply depend on the latitude of the country in which you’re currently living, one recent study suggests. When it comes to receiving a proper intake of vitamin D, a few degrees of latitude could be the difference between life or death when dealing with the severity of COVID-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. Vitamin D plays a critical role in preventing respiratory infections and boosting the immune system, and a study published by scientists in Ireland analyzed the correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the different mortality rates countries have seen in recent months.
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AccuWeather
0119
Washington D.C., USA
Dear:
Products
12:00PM
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on the agency’s efforts to combat the extremely concerning actions by companies and individuals that are exploiting or taking advantage of widespread fear among consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to scammers on the internet selling unproven medical products, the FDA has taken – and continues to take – a number of steps to find and stop those selling unapproved products that fraudulently claim to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure COVID-19.
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The FDA
0120
To the World:
As the world approaches one year of international pandemic, X in the Time of Covid provides remembrance, acting as a capsule of stories, experiences, and feelings from around the United States and beyond during a brief span of five days in May 2020 at the height of lockdowns and the international COVID-19 pandemic. In the form of letters, contributors shared introspective messages of Love, Life, and Loss to capture the immeasurable feelings of uncertainty and hope in a time of unparalleled social change. With reference to the title of Gabriel García Márquez’s beautiful book Love in the Time of Cholera, this website is a glimpse into a sliver of unprecedented life and the humanity that was able to endure. In the present, there is a glowing hope, a universal dream that radiates from these letters. Together (apart), we can carry on.
With Love,
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