COVID-19

It had been exactly 79 days since I had touched another human being. That is until Dr J in the emergency room examined my left hand. The...

The New York Times recently ran an article about how group video calls are frying peoples’ brains. Author Kate Murphy wrote, “The way the video images...

Before it was the end, when no one knew it was the end, the air already held a sense of loneliness. I recall the last night out. It...

In a time of social distancing, I’ve never felt more urban closeness. When out and about on rationed runs and supermarket sweeps, the city provides a...

On my first day, I am told to go to the staff canteen and explain that I don’t yet have my ID because I am newly...

You don’t think you will be the one to get cancer. It happens to other people, not to you. If it does happen to you, it’s...

“Code blue” echoes through the hallways as nurses, PAs, respiratory therapists, doctors, custodial workers, and PCAs scurry through the halls in paper scrubs, blue hair caps,...

I woke up this morning like I did every other day the past three weeks and will wake up for the foreseeable future. Today is Saturday,...

When we are asked about this time, we will tell them about how our stovetops were always dirty, and how much we cooked. We will tell them...

I know it seems like all progress has been derailed. I know it seems like the world has caved in on itself and will never again return. I...

1. You’re allowed to be pissed. You don’t have to listen to the people who are telling you this is going to make for a good...

By KJ Parish Updated April 13, 2020 Self-Portrait by Marsden Parish By KJ Parish Updated April 13, 2020 Self-Portrait by Marsden Parish Since our city was devastated by a tornado, then blindsided...

So. Here’s the thing… I went back and forth on whether to publish this. Because frankly I wasn’t sure how it would rub people. I often rub people wrong, and...

There’s one of two ways this can go – The first is to drown in it. Oversaturated with information, statistics and studies, advisories, warnings, predictions, projections, and...

In the United States, the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire, with no end in sight. And it’s dauntingly too late to take many of the lifesaving...

We are living through extraordinary times. You may be feeling like you could use some advice right now, beyond how to make a mask out of...

We are living through extraordinary times. You may be feeling like you could use some advice right now, beyond how to properly sanitize your doorknobs and...

The best part of a very scary time is seeing our local and global communities come together. For most of us, all we can do to...

A 2019 report concluded that when the economy is headed southward, the freight industry will be the first affected. The trucking industry, in particular, entered a...

The world is suddenly uncertain and a lot of us are just sitting at home watching the Coronavirus pandemic play out on our screens. For most...

*** “My uncle (70ish) got diagnosed with it a couple days ago in Washington state. He’s been quarantined but the nurses didnt know proper protocol at the...

Not everything is dark in this new, Coronavirus-infected, scary dystopian world. As a special treat and to encourage everyone to continue social distancing, Universal will be...

Coronavirus is taking over the world but people are still on dating apps. If we’re all this thing together, it means we can keep talking and...

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