I know it's been a while since my last blog entry (a year to be exact). I don't know, I guess I've just been a bit pre-occupied lately, but here I am again because... I missed this. I missed this online journal I used to update every now and then. It was my safe space, a place where I could be my most "authentic" self, without worrying about what other people would think of me. I could write what I want, share what I want, and it gave me some sort of comfort in this crazy, crazy world.
Anyway, the last time I posted an entry here, it was all about living with constant fear and anxiety because of the current COVID situation that is yet to go away. As I write, my family and I have experienced around five COVID scares already, and though you would think that, by now, we should have gotten used to it already, no... the fear and anxiety is still very much there but we try our hardest to battle it by taking good care of our health and putting our faith in the Lord. 2021 hasn't been any different than 2020. If anything, it's probably even worse because of the different COVID variants developing. So far, the Delta variant is the worst, being eight times more infectious than the original strain. Despite the frequent changing of community quarantine statuses and lockdowns, the only way to effectively deal with this pandemic is to improve and hasten the vaccination programs of our country. I don't even want to expound on this anymore, because the entire situation is extremely frustrating. Being a part of the A4 priority group or "frontline personnel in essential sectors" (and being asthmatic which is a commorbidity as well), I was very fortunate to have received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine last June. I did experience some post-vaccination symptoms including chills, headaches that would come and go, general body tiredness, and felt a bit feverish, but I was glad to know that it was my body's way of "accepting" the vaccine in order to combat COVID. After a day, I was back to normal. In our family, my brother is the only one who has been fully vaccinated. My mom and dad are still waiting for their turn, and I can only pray that it comes sooner so they can be protected as well. COVID isn't going away anytime soon, so being vaccinated is a MUST. Though it does not guarantee that you won't get the virus, but at least if you do, your symptoms will be mild and most importantly, YOU WILL NOT DIE. I've always been longing for the day when this will all be over. When we can finally spend time with our loved ones, travel and not worry about getting sick. As of the moment, the idea seems far-fetched, but I know that it is possible. For the mean time, we must do our part to stop its transmission, especially to the most vulnerable members of our society. It sucks that this update had been taken over by COVID again, but this is our reality and though it would be a lot better to just ignore it, we will always have to put our experiences out in the open so that people will learn from it. I just hope that the next time I feel like writing another blog entry, it will be about something else. Something more hopeful and positive, kay kakapoy na. We all need to move forward from this already.
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