Evidence of the pandemic?

[LaceWingMother]

Just idly wondering whether it's clear from any aspect of my life that the covid era ever happened.

Fortunately, no one I knew died or became seriously unwell from it, DH and I don't work from home because of it, DC now going through secondary school as normal, I didn't make any large purchases linked to it (one friend built a home office and a feckless neighbour bought a now-neglected dog). Apart from a few face masks stuffed in a drawer and forgotten about, I don't think there's any evidence of it in the house.

Does the impact of the pandemic appear in your life now?

We have most of our meetings and training courses on Teams now where everything pre-pandemic was face to face, but that may have happened anyway with the technology advancing. I'd never even heard of Zoom pre-pandemic. Same with the DCs parents evenings.
That's it really.

My friends partner died, she was a 34 year old school teacher who was immunocompromised and still taught during the pandemic. A very elderly man died in the next road that lived next door to my friend and one of DH elderly relatives who I had never met also died.

I had covid in the first wave and was very unwell, it took me almost a year to recover. I remember being delighted when I managed to walk to the end of my road after about 3 months. I had been a keen hiker and cyclist and very fit for my age.

I bought a large amount of stocks when they dipped during the Covid crash and the money I made has been life-changing.

My eldest was a toddler and she's doing fine because I got her into nursery and other social activities as soon as I could, so she didn't miss out on much.

Wfh and a hot tub are the lasting things from covid for us. Many people I know suffered with mental health problems during and after the pandemic as a result of it especially the people I know who were on their own.

Only in the office one day a week. Basically saved my career. Only upsides to it all from here. I am fully aware this makes us monumentally privileged. But it is true.

I paid my mortgage off early as I saved so much money.

I worked as normal all the way through.

Massively insensitive post! However to satisfy your question :

FIL died from Covid
DA died from Covid
DM became anorexic developed agoraphobia
BIL had a nervous breakdown
DH was made redundant
BIL2 was made redundant
Myself and DSis were worked half to death
Friends brother committed suicide due to redundancy

HTH

I vividly remember my MIL with acute leukaemia dying during it with limited visits
I remember her socially distanced funeral with 10 people allowed
WFH that still continues hybrid
WFH for me now as the norm
Clients accepting different meetings via Teams as standard and not in person
Sitting on an aeroplane and being conscious of people around me with coughs and colds
Having a bad cold and wondering if I have Covid again.
Being conscious of infection as my close family member is immune compromised due to cancer
Will we experience this again in our lifetime.

If it wasn’t for the news and the crazy restrictions imposed I would have had no idea there had been any issue.

When you look at the death stats from before, during and after the pandemic that’s not really surprising.

It was a non event? A pandemic was a non event?

Agree, such an insensitive remark even if it didn't affect that poster directly surely they must realise that it was life changing for many

My friend's cleaner died from complications following Covid.
We lost my MIL from complications following Covid.
I caught Covid in March 2020 and have never regained full health. It's utterly changed me as a person.

DH mostly works from home now. We liked each other better when he didn't!

Ds2's occasional tics morphed into full on Tourette's.

The OP's question was what the impact was for other individuals. That poster has answered the question as posed with her own experience, not claiming to speak for anyone else or their experiences.

It was pretty much a non-event for me too. I can say that truthfully and that not mean I don't have every sympathy for the hundreds of thousands of people affected in many different ways.

I'm trying to be charitable here and maybe consider that @Cynic17 means that for her it was a non event. Hope that's the case, and not that she having a pop at those for whom the pandemic was a big deal.

I was fortunate in that I didn't lose anyone very close to me but the fear and worry and seeing the thing unfold was horrible. So many people had a dreadful time of it.

Can you not just be grateful that your life wasn't seriously affected by it and have some empathy for those with loved ones who died or who still suffer with long term affects?

There's absolutely no sign of anything covid related in my house. I wore a coat the other day which I haven't used in nearly 4 years and found a mask. It shocked me! I completely forget about it

So much better!

Does the impact of the pandemic appear in your life now?

The only change in my life is that I have a WFH/hybrid contract. I go to the office once a week.

Other than that, no.

I have a family member who died at a time when hospitals weren't allowing many visitors. They didn't die alone, so we're lucky in comparison to many.

The whole pandemic experience taught me some lessons I won't forget.

Me too

I’ve been left with a permanent distrust of humanity. I’ve never been so disappointed with how everyone fell for lockdown. Ridiculous concept

I never knew anyone who died from it thankfully not suffered ongoing health problems, my thoughts are with those who did and for whom life will never be the same x

I was made redundant 2 months in, I got another job quickly and moving on from
that soon…so I sometimes wonder where I’d be working had the pandemic not occurred. I don’t know that I’d still be in my previous job as I had already been thinking of moving on but I don’t think I’d have come to my current role.

Of course it wasn't a non event. How can anyone say that unless they were living under a rock?

It was a bonkers unreal time. DD was sent home from university. I started WFH. Everywhere was closed, mask wearing was compulsory, clapping for the NHS - why? Attending my SIL's late husband's funeral and sitting socially distanced in an adjacent room and watching it on a screen.

When I look back I can't believe it happened, but 5 years on the only thing that has chaned for me is WFH most of the time.