The Pandemic Is The Worst. What Can We Do To Keep Coping? (Rebroadcast)

WAMU 88.5 | By Kathryn Fink

Published December 30, 2020 at 2:42 PM CST

Residents head out to the Bethpage Bikeway in New York. Many residents have mostly remained in their homes for the past weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

People. We know it’s bad out here during the coronavirus pandemic. And at 1A, we’re lucky enough to be able to largely work from home and keep doing our jobs bringing the news to you. But almost everyone is having a tough time, especially with the emotional toll of maintaining social distancing, the labor to keep up with shifting pandemic guidance and the significant added stress on essential employees as they keep going to work.

The New York Times spoke with Aya Raji, 14, about what happened when her school turned to remote learning.

“I felt like I was trapped in my own little house and everyone was far away,” Aya, 14, said. “When you’re with friends, you’re completely distracted and you don’t think about the bad stuff going on. During the beginning of quarantine, I was so alone. All the sad things I used to brush off, I realized I couldn’t brush them off anymore.”

We’re talking about the psychological and emotional toll of COVID-19 with the U.K.’s Minister of Loneliness and NPR’s Shankar Vedantam.

The Pandemic Is The Worst. What Can We Do To Keep Coping? (Rebroadcast)

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