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[Lali1]

Yes I do feel stuck on hold. I do also sometimes feel like many people are walking around on autopilot. I find in myself that I have feelings I haven't felt for many many years and they're not good. I don't stay there but those awful thoughts pop in my head and I feel miserable for a moment. 

[EatWell]

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@KarenQVC wrote:

along with everyone else.  It seems like we are all walking zombies, at least for this year.  I look out the window at all the delivery trucks moving down the street and the lawn mowing guys coming and thinking we are all moving zombies.

Have you ever known a time in our US history when we were so stuck?

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@KarenQVC 

I do not feel like a zombie.  I am still alive.   Taking life one day at a time.  
Covid-19 has not taken you or me yet.  Or other posters here.

Have faith. 
You are not alone.

And take comfort knowing  you will never walk alone.

“Stay safe. Stay home.”

[Cakers3]

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@Lali1 wrote:

Yes I do feel stuck on hold. I do also sometimes feel like many people are walking around on autopilot. I find in myself that I have feelings I haven't felt for many many years and they're not good. I don't stay there but those awful thoughts pop in my head and I feel miserable for a moment. 

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@Lali1   I'm sorry.

[teganslaw]

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@Lali1 wrote:

Yes I do feel stuck on hold. I do also sometimes feel like many people are walking around on autopilot. I find in myself that I have feelings I haven't felt for many many years and they're not good. I don't stay there but those awful thoughts pop in my head and I feel miserable for a moment. 

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Sorry to hear that. I hope that your two pets, Lily and Lola make you feel better. 

[haddon9]

I was more stuck when it was still cold out and everything was closed.  I've been getting out with friends to eat outdoors almost every week and it helps me so much mentally.

One thing I feel stuck about is my diet...now that it's hot & humid I have a never ending craving for ice cream and water ice.  There's too many good places around here for that.

[KarenQVC]

I guess I mean the country as a whole has shown so little energy to change things.  We are losing 1,000 people per day for no good reason--total over 150,000.

We lost about 400,000 in WW2, but we certainly gave it a fight.  And there was a reason.

I certainly have no assurance this 150,000 number might not double given our lackluster response.

[Porcelain]

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@KarenQVC wrote:

I guess I mean the country as a whole has shown so little energy to change things.  We are losing 1,000 people per day for no good reason--total over 150,000.

We lost about 400,000 in WW2, but we certainly gave it a fight.  And there was a reason.

I certainly have no assurance this 150,000 number might not double given our lackluster response.

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I see massive energy and momentum to change things. We can fix all of this.

[Cakers3]

States and territories	Reported deaths	Deaths, last seven days	Deaths per 100,000 in population
New York	33,541	76	172
New Jersey	15,846	42	178
California	9,506	961	24
Massachusetts	8,648	112	125
Illinois	7,723	115	60
Texas	7,624	2,364	26
Pennsylvania	7,276	105	56
Florida	7,235	1,187	33
Michigan	6,463	58	64
Connecticut	4,437	19	124
Louisiana	4,024	238	86
Georgia	3,842	333	36
Arizona	3,779	475	51
Ohio	3,539	195	30
Maryland	3,523	76	58
Indiana	2,980	74	44
Virginia	2,218	136	25
North Carolina	2,026	184	19
South Carolina	1,793	287	34
Mississippi	1,711	210	57
Colorado	1,710	42	29
Minnesota	1,656	40	29
Alabama	1,633	142	33
Washington	1,600	82	21
Missouri	1,319	79	21
Tennessee	1,092	114	15
Rhode Island	1,010	6	95
Wisconsin	956	63	16
Iowa	884	50	28
Nevada	847	108	27
Kentucky	744	35	16
New Mexico	655	36	31
District of Columbia	586	4	83
Delaware	585	6	60
Oklahoma	551	55	13
Arkansas	475	67	15
New Hampshire	417	8	30
Kansas	365	30	12
Nebraska	332	15	17
Oregon	328	39	7
Utah	314	33	9
Puerto Rico	230	29	7
Idaho	200	48	11
South Dakota	135	12	15
Maine	124	5	9
West Virginia	117	11	6
North Dakota	109	6	14
Montana	64	17	5
Vermont	57	1	9
Wyoming	27	2	4
Hawaii	26	0	1
Alaska	25	4	3
U.S. Virgin Islands	8	1	7
Guam	5	0	3
Northern Mariana Islands	2	0	0
American Samoa	0	0	0

There are the lastest stats as of Aug. 4 regarding deaths in the last 7 days.  Souces are NBC news and state officials. There were no political sidebars but I didn't want to chance a link.

[Oostende]

We are living through an interesting time.

I am confident some good will emerge.  Goodness and innovation always emerge in a crisis.

I am hopeful that parents will be more proactive in their children's education.  Distance learning, or homeschool, is being investigated by millions of parents who are reluctant to send their children back to traditional educational facilities. 

I think that's wonderful.  Our schools are scelrotic and have not kept up with the times, through no fault of the wonderful teachers who sacrifice for their pupils.

Working from home is creating new opportunities for families.

I'm actually very hopeful that we will emerge from this virus stronger than ever.

Keep the faith and stay safe.