The year 2020 was just... weird. I remember first hearing about this unknown virus with the name of a beer and thinking to myself, "that's pretty interesting, glad it's not here, I'm sure it'll pass in no time." Then cases came to the Europe, concerning for sure. Then cases came to the US... and well you had my attention.
Next thing you know, there was cases in Ohio and the numbers kept growing and growing, the whole world shut down. Well mostly, many of us had to go to work each day, the "essential workers". But the kids didn't they stayed home and everything went online. Masks became mandatory, people would walk on the other side of the road if you went for a walk. Cough around anyone and you were seen as if you had the plague.
Slowly life began to have some semblance of normality, or rather a new sense of normal. No graduation for Clayton, but a drive thru type graduation. No vacation, but we had stock pile of toilet paper because there was a shortage everywhere you went.
Work was hard, stressful. Now required to wear a mask, shield or goggles, gloves and gown at visits. Being swabbed weekly if not more so for rapid tests to get into nursing homes for Covid. Not being able to hug my patients and there family members when all they needed was a hug. Having nurses jobs be reallocated or laid off which increased the work for everyone else.
The kids started school online in August 2020. Slowly they came out with a vaccine and slowly numbers are going down. Kids are back in school now. There's news of a variant strand, there's news of the vaccine not remaining effective for long amounts of time. There's news numbers are going back up, for whatever reason, maybe because people are tired of social distancing and masking. They are tired of the constant demands placed on them. Either way, I don't think many will be able to not remember 2020, and to not be glad to see the end of it and the new year 2021.
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