It's really a miracle how things turn out unexpectedly. I did not manage to complete anything on my schedule during half term because...guess what... I got covid for the whole week. It was so unexpected, the day after I arrived in the flat, one of the flatmate miraculously tested positive, and I really have no way out of it.
But after having it for the whole week I understand that covid is actually not that scary as people make it to be. I was only "sick" for 2 days with slight fever on day 1 - but at the same time my body tends to put me through a fever everytime I have a cold, so I wasn't surprised. Mind you I was jabbed twice so that must've boosted my immune system (specifically production of t-cells) and reduce my symptoms.
I was also actually glad that I had it because that meant I will have natural immunity and antibodies for at least the next 3 months, which meant I would be protected during my exams. Another thing is that since restrictions are totally dropped from today - and positive cases do not need to isolate, everyone is probably going to be infected sooner or later, so my time with covid came at the right time.
Although people might think dropping all restrictions at the moment is moving a bit too fast, I am actually quite glad. This marks the end of the covid era and no more living with constant fear of possibly being infected, although yes, covid still exists and we didn't get rid of it, however, after almost 3 whole years of trying to fight it, it's becoming evident that the virus is not going away, we need to somehow find ways to coexist with it and lead a normal life. Living in terror isn't going to make us any healthier. So I agree with dropping restrictions, now that vaccine numbers and the amount of people infected have risen to a certain point, I can very confident say that we do have herd immunity and we can lead normal lives. Covid is just the new flu, it's still going to make people sick, it's still going to keep mutating and it's still contagious, but we are not letting it affect and impend on us anymore. We are 'living with covid'.
*This is only my own opinion, I still understand that covid could be very severe and is fatal to people - mainly targeting elderly people or people with weak immune systems. However, statistically, it is proven that people that are fully vaccinated have lower risks of developing severe symptoms and all viruses are going to kill certain people just like how flu is, but I do really sympathise with any family members that passes away from covid.
Anyways, now that I've got and done with covid - been sick for a week - time to get back to work. Yesterday I checked the calendar, and we were not that far away from the exams, and even closer, mocks. So time to pull myself together and do more work.
What I did today:
- integration mixed excercise - wrapped up on some confusing concepts
- chemistry electrode potential notes
Add oil!
24/02/2022
