It is with deepest sympathies that we announce the passing of a dear husband, brother, step-dad and papa, Leslie Nagy. Leslie passed away peacefully at Bethammi Nursing Home, Thunder Bay, on June 1, 2021 with family by his side.
May 10, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an email telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later, her relief was replaced by dread: a phone alert another mass public shooting.
Before the pandemic, she would scan for the nearest exit in public places and routinely practiced active shooter drills at the company where she works. But after a year at home in the pandemic, those anxieties had faded. Until now.
“I haven’t been living in fear with COVID because I’m able to make educated decisions to keep myself safe,” says Smith, 21, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. “But there’s no way I can make an educated decision about what to do to avoid a mass shooting. I’ve been at home for a year and I’m not as practiced at coping with that fear as I used to be.”
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There is no doubt in my mind that the long term affects of the pandemic are going to reverberate for years to come. I have people in my personal life that I’m already thinking (I know) they’re going to have a hard time readjusting to normal society. At times it’s so surreal that when one’s out in public and not wearing a mask, it’s as if you’re committing a dirty act. In one way or another, the entire country is going to be suffering from a PTSD of sorts, and perhaps a new roaring twenties.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an e-mail telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later, her relief was replaced by dread: a phone alert another mass public shooting.
Before the pandemic, she would scan for the nearest exit in public places and routinely practiced active shooter drills at the company where she works. But after a year at home in the pandemic, those anxieties had faded. Until now.