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In mid-March 2020, University of Nebraska-Lincoln students received an email stating classes would be suspended for a week prior to spring break and would return to online classes for the remainder of the semester.
Nearly a year later, the world looks very different than it did at the time of that fateful email.Â
Important aspects of life that nourish mental and emotional health vanished as the result of the pandemic. There is no more smiling at strangers, just the crinkle of eyes behind a mask. There are no longer tender hugs with friends or family without a negative COVID-19 test in tow. With the slow but sure distribution of vaccines, there is light shining at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, but not without questions about the long-term mental health effects of the time in history.Â