I was in Georgia for spring break with the lacrosse team. The Athletic Trainer and I were stretching out my legs a few hours before a game and I asked her about her thoughts on the topic. She said, “As long as the administration like me, Jodi and Coach aren’t worried about it then you shouldn’t be either. I’m not worried about it.” Ironically enough, we came back a few days later and they canceled our season and moved us to online classes.
I remember telling my friends and teammates about this class, actually. I would say, in JGB’s class we are learning about this genre of writing called the fantastic which is like stories about people waking up and turning into bugs or an over-exaggeration of an obsession. I told my lacrosse team this in the van on our way back to Georgia and how people were essentially in mass hysteria over this virus.
However, about a week later, I started to understand the full effects of the virus and how dangerous it actually was once I was in quarantine. I think the word ‘surreal’ is a good way to describe the current situation everyone is facing.
With COVID-19 sweeping the country, it reminds me of the story “Inventory” and how the main character of the story was traveling and sleeping with multiple people during an outbreak. The situation she was in seemed unimaginable and now it feels as if we are facing the same exact thing.