Happy Sunday, Health fam! On this date in 1872, America held its first Arbor Day.🌱🌳🌲 Nebraskans celebrated by planting more than 1 million trees. This year, it's on April 29, so you have a couple weeks to brush up your tree planting skills. This week, we look at whether the pandemic can be classified as a trauma. Plus, why some people seem immune to COVID and how to have fun even when life's got you down.
People are processing the pandemic like a trauma
Kim Ryu for NPR
For most people, living throught the pandemic hasn't been violent or included explosions or assault — all elements of a traumatic experience. So why are so many people processing the past two years as a trauma? Experts talk about the symptoms people are experiencing and why the pandemic's effect on mental health is so hard to categorize.
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Magic COVID immunity?
Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR
The first time Michaeleen Doucleff's six-year-old daughter, Rosy, was exposed to the coronavirus, she panicked. It was November 2020, before vaccines were available. Doucleff, an NPR science reporter, quarantined with her family at home and waited. But Rosy didn't get it — even after being exposed three more times. That prompted Doucleff to dig deep into why some people seem immune to the coronavirus. Here's what she found.
This editor often has conversations with her dogs about feelings. They go something like this: "You look sad today. Are you sad? Me too, because it's raining too hard to go for a walk." And while some of you may think I am bananas for talking to my dog about feelings, it's not far-fetched to think that animals and humansshare some of the same emotional roots, says one biologist. Here's how understanding those connections can actually help humans.
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