Do you feel more connected or isolated since the pandemic — and why?
Ronald Ratiff, Southeast D.C.
“More connected because we are out here in the world. When the pandemic was happening, everybody was closed in and shut in. There’s still some viruses that’s still lurking out here, actually after the pandemic I caught this virus called the rhinovirus and it has no medication to cure it… When I went to the hospital and they diagnosed me with it, I had never heard of it before.”
Maria Rodriguez, Chicago
“Neither, I feel normal because I don’t go out anyway, so whether I stay in the house all the time or not, I’m OK.”
Rashad Proctor, Northwest D.C.
“I don’t really feel anything. It hasn’t affected me that much. Because I don’t really interact with the public like that, I’m kind of an introvert.”
Francis Williams, Northeast D.C.
“It’s no difference to me because I’m always by myself anyway.”
Compiled by Keith Golden Jr.