Ask HN: It’s been 4 years since Covid was discovered. How are you?

Well... COVID claimed my mother's life about 2 years ago, and I've had multiple family members contract COVID, including at least one family member who's had it twice. So in that sense, it's been a pretty big detriment to my life. On the other hand, I've either dodged it completely, or if I've had it, it was a completely (or very nearly completely) asymptomatic case.

Certainly the ~2 years of extreme stuff with lockdowns and all the supply chain problems, and this and that were a big impact on life, emotionally, mentally, and so on. But around here, life seems to have gone back mostly to normal for a while now, and I'm back to most of my old routines as far as going out, socializing, shopping, whatever. And that makes me very happy, as I get a little stir-crazy being stuck at home all the time.

If there are any positives to take away from it, I did learn a lot while stuck at home so much, and my dayjob has maintained a "3 days at the office, 2 days at home" work schedule even after Return To Office. And I re-kindled my passion for freshwater fishing during the "peak COVID" period. I spent a LOT of time outside, bank fishing on small creeks and stuff near me. And now I've kept that alive to some extent. In fact, I just caught my first ever rainbow trout a couple of weeks ago, which was cool (freshwater trout are not indigenous to my area, but the NC WRC stock certain ponds with trout during the winter months).

I got back into a lot more bike riding as well, both mountain biking and road cycling, and also trying to focus on keeping that up even as we move to "post COVID" (if such a thing can be said to exist).

The WFH that came from Covid is probably the best thing that could’ve happened to my wife and I. I’m 10x happier and 10x more productive. I could never imagine going back to an office 5 days a week. That would be torture.

I’ve lived in 5 different states, seen 10+ national parks, countless more state parks and days out hiking, and been more active than ever.

Lucky to have never contracted it. I'm a bonafide hermit anyways so social distancing wasn't 'new' or 'special' to me. I've also worked from home for as long as I can remember, and COVID-era lock-downs didn't affect my work. Again, lucky.

COVID reminded me of a few simple facts such as the importance of an immune system, and I double-dosed Vitamin D more than I should, along with probiotics and cultured/fermented foods like Kefir & Kimchi. The mental health aspect of it affected many even though they had a good immune system. Not being able to socialize affected many of the extroverted types. Glad to see they're thriving now though.

I pretty much lived like nothing happened. I packed my bag to change countries a couple time to avoid most restrictions.

I did not change my lifestyle a bit. I love spending time inside my house 90% of the time.

I go out a couple time a day for a long walk with a book, hit the gym or meet someone.

I think it's been a year since I checked the situation with Covid, I have no idea if it's still ongoing or if people are wearing masks out of habits.

Daily vitamin D can help particularly for elderly people. Early in the pandemic research found it helped prevent hospitalisation or severe symptoms of infected patients. https://scitechdaily.com/study-finds-vitamin-d3-important-fo...

I am still getting use to WFH. I love how some people can't handle errors and or differences in standards and others just role with it. It took me years to understand all these personalities add to a work team.

It feels like time is speeding up! In Korea COVID-19 would be "five" already with they way they count birthdays. It was "one" late 2019 and gained "one" every calendar year.

Contracting has dried up; many businesses in town are gone; I've had it at least once; all my family has had it and some still dragging from it years later.

Coming into the office every day, even though no one's here. I hated WFH before Covid and I still do!

Nit: should this be 3 years since?

The year I spent in lockdown was the best my mental health has ever been.