{"id":91454,"date":"2020-04-08T16:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=91454"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:29:10","slug":"miami-herald-vivid-pandemic-dreams-and-nightmares-keep-nation-awake-during-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=91454","title":{"rendered":"(Miami Herald) Vivid \u2018pandemic dreams\u2019 and nightmares keep nation awake during coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus has infected nearly 1.4 million people and killed nearly 77,000, including 11,000 in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University<\/a> from April 7.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, stay-at-home orders are forcing millions to stay isolated for weeks, store shelves are empty due to hoarding and jobs are laying people off due to lack of customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coronavirus pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of our waking lives \u2014 our routines, our job security, our hopes for the future,\u201d The Cut reported in an April 2 story on pandemic dreams. \u201cAnd our nights are changing, too: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-weird-dreams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">our sleep can be fitful, our dreams darker<\/a> \u2014 and, for many, unusually memorable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is worrisome to health experts because lack of sleep makes us more vulnerable to illnesses, including the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScientific evidence is building that sleep has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/work-hour-training-for-nurses\/mobile\/205.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">powerful effects on immune functioning,<\/a>\u201d according to a CDC report. \u201cStudies show that sleep loss can affect different parts of the immune system, which can lead to the development of a wide variety of disorders. &#8230; Sleep loss is also related to a higher risk for infection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article241822731.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cPandemic dreams\u201d are being blamed for keeping stressed out Americans up at night during the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>These dreams are described as vivid, weird and occasionally horrifying on Twitter, where examples are being shared via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pandemicdreams?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pandemicdreams<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptdPXujXpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/ptdPXujXpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHerald\/status\/1247552201867878403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus has infected nearly 1.4 million people and killed nearly 77,000, including 11,000 in the United States, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University from April 7. 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