New Sno-Isle Libraries Issues That Matter series addresses growing pandemic pressures; first session Jan. 14 Posted: January 2, 2021 605 After months of coronavirus-related shutdowns, restrictions on travel and gatherings, mask mandates, rising infections and a growing sense of loss, everyone feels the stress and strain. No matter whether you’re grieving the death of a relative or friend to coronavirus, or if you’re a working parent with kids struggling to learn online, an essential worker who faces the public, a caregiver to someone with vulnerabilities, working in an improvised home office or you simply miss being with people during isolation, the pandemic has been hard on mental health.