This study has gone viral for claiming that the mental health crisis brought on by the pandemic was only "minimal"
So readers were quick to point out that the results of the study should be taken with a grain of salt
As for the handheld travel bidet, Tim Barribeau, an editor at The New York Times said, “With toilet paper in brutally short supply during Early Pandemic Times, and bidets back-ordered and selling for a premium, we bought a handheld squeeze travel bidet as a backup. It’s designed for pregnant and postpartum people; you can spritz a pretty aggressive stream of water by squeezing it. Luckily, the travel bidet itself was never needed, but we keep it around in case paper supplies ever run short again.”
Sarah Witman, a staff writer at The New York Times, admitted to purchasing the tiny rainbow-unicorn pool. “I was desperate to treat myself last summer, so I dropped nearly $60 on the Sunny Life Kiddy Pool. I sat in it and listened to a podcast maybe three or four times, but it takes a lot of lung power to inflate, and it’s collecting dust in the garage now.” I think it’s safe to say that none of our brains were working at full capacity during the pandemic, so if that kiddy pool helped Sarah cope, hey, more power to her.
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