Covid Is Still a Real Problem. Stop Pretending It’s 2019

I mean, wtf.

For two years now, I have been on top of this pandemic thing. I wear N95 masks, avoid most social gatherings, restaurants and haven’t set foot in a movie theatre in two years. I wear gloves in the winter and have stocked up on Clorox wipes and Purell.

It has been a dismal dystopian time, especially during 2020. As we went into 2021, my family and I got vaccinated and the world seemed to open up a little bit.

I was able to go to NY to visit family and take my first vacation in 2 years during the summer. It was a happy time until Delta hit our shores.

But you’d never know it to visit the Midwest. I think some have time-traveled in delusion back to 2019.

Even with being vaccinated, I know of family members who have caught Delta Covid and been hospitalized. For me and my family, it is not worth it to get sick. At all. And long Covid scares the crap out of me.

So when I stepped into Panera yesterday to pick up my curb-side order (no way I’m eating in there), it was like I time-traveled back to 2019. Laughing and eating their lunches, the smiley people had no cares in the world.

Munching on their grilled cheese and organic salads, they did not seem to know a pandemic was even going on. Ten…