I think them trying to predict when they will reopen can cause more problems.

In July, T said was planning that she may not return to her office next summer. She di praying that it will happen sooner but for her it is better to plan further out and be wrong than to plan for sooner and have to keep extending.

Like others her she is not afraid of her or her family getting sick. She lives in a hot spot area so to either contribute to that more or have clients get sick and potentially pass it on to vulnerable family members is her biggest concern.

She has fabric furniture so cleaning between clients would be impossible. Also, the idea of wearing masks is not something she can see doing with clients. She works with a lot of refugees who were often abused and tortured by people wearing masks. She start get flu shots years ago for the very reason. The company she worked for required masks of a provider was not vaccinated. People wearing a mask is often triggering for her clients. She choice for the comfort of her clients to get the vaccine every year rather than wear a mask