Thanks, rechu.

COVID has done far worse things to so many people, compared to how it has impacted me. But how MUCH MORE will it do to me . . . to any of us? We don't KNOW. That's a big source of anxiety to me. After Delta, will there be Lamda? Could we be working our way toward an OMEGA variant, when, as Dr. Fauci puts it: "We'll have real problems." Given what I see as Fauci's aversion to over-alarming people, I shudder to imagine what he means by "real problems."

Is this thing EVER going away? I suspect it is not! So - for the rest of my life, will every move I make to venture beyond my front door involve me taking a calculated risk with my health? Think about that!

Fifteen months ago, I watched someone succumb to acute respiratory failure. There are easier ways to go.

Every time I take off in my car, I'm risking getting smashed into by some drunk, as happened to me some years ago. I don't think about it. I just drive where I want, when I want. Can I get that comfortable about inhaling air exhaled by other people that might be tainted with COVID? I hate having to worry about that. I wouldn't drink funny looking water. But air that contains COVID virus looks exactly like air that doesn't. I feel like the worrying will never end. I just hate that.