@rechu I'm sorry your husband wasn't able to be there in person when his friend's brother passed away - it is so discouraging to think that he may have lived if he had been able to get checked sooner. Hopefully you get to go out to eat and things stay quiet enough so your husband can go back to the office. Mine was supposed to go back this fall but Delta seems to have squashed that.

@AceRimmer I have been looking forward to the border reopening but now that it is, I'm not going. Covid is worse in my area than it was last year and I would hate to unwittingly spread it. It also seems awkward since our border is still closed to Canadians. How welcome would we really be? Plus, some of the places I wanted to visit are still closed or limiting visits to two hours when I'd like to spend two days.

@BreakForTheLight I also wish the vaccines were going to people who have not yet been vaccinated vs. boosters. Between all these more highly contagious mutations, it seems like we ought to be close to herd immunity at some point?? Maybe this thing will peter out then? Or is it going to be like the flu where we get a new one each year?


We still have way too much Covid here and school hasn't even started everywhere yet. The vaccine mandate is also drawing near - if anyone wanted an mRNA vaccine, they needed to get the shot already. Several nursing homes in rural areas have announced they are closing, I assume because they will not have enough staff once the mandate comes into effect in October.

I can't decide how cautious to be. I'm not interested in indoor events and have been avoiding crowded outdoor ones as well. There's one I'd love to go to this weekend but it just doesn't seem worth the risk - am I overthinking it? So freaking over this.