On Pause

Having been admonished by our employers to use our vacation time as we normally would, even though nobody is really going on vacation, my husband and I have both scheduled a week off in August. He asked me about making plans to do something, but that's a month and a half away at this point, and who knows what the world will look like by then 🤷‍♀️ Maybe we'll feel safe enough to stay at a hotel or take a day trip to a park or something. Or maybe we'll all be locked in our homes with the National Guard roaming the streets to keep people inside. It could really go either way.

Reopening plans are being put on hold or rolled back in some areas. The big city by me was supposed to slowly roll into our state's "green" phase, but is pausing for at least a month because the daily case counts are no longer decreasing. School districts are rethinking their plans for going back to school in the fall. Other states are shutting down bars and restaurants that had already been open.

I'm definitely seeing and hearing less from the anti-mask, "coronavirus is a hoax" crowd, but how frustrating that this is what it took to get them here! In a Senate hearing today, Dr. Fauci and other officials mentioned the reluctance of some people to trust science, follow public health guidelines... and don't get me started on the percentage of people who will need to be vaccinated, if there is even a successful vaccine, but we're nowhere near that level of interest, according to polls 🤦‍♀️