If you feel like you are floating between 2nd shot optimism and utter freak out anxiety, rest assured you are not alone. And if you have small children, you might be even more cautious about how you choose to enter spaces outside your home.
The health of our country is only as good as our vaccination rate. We are just over 50% (nowhere close to herd immunity).
The host on NPR this morning asked the Johns Hopkins Medicine researcher: when do we change the language from Pandemic to Endemic? My heart dropped out of my chest. Most pandemics historically have lasted 2-3 years before leveling off. But the burdensome and abrasive truth is nobody knows.
It might be grounding to consider the good things that have come from the Pandemic. Work at home can be successful and has proven even more productive than anyone ever imagined. Even the bean counters have to admit things are getting done.
And after traditional theater sales have all but died, streaming entertainment has become a financial lifeline for the arts and the added value lifting many organizations. Streaming theater tickets range from $17-25. There is even live streaming content from a studio apartment in New York called Theater in Quarantine.
For every problem, there is a solution. Be the solution. I’m working with friends to launch a vaccination campaign ‘Life’s better vaccinated’ in September.