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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

This week I noticed a lot of people in a big hurry trying to catch up. Now that many restrictions have been lifted, there is a trend for everyone to get out there and get back to normal, at excessive rates of speed and discourtesy. I expect this coming summer will be a madhouse of idiots and insanity. I plan to stay where I am. I have enjoyed the pause the pandemic forced on the irrational sociopaths who are unable to respect others, let alone themselves. Today I walked into a Rite Aid store without a mask because I had forgotten it in my car. I was thrilled to see over 40 people waiting for vaccinations, mostly young adults, and I smiled when I saw them. Vaccinations are open to everyone now without an appointment and the place was mobbed. It was not until I was in the salty snacks aisle that I realized my faux pas, and I was so ashamed of myself I didn't know what to do. I could not go up to the cashier without PPE so I went back to my car and got my ragged multiple laundered N95 that I had been wearing since the 2017 California wildfires. When I got to the register I told the cashier about how clumsy I had been, and he told me if it ever happens again, to ask for a face mask because they have plenty of them to go around. Plenty of face masks for everyone. That's how it should have been at the beginning of the pandemic but for some reason there was confusion and misinformation, perfect tools for political influence.