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

Covid restrictions for nursing homes in LA continue, and this means that, in the current facility that my mother-in-law is in, one hour per day per resident has to be scheduled, with capacity limits. Because of the latter, a family member might not be able to get in every day. This I think is going to really hasten my mother-in-law's confusion, panic, and loneliness. When is it ever a good time to say goodbye? Some would say never, in the circumstance of dementia. But in the time of Covid, it becomes an extra obstacle. I understand the rules and want to honor them. Of course, there's a risk even for vaccinated residents. Then, I hear about the hospital in Houston where there are workers suing because the hospital is mandating vaccination, and I get furious-- brings me right back to my experience at Kaiser, where my ophthalmologist is furious because her medical assistants are refusing to vaccinate. Scared of travel, but eager to do it. What am I scared of? I'm vaxxed. Maybe going quietly crazy from the stress of moving, and taking care of my husband's mom, and then, I don't know, being on a plane where one of the many "air rage" tantrums are happening?