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

7/20 Average cases in my county last 7 days: 10. Test positivity rate 1.86%. Cases per 100K people 5.87. County beds used 3.38% hospital, 9.56% ICU. S first normal workday back in the office. I was lonely but did ok. 7/21 S first day back at the gym. Average cases last 7 ds: 11. Test positivity rate 2.16%. Cases per 100K people 6.83. County beds used 3.54% hospital, 10.11% ICU. 7/22/21 Average cases last 7 days: 10, dropped. Test positivity rate 2.22%. Cases per 100K people 6.95. County beds used 3.71% hospital, 11.14% ICU. 7/23/21 Had to get up early for s gym Exhausted. Squabble about masks. Just feel overwhelmed. T's wife is doing worse and talking to him was tiring. Average cases last 7 days: 13. Test positivity rate 2.28%. Cases per 100K people 7.79. County beds used 3.92% hospital, 12.07% ICU. 7/24/21 Beautiful sweet shabbat together County beds used 4.16% hospital, 12.83% ICU. My synagogue had cautiously started having preplated communal food at lunchtime (kiddush) after services but no longer for now. I don't actually understand people wanting to go sit in a room together and sing, even masked, when unvaccinated children are present, given the level of community transmission. Y who is a doctor posts on Facebook that delta variant can be transmitted in 5-10 seconds and you can transmit it outside. A public health official friend tells me to stop trying to impose my own risk thresholds because the local health department will close the pool if it's not safe. 7/26/21 Average cases last 7 days: 16. Test positivity rate 2.28%. Cases per 100K people 8.15. County beds used 4.67% hospital, 14.01% ICU. 7/27/21 Pain group crowded, lot of hard stuff for folks Average cases last 7 days: 16. Test positivity rate 2.63%. Cases per 100K people 9.47. County beds used 4.94% hospital, 14.18% ICU.