The pandemic has pushed me into full retirement. Hence now is the time for me to discard files that I will have no use for. A version of my “Marie Kondo”. Going through my files of papers is a trip down memory lane - some difficult, with some happy memories. I’ve had the above article for many years, and I’ve often shared its message with patients. I feel that the article is too precious to discard without first sharing it. Hope it helps someone.
May 30, 2021
After so many months of this pandemic, could we really be seeing a glimmer of a light at the end of the tunnel? New case rates are dropping rapidly in my country and in my state, and all but one of the counties in my area have announced that next week they will be dropping their indoor mask mandates for most situations. Leaving them in place for health care workers and schools, but it does suggest that maybe, just maybe, we are approaching a return to some version of normal. I’m hopeful, but skeptical, hesitant. It will be a long time, I suspect, before I’m comfortable being unmasked in any kind of indoor public setting.
October 20, 2022