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

Since the last entry, Southern California underwent a terrible surge of COVID19 patients. Our hospital was so overrun, there were critically-ill patients in hallways. The entire dermatology department was helping out on the internal medicine floors. Our pediatric floor was open to patients up to age 30 years. On Christmas Day, we went to my parents’ house and played music together outside in their backyard. There was no eating and we all stayed masked. We brought all of our instruments, including the electronic keyboard, for which we had to run a very long extension cord. The music recital lasted about one hour, then we exchanged gifts and went home. I received my first vaccine on December 23rd and my second one on January 12th. What a feeling of relief and even a little invincibility. Since then, I have been feeling more energetic and have managed to feel healthier than I have been in ten years. All of my clothes fit comfortably again, but the irony is that I never wear them because I prefer wearing scrubs everyday to work.