If you have been paying attention to the constant updates on the pandemic, how vaccinations and hospitalizations and deaths and everything that stems from the plague are going, you could be forgiven for feeling a bit anxious.
All the bad indicators are dropping and there are some guesses that the entire adult population of the U.S could be vaccinated by mid-summer.
Shouldn't that produce joy and unbridled GOOD news?
Nah. Health experts are reluctant to be unreservedly optimistic about any health information. After all, doctors and other health professionals are eventually going to lose EVERY patient -- and they can't save themselves, to boot. So we get a lot of warnings and caveats and hedging. Things COULD be great, but we can't let our guard down. You look healthy but don't get too cocky.
I, on the other hand, am just one guy, concerned with a very small corner of the world, and I prefer to think that this summer is going to be great.
Yes, I will be happy (?) to keep wearing a mask and distancing and generally not putting those around me in danger. I myself have had my shots and even at age 70 don't worry about personal safety. I do wonder how I will react sometime down the road to simply getting a stomach bug or a cold. Will I freak?
But until then, I don't see the down side of planning for some fun, social activities this summer. If everything goes south, so to speak, I have plenty of experience in staying home.
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