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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9406435" data-attributes="member: 7026594">We didn't start to normalize around here until after everyone could get vaxxed, so in 2021. But even with a lot of us going back to semi-normal (but better about not attending things if we felt sick, and testing before gatherings), a number of baseline assumptions and routines had been disrupted by the (fairly small) percentage of people who got really sick or died.  And the vulnerability of elderly family members for those of us who are relatively healthy.  My mother is in her 70s (and has an ingredient allergy so she's only been able to do the J&J vax) and my brother and I normally see her for dinner every week, assuming we're all healthy. But I've had to make decisions about what gatherings to attend and what risks to expose myself to bearing in mind the risk to her by proxy.</blockquote>