Ika Makimaki-Are you coming to [event]?
-Is it outdoors?
-No, we want it to be cozy.
-Will there be ventilation and filters inside?
-*puzzled look*
-*sigh* Are masks required?
-No, no one is doing that anymore.
-I am. Will there be an online option?
-No, too complicated, we want everyone to be together this year.
-I don't think I'll join, thanks.
-We've moved on, the pandemic is over!
-Sadly, it is not. And it's not worth risking my family's health so we can pretend it's 2019 again.
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️⚧️I am lucky to live in a progressive place that is more accepting. Arrangements were made for me to present remotely next weekend at a local conference. And when I said I couldn't attend the breakfast with the new Chancellor, they followed up to ask if I would like to attend via Zoom. ♥