COVID Update July 19: I asked people to send one photograph & a short caption that best summarized their life during the pandemic.

Here are a few of them. Feel free to add at the end of the last tweet.
Like father like son.
I haven’t been allowed to hug my 98 year old grandma since March.
Love from a distance.
My wonderful mom a week before she went into the hospital and passed away from COVID.
This is my husband missing our daughter’s 9th birthday because he was in isolation.
Family time and sourdough.
Our daughter lives in a group home. This is as close as we can get to her. We haven’t hugged or kissed her for months.
I miss my parents who both passed away this year.
CT scan of the first patient I was with COVID-19. I was exposed.
BLM protest etiquette.
My son, the class valedictorian at his drive through graduation ceremony.
Going to my only daughter’s wedding on Zoom. Happiness & deep sadness at missing the day.
Fifth birthday party via Zoom.
I’ll come out when it’s safe.
Home hair care.
For 13 years since infancy we struggled with my son’s kidney disease. Now COVID+ and the story has changed.
Grandparents are gone from Florida in the nick of time but we can’t hug.
Being in full PPE to sit with my dying father.
My daughter having a visit with her grandparents in March.
Fourth of July balancing risk and fellowship.
190 masks we sent to Kenya.
Playing tic tac toe through the window with cousins.
My dad has health issues and I learned to cut hair from TouTube.
Still waiting to have a funeral for my dad who died from COVID-19 in April.
My mom and aunt, depression babies, don’t quite have the mask figured out, but happy in the moment.
I saw this while walking the dogs. We can and should keep going.
A ton of work, water, sun, and hope.
These were just a few of the many I received. Add yours below if you like.

These times are hard but I hope you find meaning & contentment and remain confident that we will carry on. /end
This is a photo I was sent. Not mine.

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Feb 19
COVID Update: We have been through many stages of the pandemic.

Now as the country & various states prepare to lay out the plan ahead, there are some things they must do. 1/
Yesterday I participated in the rollout of California’s SMARTER plan— a plan to look ahead & prepare.

But planning is especially hard when it’s hard to have any idea what form the virus may come back in. Still leaders have no choice. 2/
It feels like a great time, with cases down, for our leaders to change the subject & move on to the one of many other challenges on the agenda.

Beat the ones aren’t. They are taking the time to dig in & reset even if the public doesn’t want to hear it. 3/
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Here’s what we’re up against & what it means for what’s ahead. 1/
A- What makes SARS-CoV-2 unique?

There are more lethal bugs. There are more contagious bugs. But there are a combination of features which make this a particularly difficult enemy. 2/
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To survive it’s has shorted the incubation cycle, altered its point of attack to avoid vaccines, become more infectious with kids & it’s only a couple of years in. 3/
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There’s also the simple matter of how the US is just not Denmark. 1/
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And it’s not because the COVID wave is over there. 2/
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BA2 is on the rise in Denmark and is outcompeting the original Omicron.

Yet Denmark is leading the way to say its all over. 3/
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Feb 1
NEW: Pfizer files for approval of vaccines for kids 0-5.

There is more to this story and for people paying attention, I will add more info here soon. 1/
The last group of people to get approved for vaccinations also live under the most stringent rules, they have broad exposure & themselves can be highly infectious.

Leaving parents often with few good choices. 2/
In all likelihood only a small portion of the public will vaccinate their youngest kids.

For all the talk of politics driving vaccine decisions, it’s really age. 9 of 10 85 year olds are vaccinated & close to 9 in 10 10 year olds are not.3/
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COVID Update: One of the next big questions of the pandemic outlook will likely revolve around what happens in Florida.

And not just because the governor has been so out of step. 1/
At this point in the pandemic, there is a lot of room for multiple approaches on how to live and how much risk to take.

2 people can stare out the window, look at the same facts & see very different things based on their attitudes. 2/
We all know people who are comfortable dining indoors & others who aren’t. Same with going to a sporting event or getting on a plane.

Neither is wrong. All these choices are hard & the judgment calls reflect our own views of life & risk. 3/
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COVID Update: February 2022 would be a perfect time for a reset in our pandemic response to face whatever lies ahead m. 1/
A proper reset would include the best statement of the facts as we know them, clear messaging about what to expect, and a commitment of resources and initiatives to give all of us the tools we need. 2/
So what are the facts?

We have a wily, shape-shifting & unpredictable virus. It will continue to mutate.

We have a vaccine that if taken can prevent death in most people & boosters or antivirals for people who a vaccine won’t protect alone. 3/
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