I see people posting about next summer like

[cimorene]

"Where are you going to go next summer? I'm going to spend 72 hours in a 24 hour diner! I'm going to finally tour Prague!" and I'm just like, the vaccine estimates were 18 months and we don't know about subsequent waves: you're probably going to be at home next summer, dudes. Thanks for reminding me.

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[bayleaf]

Oh man, yes. I’m trying hard not to think about the reality of how long we will need to practice some form of distancing primarily because I am an extrovert who lives alone and I think I’ll have a breakdown if I really think about it? But I am also a physician, still working though the majority of visits are now via telemedicine, and so I am being pretty strict about the distancing to keep my family safe from me.

One of my cousins is planning her destination wedding, which is to take place in September. I don’t have the heart to say, “...I don’t see it happening.” But I really don’t see how this is sufficiently in check to make such an event possible.

[cimorene]

Wow, that takes balls though, to go ahead with planning a destination wedding that soon?! I hope everything's refundable!!!

[bayleaf]

She actually flew back from Charleston (the destination) days before the governor started shutting things down. I think she hasn’t realized yet that travel and group gatherings are highly unlikely to be safe anytime soon