How do you feel about society starting to open up?

[petra]

Whether or not you're planning on going out in it this week, the lockdown is beginning to ease in many places. How does that feel from your vantage point?

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[jadelennox]

even in my incredibly-conservative-about-this-region (we were one of the earliest outbreaks in the country, and even though we're now following the same heartbreaking demographics as the rest of this fucked up country, our early outbreak was among scientists, which is to say, privileged people who matter to politicians), I'm still adding 2 weeks to every opening date. If we open beaches, then if there hasn't been a spike in two weeks, I'll go to the beach. Ditto hair dressers. Etc.

In the heart of the city around here, where the outbreak is still bad, I see almost nobody without a mask. Apparently that was even true at the urban beaches -- though not down on the Cape.

That being said I am very grateful I've been allowed to have non-essential medical procedures. Crossed fingers that my next migraine botox appointment happens.

[petra]

Putting things off an extra 2 weeks seems very prudent and I'm glad you're in a position to be able to make that decision.

It's reassuring to hear that in the city people are wearing masks. I just took my SO to a non-essential medical procedure that was originally scheduled for April, and we saw scads of people enjoying a park without protection. We took a walk with our masks mostly on, taking them off to smell the flowers, but keeping them always to hand.

My fingers are crossed that you can get botox on schedule. I sympathize deeply with needing that kind of procedure in something like the time it was supposed to happen.