Barrack Obama's birthday seems to be making the impact some worried it would.

[MissMillie]

20. Mitigation is part of ending the pandemic.

A lot of people have lost a lot due to Covid. Some kids lost proms and graduation ceremonies and for some (who have a hard time w/ remote learning) a full year of school.

I get it, turning 60 is a big deal. But I think any gathering over 20 people (20 vaccinated people) is a bad idea.

We cannot rail against the willfully unvaccinated, the war against mask mandates, and the carelessness of big events unless we--ALL OF US--are doing absolutely EVERYTHING we can do to mitigate the spread.

Other than trips to the grocery once a month, I have not been in a group of more than 10 people since this thing started.

And the longer people ignore mitigation efforts, the longer it will take for the world to get to a place where things can return to normalcy.

My family is supposed to have a gathering next month--a full 18 months since we were locked-down last March. And it's starting to look like it's not safe to do so. And we're the ones who have been following guidelines the entire time.