I love all my COVID conscious friends here. I feel I must share that upon careful reflection, my family and I were definitely happier and healthier after deciding to accept the risks. For us, the fighting likely caused more lasting harm than the (well-vaxed) infections (so far).

I’m not going to go into details, but I will admit that I failed to appreciate how fragile mental health can be - for my teenagers, and also for us adults. I don’t regret the caution prior to vaccination, but I do regret pushing it on my family for too long afterwards.