Hold on to your post-pandemic joy

Post-vaccination joy: California fully reopened on June 15 after a successful immunisation programme in the most populous US state. — Bloomberg

A FEW days ago, I met a group of friends at a bar for the first time in a year. We were outdoors, in a parking lot. There was traffic going by and our unhoused neighbors had an encampment across the street.

Pre-pandemic, my friends and I would not have chosen to meet there, but we drank margaritas and ate chips and guacamole and laughed and talked for hours. Without masks. I was so happy to see their faces I almost cried.