Yeah, I don't really watch the news because I don't like being kept in a constant state of existential dread. Four years was enough, thank you.
I'm dragging, too, Uncle Ted. And it's not because of the news. I'm stuck in a building all day with ~350 teenagers who barely know how masks work and continuously stand near each other to hug or do handshakes. I mean, sure I'm fully vaccinated but that doesn't mean I still won't get sick. Not to mention we are just throwing caution to the wind in exposing our students and ergo their family members who probably haven't been vaccinated. But as we've learned from this last year, we're all just test subjects in this game called LIFE.
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