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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> Today I felt compelled to comment on a Covid related Facebook post that I disagreed with. Why did I feel the need to comment? Who knows.</strong> I know I’m not going to change anyone’s mind and I’m certainly not interested in getting into an argument with the Facebook connections of a former childhood friend of a friend! And yet, I posted then edited twice before being satisfied with my comment. I was civil and (I believe, I hope) not snarky, and the responses were civil and not particularly snarky, although to me their logic was seriously flawed. I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted to say that would add value so I didn’t respond further. And hence<strong> here we are: who knows how many more or less reasonable civil people who can’t or won’t engage</strong> in a conversation about the most immediately important issue of ours and our children’s lifetimes<strong> because we’ve already decided we can’t change minds</strong>. Or because we know we’re not willing to change our mind so why even discuss. <strong> I hope someone smarter than me is able to come up with good dialogue ideas to get people talking and open to actually hearing each other.</strong> Of course it’s not really fair because I hope in the end people would agree with me and get vaccinated, but I’m not sure I’m willing to seriously consider any Google-researched opinions about why I shouldn’t vaccinate my kid against a life threatening disease. So, back to just lurking and silently judging people I wouldn’t have given a second thought about were it not for Facebook and Covid…