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

<strong> This week we completely reassessed our childcare plans for the fall. We had FINALLY felt ready to send our daughter to day care. She is 20 months old</strong>, but with high vaccination rates and low transmission rates in the state and county, we were feeling optimistic.<strong> Now DELTA is in full swing, children are getting sick and I just can't bring myself to send her</strong>, knowing she could very likely get sick and it would be because we knowingly put her into a situation where she would be exposed. <strong> We are now scrambling, 3 weeks before the school year is set to begin, to find someone to watch her</strong>. People responding to our job ads are unvaccinated and overall I just don't feel safe allowing into our home exposing our child. And so, <sI fear we will begin yet another year where I will balance working and childcare simultaneously. I keep saying this is unsustainable, and yet, it keeps continuing.</strong>