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

<strong> The vaccination rates are depressing in my county</strong> and it shows in the CDC transmission rates. With<strong> a family member getting chemo and a very frail 98 FIL I am still skipping my YMCA tai chi and swimming classes</strong> and miss my friends who are still going there. I am getting increasingly impatient with these anti-vax types who are keeping our transmission levels at the high levels. When the levels go down to moderate, I will be able to return to a normal life - finally! .Talking to people on LinkedIn etc., there are some interesting long term consequences that might make this whole pandemic experience worthwhile.<strong> It is heartening that people have resisted returning to sub-living wage jobs with no benefits and companies are being forced finally to pay something closer to a living wage.</strong> That is a good thing because frankly, as a taxpayer, I am damn tired of subsidizing companies’ slave wages requiring rental, food, and Medicaid supplements. Frankly a company that can’t pay their people a living wage shouldn’t be hiring anyone.<strong> Taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing slave wages in the 21st century.</strong> So if the capital equation rebalances to treat employees as human beings fora change that can only improve life for all of us as a society.