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

<strong> This is a bewildering time</strong> in the pandemic with conflicting, shifting messages from health authorities and governmental agencies. <strong> According to the state Department of Health, New Mexico is 65% fully vaccinated and had been re-opening steadily.</strong> Movie theaters, restaurants, bars, offices -- it was wonderful to feel like we were on the upswing. <strong> But with the increase in the infectiousness of the Delta variant of the virus, we're reinstating measures</strong>. Starting Monday everyone is instructed to wear masks again at my workplace, the University of New Mexico. <strong> These signs</strong> at the Frontier Restaurant on Central Avenue right across from the University<strong> illustrate the erratic feeling of this period. One says, hopefully, "Customers who are Fully Vaccinated may enter without a face mask."</strong> <strong> The other, larger sign says, "For Dine-In or Take-Out Orders Placed Inside We are REQUIRED to ask you for CONTACT TRACING INFORMATION". It's like they are from two different periods of the pandemic.</strong> It's challenging to sort out what rules and norms apply at the moment.