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Talk about anyone you're especially worried about during the pandemic, and what you’re worried about.

<strong> My daughter. She is an introvert, like me, but more so. And anxious.</strong> "Hell is other people" and "people suck" are two things I've heard her say *before* the novel coronavirus arrived here. Maybe misanthrope is a better word. (And prophet?) <strong> She does live with 3 other people and 2 dogs, all of whom she likes or loves. So, that's good</strong>; she has had this support. She announced that<strong> she and her household went to dinner with neighbor/acquaintances recently. The first time</strong> she has been with anybody (except her parents and in-laws)<strong> in 16 months or more</strong>. I asked how her social skills had been. "Not bad, I don't think. I think I did okay." A tender sprout.<strong> I am hoping that the malignant variants and sucky-people's reactions to them don't send her back into her warrens this fall & winter.</strong>