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Have you or people in your community been harassed, threatened, or attacked since the pandemic began, either in person or online? If so, what happened?

<strong> I have harassed maskless people I encounter,</strong> sometimes I lose my temper and verbally assault them.<strong> I have been sheltering in place for just about a year.</strong> I go out once a day for a walk, usually at midnight when the back streets have quieted down and I can avoid most people.<strong> Sometimes I feel like the ghost of COVID haunting the empty streets</strong>. Sometimes if it's a warm sunny day (I live in West Hollywood, in California), I will take my walk. I often see maskless, younger people. I try to disregard them but<strong> there are moments when a well of anger bursts up from deep inside and I yell at them. Sometimes I even wave my cane at them</strong> in a threatening way. I want to beat the shit out of them.<strong> Then I remember I am 69 years old and that I need to calm down</strong> and go back home<strong> or someone will beat the shit out of me.</strong> <strong> Where is all this anger coming from?</strong> Likely because<strong> I have so many comorbidities -Yikes, I hate that word</strong>- I have to stay inside all day and have everything delivered.<strong> Likely because two of my best friends have died of Covid</strong>, one in Miami, a Trumper, who on his deathbed insisted that there is no such disease and that Covid is a conspiracy between the lamestream press and the democrats. His name was M., an intimate lifelong friend I have known since I was a teenager. At home, the anger passes. I lift weights, I work on the book I am writing, watch Netflix and cook good food...waiting for the vaccine. - P., West Hollywood, California