These are all judgment calls, I believe, depending upon

each of us' unique circumstances so I'm afraid you won't hear

clear answers from me.

Several of my elderly neighbors have been dining out on patios

at local restaurants, have been using cleaning ladies and have been

going to barbershops and beauty salons for several weeks.

As of yesterday, all restaurants in Orange County are allowed indoor dining.

I stopped by my barbershop yesterday but didn't have a haircut.

Taking out food is more convenient for me than eating on patios.

We plan a small family gathering for this coming Easter.

Medically speaking, I believe, the safest thing for the vaccinated seniors to do

at this juncture is to sweat out another two months or so until most of the laborers,

young folks have been vaccinated.

Concerns regarding variant viruses have not been fully answered yet

although Gotliev, former FDA commissioner, sounded very optimistic yesterday 

by saying the USA is not going to have the 3rd wave Europe is currently experiencing.

Hmmm! Thaaaaanks, buddy. Good advice as usual!

Indeed, I can sweat out for another two months as you pointed out but my wife is dying to resume the house maid cleaning services after she reaches for one full month from the second shot she got, which means April. But what I am concerned about is a young cleaning woman from Nicaragua who did not get the vaccine yet and we even didn't check whether she is a legal immigrant to be able to get the vaccine later or not.

Anyhow, we felt so sorry for her losing the regular work by COVID-19 through the year so that we have to pay more than half of what she gets for the service for free though we stopped her coming for more than a year!

So she is also dying to come back to work though my wife is giving the support for free.

That's the dilemma.

BB

As long as she wears mask like N-95 or double mask(surgical mask plus cloth mask)

I believe Dr. Fauci would agree with your wife's wish, letting her return to your cleaning job.

My next-door elderly couple with serious medical conditions have never discontinued their

long-time Mexican cleaning lady's job throughout the Pandemic. Their daughter is chief of

medicine at Loma Linda Medical School, about an hour's drive from here.

As I said, it is a judgment call you have to make, I believe.

I have not gone to my barbershop for 15 months. 3 weeks after the second dose of Covid vaccination,

I went there. She charged me $17 for a simple haircut that used to be $13 before.

After giving her $20 including the tip, I thought it was really a shabby welcome for me.

Anyway, she didn't do the same nice job but it was a rather poor job with a "rat-eaten" pattern

on my hair. Maybe, I will have my wife give me the same haircut again instead. It's free !!

I called two Spanish house cleaners after about 1 year's wait. It wasn't my wife who wanted house

cleaning so bad. But it was me who wanted to call the cleaning girls first. I was getting sick and tired

of house cleaning ordered by my wife.

I am sure you guys will feel the same to do that under the command and supervision of your wife. 

I am pretty sure the girls did not finish the vaccination but they put up face masks.

In my case, it wasn't a "judgment call" at all. In my medical practice, I used to make a lot of

judgment calls but, what the hell, for God's sake, in a house cleaning??

In my case, it was a "forced" call.  No, Sireee!!

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