and it still feels like we can t get through the virus. the cases are going up because yet another new variant is with us. while we have the tools to fight covid, years of cdc now extendi mandates for travel by 15 days due to rising cases. that s our next guest writes, in it feels the vibe shifted to despair. you re not alone. but it won t always be this way. molly, thanks for joining us. in your article, you detail a joke you made as you left an event, telling a friend quote we probably didn t get covid in there. how does that reaction that kind of dark humor play into this changing vibe that you write about? i think we have all been through a really scary event. right? and it s been different sort of