I played by their rules. I masked up, I got 'fully vaxxed' and got the booster. Didn't even go to any New Years' events because I was experiencing what I thought were side effects from the aforementioned booster, in spite of being assured by the online Powers That Be that side effects are not transmissible. A negative test on 12/27 and a second on 12/31 should have assuaged any fears.
Nine years ago the Professor and I rescued a beagle from a shelter. Considering that the day we went to meet him was in the middle of Hurricane Sandy, you could almost tell right from the get-go what a disaster it was going to be. He had just come inside from a walk, so we were greeted by the smell of wet dog and this half starved thing that was naught but skin and bones... he had only been
Ever since the destruction of the memory stone, I have had a number of occasions where I wish I still had it to make myself disappear from the memories of some people. Today was one of those days.