And I was remarking that I feel like since the pandemic, I have been — um, I’ve experienced far fewer colds like the one that I have now, or flu, or whatever it is. And I don’t know why that is. I mean, during the pan- — like, during lockdown, I understood why, because I wasn’t going out as much, and, you know, I was really fastidious about washing my hands or using, you know, wipes, um, like when I would, you know, grab a grocery cart and so on. And, you know, I was wearing a mask.
I don’t, I haven’t really kept up with those behaviors as much, but I still have gotten sick far less often than I did before the pandemic. Um, and I was speculating as to why that was. You know, possibly getting all those covid vaccines gave me some immunity to fighting off, you know, coronaviruses in general. It could be that even though it doesn’t seem like I’ve really changed my behavior, maybe I’m better about washing my hands. I think that could be a piece of it, because there are definitely times where I come home and I just feel like I can’t wait to get my hands washed, and I don’t — I feel like that is not something that was felt a lot during, you know, before the pandemic.
One of my girlfriends also pointed out that maybe in some ways we’ve maybe kind of renormalized the idea of staying home when you’re sick. So I’m encountering fewer sick people out, either ‘cause people can — you know, people have proven that they can work remotely and so on, I don’t know.
I know I’m grateful, ’cause I used to be the kind of person that would catch anything weird that was going around. People said, “Oh, there’s a bad flu going around. There’s a cold going around.” I’m like, “Yep, I’m gonna get it.” And I used to just think I had a weak immune system. {Laughs} I don’t know what my deal was. Well, I’m glad that things are a little better.