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Life After COVID
A New Hope
Perhaps that isn’t a train coming at us from the opposite direction but an actual light at the end of the tunnel.
“Who’s the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?”
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
After a long year in quarantine, my family was eager to get back out into the world. With my medically fragile wife finally two weeks past her second vaccination, we decided that we were willing to take the risk of leaving our cocoon. We masked up, packed the hand sanitizer, and embarked on a family trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The first steps back out into the world were not promising. According to the rules for reopening the park, it is supposed to be operating at a limited capacity and we were, therefore, required to make reservations for our visit. However, no one asked to see proof that we had registered online before letting us through the turnstiles. A parking attendant simply asked if we had made reservations.
Admission is also supposed to be limited to in-state residents. However, our IDs were never checked to ensure that we actually lived in California. I also noticed that several of the cars in the parking lot had out-of-state license…
