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Communique #7



Every year for as long as I can remember beginning in late March through April I have my worst allergies.

In the time of the pandemic this is not good timing,  No one wants a runny nose or chest congestion now.

This week with a series of sunny dry warm days, the streets are colored with yellow pollen. 

My daily exercise is a walk, it is unavoidable, the gym and my swimming pool is closed.  However this year almost everyone is wearing a face mask as recommended.  I look like everyone else!  I have several masks.  The mask protects me from the pollen floating in the air.  I have allergies this year, but to date they have not been severe or debilitating.  Now everyone can have a mask.

 

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