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Rob,
From my trip in October I do agree with you that the locals do a much better job of masking than I see back here in California. I’m also guilty of not wearing a mask when out exercising. I do have my mask handy and will put it on but not when someone is coming from the other direction, this is on the cyclopista not in town. 5 miles in the October heat is too much to wear a mask the entire time.

We spent our week at the Azul Grand and were the only gringos there. The place was shockingly full of national tourists who appeared to like playing a game of how many place can we not wear a mask. Don’t know how many times they would overcrowd the elevator and not wear a mask. Then there were those wonderful families that release kids to do whatever because when they are on vacation, they are no longer responsible for their kids. We have spent a week in last 6 October’s at the Azul Grand and it has gone from a mostly empty resort to a complete mess. We now have a trip booked in May staying at a condo in the Ixtapa marina. Maybe I should have listened to Dave when he suggested this about 5 years ago.

Hope you guys get your shots in February, I got my second one 10 days ago so hopefully I’m good now. Funny how you said that you missed your call for the vaccine. Last week my wife’s phone went off twice while we were eating dinner and I just missed answering it for her. Of course it was the county health department. They did call back the next day and she will get her second shot this Friday.

There are too many over here that will not take the vaccine. I work for a healthcare system with about 9,000 employees. We have had the vaccine available for all employees since just before Christmas, only 44% have got their first shot. Don’t worry we are not hoarding the vaccine, we sent a lot back to the county to not sit unused. How did we ever beat polio?