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FATIGUE SOME ARE EXPERIENCING. MICHELLE: AT FIRST, WE COULDN’T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19. IT WAS SCARY. IT WAS CONFUSING. STILL IS, BUT IT WAS NEW, AN NOW IT’S NOT. IT’S A HUGE PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. THE MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE WAIT FOR A VACCINE. IT IS ALL GIVING RISE TO A NEW SYNDROME COVID FATIQUE. >> PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT, AND IN SOME WAYS IT’S AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE. THEY CAN’T HELP HEARING ABOUT IT. MICHELLE: GONE ARE DAYS WE HUNG ON THE EVERY WORD OF EVERY NEWS CONFERENCE, ALMOST A FEELING OF WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST. SOME TUNE IT OUT, A SELF-DEFEN MECHANISM TO KEEP THE STRESS AT BAY. AND AT TIMES IT LEADS TO US LETTING OUR GUARD DOWN. RECENTLY, I HOPPED OUT OF MY CAR WITHOUT PUTTING MY MASK ON. I TOOK A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TO THE TIME WHEN WE DIDN’T WEAR A MASK, WHEN WE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF COVID-19. NOW IT’S THE NEW NORMAL, WHICH IS ANOTHER TERM WE ARE GETTING TIRE O >> ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE ARE NOT MOVING ON. WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD. WE MOVE A LITTLE THEN TAKE A STEP BACKWARD. THAT IS TIRING, STRESSFUL. MICHELLE: WHEN WILL IT END? HOW WILL IT END? STILL WAITING ON THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THAT’S WHAT KEEPS US TUNED