Carrie 1 reflects on how the fear of reinfection impacts friendships.

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I think long COVID as well has had a lot of impact, I think on my friendships. I used to be a very social person. I was always on the social committee at work and always loved spending time with my colleagues and it’s been really hard I think on friendships. I only have a couple of friends left, because I think what I’ve realized is that friends often are about doing things. Let’s go hiking, let’s have brunch, let’s do things, and I can’t do anything. I’m house bound. I can’t leave my house. I’m also very susceptible to reinfection, and I don’t want to be reinfected, so I’m pretty stringent about everybody has to wear an N95 with a HEPA filter on. I have my windows open when I have anybody over. It’s not so much fun to wear an N95 and not have coffee, people don’t want to come. So yeah, in the end, it’s just been very – yeah, it’s been hard. I don’t really see anybody in the winter because it’s hard to have people indoors.

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