Opinion: Our social lives also need a shot in the arm

The other day a friend texted me to see if I wanted to join her and two other people for dinner outside at a neighborhood cafe that evening. We were all fully vaccinated and the weather was lovely. Unaccountably, I found myself hesitating. "Let me get back to you in a bit," I texted back. Wait, I thought, putting the phone down. What's wrong with me? Why am I feeling so ambivalent about this?

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