Listen to Elana share what the initial vaccine roll out has been like New York City. What are some of the hurdles and challenges to this initial process so far? How are some of the pre-pandemic inequities (based on class, race, ability, language, internet literacy and on) showing up and causing issues in this current vaccine dissemination process? We talk about what is really at the heart of so many frustrations with folks, "cutting the line," for getting access to the vaccines. HINT: It's not about the length of the lines or the roll out overall once the vaccines are delivered. And finally, we talk about what we want to make sure we learn from earlier historical moments. What did the post 9/11 moment teach us about what we need to NOT do in the coming post-insurgence and post-pandemic times?

Listen to Erin share the details of their virtual wedding that took place over Zoom. What are the cost benefits of a virtual wedding? We hear a story about how a vaccination center, at Dodger's Baseball Stadium, was closed for part of the day because anti-vaccination protesters were blocking the entrances. We consider all the ways in which the country and the planet are filled with divisions and disparities. And finally, we hear Erin's last thoughts for this time capsule project of Covid19 Year 1. What are your Covid19 Memorial ideas?

Listen to the host bring us to the "beginning of the end" for the Been There, Done That: Pandemic Podcast. With themes of cautious optimism and lessons from history, we use this time to begin to take stock of how far we have come and consider just what it is that we want to make sure gets preserved about these first 365 days of the global Covid19 Pandemic.

Listen to the host recap the 2020 year with a review of Covid19 by the numbers and news headlines. What have we learned? And where might Covid19's lessons take us next?

Listen to Sophie share her thoughts on all things related to a Covid19 vaccine and political leadership during this time. From the responses and lack of information sharing by the US President to those of the French President, we review the fall out in numbers of infections and deaths from both nations. Who lost their job or quit their jobs in government due to all that has transpired over the last few months? It's a sobering conversation about where we have been and what it may look like in the coming months.

Listen to Dr. Jennifer Perdomo share what it's like since we last spoke now that they are both a new mom and a new doctor. What was it like to give birth during the pandemic? What were the particular "Covid19 Pandemic" differences and what were the similarities regardless of the virus? What is it like to go from doctor to patient and then back to doctor again? It's an endearing and special conversation about how to juggle expectations, guilt, new relationships and well lots of lack of sleep and worry about others.

Listen to Meredith reflect on what it's been like to parent during this 2020 Fall Season of the Covid19 Pandemic. How do you make adjustments to your personal life and to how you spend your time as a family with a first grader? We theorize about why this year's Thanksgiving meal was so short or went by so fast. We hear some amazing stories about recent Pandemic Purchases like a 8 foot stock tank pool and a Christmas tree that you get to cut down yourself. And we talk about trying to remember that last person that we hugged, that was not from our current home/family.

Listen to Emily share her reflections on recent activities that have taken place this fall pandemic season: her mom moving into senior living housing, publishing an anthology, teaching remotely at the university, the most recent Thanksgiving holiday, and just how this time has forced us to think about how we create and/or alter traditions.

Listen to Michaela share what it's been like to move back to Santa Barbara to attend some college classes in person. She shares what UC Santa Barbara's protocols for attending in person classes have been like, with weekly rapid testing for Covid19, and the inevitable false sense of security that kind of culture can create for socializing outside of school. We talk about the many different kinds of ways folks in their 20's make mistakes and how today's young adults have less room for error.