Thanksgiving with my folks

For the first time in almost 3 years, we had my folks inside for a meal. We all tested first. It was so nice.

I was able to talk to my folks easily since it was just us and them. It shows me though just how different a perception that some people have about COVID though. Honestly it makes me sad. My dad was saying how COVID is over. However the numbers are high, stable, and trending upwards as we enter our 8th (9th?) wave. He, without having had COVID, was saying people just get sick for a couple of days and they are back okay and it's just like a cold. I was pointing out that people are still dying and he, as a 74 year old diabetic with high blood pressure and a family of history of heart attacks, dismissed that it was only the people with comorbidities.

I want to see my folks. I want them not to get sick. I want them around for a while longer.

I feel like I'm living in a different world with a very different set of data. How can you agree on appropriate actions when the starting information is so drastically different?