Do you have any family or friends who are nuts about the Covid?

This new variant of the virus just came out, and a friend is texting me incessantly about it. I told her I’m tired of hearing about the virus and I’m not sticking my head in the sand, but I refuse to become obsessed or anxious about it. She continues with her texting on this topic. I know she has anxiety so I expect this to be just the beginning of hearing all about the new variant, the fact that her vaccine and booster may not help, etc.

A relative lives in a large city and is in her mid 60’s, has the vaccine, and yet she and her husband have not traveled, have not been to a restaurant (they only do home delivery), and have not visited anyone. If guests are to come visit, they must keep masks on in the apartment and if they’re on the deck (they have a large penthouse deck), the guests are required to keep masks on there, too. I think that’s a bit nuts. Maybe I’m mistaken, I don’t know. They’re wealthy to where they are no longer working or dealing with having to work, so they pretty much stay in the apartment unless they take a brief walk or something, avoiding indoor public spaces.

Everyone else in my family is vaccinated, as well, but we travel, go out, do things and just try our best to stay safe, at the same time living our lives to a reasonable extent.

Nobody that I am referring to is on Fluther so this is not a question referring to any Jelly.

Do you have any friends or family who are nuts about the Covid?