. >> my name is monday busque, i'm from detroit, michigan, and we >> i'm amy schiede. i'm amy schiede. i live in the center of wisconsin. >> my name is nora gallina. i live in zephyr hills, florida. >> my name is marie cheslik. >> my name's marissa hackett. i am in seattle, washington. >> hi, i'm matt berzok. i'm an attorney and the father of a special needs son who has autism, who is 17 and a daughter who's 14. the pandemic and the uncertainty around it is very, very difficult for some people, especially my son ben, with special needs. he does do in-person school, but with a mask, which he finds frustrating. and especially for someone like ben, who has trouble reading emotion even in the best of times because of autism, masking is the kind of thing that makes it more difficult for him to interact and understand with people. >> i thought everything would be better by now and in certain aspects it is. the vaccines are available, but a lot of sad things have happened along the way. >> in january 2021, i lost both my parents to covid and they passed within a week of each