More than 80,000 health care workers are employed in the District, but the federal government plans to allocate the city just 8,000 doses as part of the first phase of distribution. Those estimates could change though.

鈥淲e have requested that they reconsider and provide the District a pro rata share based on our workforce, given our porous borders,鈥� D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said during a press conference on Nov. 30.

A vaccine may be distributed as early as December because promising research results were filed in November.

Moderna reported that its vaccine was. Pfizer reported that its vaccine and that it would seek regulatory approval on Nov. 20. And AstraZeneca reported three days later that its vaccine was and easy to transport, though its study in the weeks since, as some test groups were mistakenly given incorrect doses.

Both Pfizer and Moderna on Nov. 20 and Nov. 30, respectively. The Food and Drug Administration will review the research results and an advisory committee will then vote on whether to approve each vaccine. If both vaccines are approved, 20 million people could be vaccinated by the end of the year

States have already begun working on how they would distribute a coronavirus vaccine. Each state had to to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October. D.C. officials recently public.

D.C. health officials believe the city has sufficient storage for the vaccine, which may have to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures. But the city will only get to vaccinate those eligible in the first half of phase one; there are four phases. That is because the allocation is based on how many health care workers are District residents, even though many workers enter the city from Maryland and Virginia.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 quibble about testing residents from Maryland or Virginia who work here, because we can just put more money into that,鈥� Nesbitt said in October. 鈥淏ut I can鈥檛 put more money into buying more vaccines. It鈥檚 a controlled supply chain, so it鈥檚 not a budgetary issue, it is strictly a resource allocation issue.鈥�

More than 21,000 residents for the virus, and 680 people have died from COVID-19. Nearly 160 COVID-19 patients are, 43 of whom are in the intensive care unit. District officials believe those numbers will get worse in a few weeks, reflecting the reality that many people traveled and gathered for the Thanksgiving holiday, even though health officials advised against it.

鈥淲e expect that we鈥檙e going to have more cases,鈥� D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said during a press conference on Nov. 30. 鈥淲e have a very robust testing program, which we feel strongly will help us identify and isolate people who have been infected by covid.鈥�

The spikes in coronavirus numbers could come at a time when health officials are distributing the first doses of a vaccine. While D.C. health officials are concerned that they might not receive enough vaccines to vaccinate all health care workers regardless of their residency, they are perhaps more concerned that vaccine acceptance is low.

People mistrust a coronavirus vaccine because of how rapidly the manufacturers have developed the vaccines, and because of the Trump administration鈥檚 interference at the FDA.

People of color are especially suspicious of a vaccine because of reports of Black people being used for research experiments in the past, such as in the case of the when men were unknowingly infected with syphilis and then weren鈥檛 treated for it.

The suspicion is particularly worrisome because Ward 7 and Ward 8, which have the highest populations of African Americans in the city, have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

But Castina Watson, a Shaw resident who is Black, plans to take a vaccine as soon as she can. She lost her mother to COVID-19 earlier this year and can鈥檛 imagine not doing her part to protect other people from the illness.

鈥淪eeing this thing up close and what it does to people, not only people who pass away but people like me who are just left here to deal with the ashes, anything that I can do to try to eradicate it from the planet, I鈥檓 totally interested in doing,鈥� Watson said.

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Food and Friends, which serves people who are seriously ill, plans to prepare and deliver 3,500 holiday meals to adults and children in the District on Nov. 23, 24 and Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25. Bread for the City aims to provide 15,000 families with $50 Visa gift cards to purchase a turkey or ham, or whatever else is needed. And Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White aims to provide over 1,500 families in Ward 8 with turkeys for Thanksgiving on Nov. 24.

The hope is that the holiday season can still be celebrated, in one way or another.

This holiday season will be emotionally taxing, and a financial burden on many families. More than have died during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than 10.1 million cases have been reported. Many people , and a significant number of people, including in the District, have struggled to afford basic necessities .

And those numbers are expected to continue growing as people move indoors due to the cold weather and as the flu season rounds the corner.

Ward 8, which is predominantly Black and low-income, has been among the hardest-hit wards in the city since the pandemic began. Bread for the City, which has a location in the Anacostia neighborhood of Ward 8, said demand for their food services more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic.

The nonprofit decided that for this year鈥檚 Holiday Helpings initiative, it would switch from delivering turkeys and hams to delivering gift cards because the pandemic 鈥渉as impacted many people in our community and right now a holiday meal may not be a priority,鈥� George Jones, the chief executive officer of Bread for the City, .

People can use the gift card to address other needs, such as paying a past-due bill or putting gas in their car, said Kenrick Thomas, a spokesman for the nonprofit. People can sign up for a gift card . He said volunteers began distributing the gift cards this week, and recipients have the option of having the gift card sent to them electronically.

Food and Friends to adults and children in the District with illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, on Nov. 23, 24 and Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25. Nearly 200 volunteers will be involved in the distribution. Altogether, staff will prepare 8,520 pounds of turkey, 1,065 pounds of roasted potatoes, 1,065 pounds of cornbread stuffing and 5,680 dinner rolls. Each dinner will serve five people. Giant Food is the lead sponsor of the event.

听Packing will happen at the Food & Friends facility in Northeast, D.C. And delivery pickup will occur at the Fort Totten Metro Station parking lot.

“The neighbors we serve are some of the most at-risk and isolated by the virus, so this festive meal and act of goodwill by our volunteers will go a long way to bring cheer and connection to each of them,鈥� Carrie Stoltzfus, executive director of Food & Friends, said in an emailed statement.

Councilmember Trayon White鈥檚 will occur from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24. During a , Wendy Glenn, the director of constituent services for Councilmember White, suggested churches email her at wglenn@dccouncil.us to register seniors. She said churches can help facilitate deliveries, which will be more difficult during the pandemic. Families can also call 202-724-8045 if they don鈥檛 have internet access in order to register for a turkey for their household.

鈥淢eal giveaways take on new significance this year especially when so many more families are experiencing financial difficulties and are unable to gather as they may have previously,鈥� said Hanna Baker, a Ward 8 area neighborhood commissioner.

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鈥淚 am severely worried about the effects it will have on my health insurance, and my ability to get health insurance,鈥� said Ives-Rublee, who has several pre-existing conditions, including a heart condition and osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle-bone disease.

California v. Texas, for which the Supreme Court heard oral arguments virtually on Tuesday, is the latest Republican-led legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, which was one of President Barack Obama鈥檚 biggest priorities while he was in office.

In the case, two individuals and 18 states led by Texas argue that part of the health law is unconstitutional. They argue that when Republicans to make the penalty zero for not following the individual mandate, the law itself became unconstitutional. And because of that, the whole law now has to be struck down.

Experts say this is the weakest challenge to the ACA, but they note the Supreme Court is heavily conservative now, with the recent appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who as a law professor voiced criticism of the health law.

听鈥淭he appointment of Amy Coney Barrett makes it seem a lot more threatening,鈥� said Sarah E. Raskin, 46, a D.C. resident, 鈥渂ecause now we have a court that is packed with people who want to dismantle the ACA under Trump鈥檚 and McConnell鈥檚 strategy to pack the court with people who are hostile to the health care rights of all who live in America.鈥�

Experts predict that more than could lose their health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, and more than 133 million people with pre-existing conditions would lose their coverage.

听And that could happen during a global pandemic. More than have died from the coronavirus nationwide, and more than 10.1 million cases have been reported.

听Those who attended Tuesday鈥檚 rally donned masks and practiced social distancing.

听鈥淚 continuously try and be extremely careful,鈥� said Ives-Rublee, who noted she also has lung scarring from pneumonia. 鈥淚’m on the very outskirts of this rally, and I have to make sure that I be very careful because as an individual with pre-existing conditions, I’m more susceptible of getting severely ill.鈥�

The rally鈥檚 organizers include ShutDownDC, the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Center for Popular Democracy Action and SPACEs in Action. The rally included testimonies, dancing and spoken-word poetry.

Zyah Brown, 9, was one of the performers and came out with her mother, Danielle Champ, and her younger sister. Brown, who wrote a spoken-word piece for the event, said her piece focused on 鈥渉ow youth can use their art to make the world a better place.鈥�

Attendees hoped that their activism would make a difference in how the Supreme Court ruled on the case. The justices whether the plaintiffs have standing to bring the case, whether the individual mandate is unconstitutional and, if so, whether the entire law must fall.

Paul Severance, 59, attended the protest Tuesday morning to honor his friend. Severance, a D.C. resident, said his friend was a fitness trainer at a gym and came down with lymphoma. He said his friend went through five episodes of chemotherapy in a five-week period.

鈥淗e got a bill at the end of that: half a million dollars,鈥� Severance said. He said his friend 鈥渨ould have been dead without the ACA,鈥� because he would not have been able to afford the bill.

鈥淭here’s humans involved in this, and I don鈥檛 know how those people sleep at night who are trying to repeal this,鈥� Severance said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 appalling.鈥�

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听鈥淭hank you for voting,鈥� said Richard Etienne Jr., Smith鈥檚 campaign manager, who is Black, as voters left the center Tuesday. 鈥淒id we get your vote today?鈥�

听鈥淎bsolutely not,鈥� one woman wearing a purple sweater responded as she exited the church and entered the nearby parking lot.

听Opponents said Smith shouldn鈥檛 have run and didn’t know the history of the community.

听鈥淗e has used a person of color to be his front person and cause arguments, while he sat silently and just watched on the sidelines,鈥� said Aiyi鈥檔ah Ford, an eighth generation Washingtonian, who also ran in the race and came in second place, winning 21% of the vote.

听Smith mostly stood by silently as Etienne Jr. defended his campaign.

鈥淚 just have one frustration because there’s been media involved in this race, and there鈥檚 been more media about me, my party affiliation, and everything else than there was about the 16-year-old boy who got shot on my block a couple of nights ago,鈥� Smith said, referring to Kareem Palmer, who early Sunday morning.

But opponents said he should talk to the mothers who lost children to gun violence. They said they hadn’t seen him at candlelight vigils for those lost to gun violence and was noticeably uncomfortable speaking to residents, noting how much his campaign manager spoke Tuesday.

听鈥淏elieve me, I believe in change through all people and if you made a change, I鈥檓 proud of you finding out the truth,鈥� said Patrice LeSane, 45, the sister of Robin McKinney who won the race. 鈥淏ut if you really want to make a change, stand behind the candidates: Aiyi鈥檔ah, Robin McKinney. Stand behind one of those ladies and show that you real. That’s how you show us that you’re real, you can’t come up here and just try to take over.鈥�

LeSane described her sister as a success story. McKinney was homeless with seven children at one point in her life, and is now a homeowner. LeSane said her sister intimately knows the struggles of living in Ward 8. McKinney ultimately won the race with 50% of the vote.

Smith worked in 2016 and 2017 with Jason Kessler to preserve the Robert E. Lee monument, which Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy called to be removed due to its ties to the Confederacy. Kessler went on to organize the Unite the Right white-nationalist rally which resulted in one woman dying and nineteen others getting injured.听

Smith Kessler once Kessler began making plans for the rally. 鈥淗e鈥檚 affiliated himself with people who are, to put it mildly, ideologically distasteful,鈥� Smith told Charlottesville鈥檚 Daily Progress in June 2017. 鈥淚 want nothing to do with that.鈥�

Despite his distancing, Black Lives Matter D.C. voiced concern by Smith鈥檚 campaign in Ward 8. April Goggans, an organizer for the group, recently that Smith has 鈥渁 nefarious agenda鈥� and is 鈥渋ntentionally misleading folks about his identity and political plans.鈥�

Local activists were unsure whether residents actually knew about Smith鈥檚 background. If they knew, they would not vote for him, Ward 8 Area Neighborhood Commissioner Charles Wilson told DCist.

Smith鈥檚 campaign was a sign that Ward 8 is rapidly gentrifying, local activists said. D.C. used to be known as 鈥淐hocolate City鈥� but most Black residents have been pushed to the outskirts of the city in Wards 5, 7 and 8 as housing has gotten more expensive. Officials are concerned that Black residents will soon be pushed out of those wards too. Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White that would prevent further displacement.

听鈥淭he harm that displacement and gentrification is having on our city is too great to be ignored,鈥� White said. 鈥淧eople are being forced out of their communities and their neighborhoods.鈥澨�

White, a D.C. Native won reelection, with 78% of the vote in Ward 8.

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The results of the presidential election 听 as election officials count an unprecedented number of absentee ballots during the coronavirus pandemic and face legal challenges. The standoff is both anger- and anxiety-provoking for Democrats and Republicans alike, who believe there is much at stake, especially around immigration, health care and racial justice.

鈥淚 had people calling me weeping this morning, afraid that Trump was going to win,鈥� said Carol McGinnis, president of the Maryland Counseling Association on Nov. 4. 鈥淐lients are just really struggling right now. It鈥檚 painful and it鈥檚 scary.鈥�

Nearly 80% of American adults say the 鈥渇uture of our nation鈥� is a significant source of stress, compared to 66% in 2019, according to from the American Psychological Association.

The anxiety flowed across party lines. Over 75% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans reported that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was a significant source of stress.

Counselors are working overtime to figure out the best ways to support their clients during this time. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline added more staff on Election Night because the organization saw a 140% increase from normal traffic on Election Night in 2016, .

鈥淲e want to listen and affirm,鈥� McGinnis of the Maryland Counseling Association said. 鈥淭hen we have to come up with a plan. 鈥業f Trump wins and he is the source of your anxiety, then what鈥檚 your five-year plan? Let鈥檚 go beyond Trump.鈥欌��

Mental health providers are encouraging clients to limit news consumption and take walks or talk with friends instead. It isn鈥檛 useful to focus on 鈥渢he minute by minute activities related to the elections, over which none of us have any individual control,鈥� said Jean Harris, the president of the D.C. Chapter of the National Alliance of Mental Illness.

Counselors have also noticed that anxiety, stress and anger can be higher in communities of color. The recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the country led to a widespread awareness of systemic racism, and that is on the top of clients鈥� minds.

鈥淐ounselors have to help clients find a way to process all of the trauma which could now be compounded by this election,鈥� McGinnis said.

Counselors also note that living in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is particularly taxing. The District has been for racial equity, including those held during the summer and on Election Night.

鈥淭he other things that are happening in our community all may evoke a strong, emotional response for individuals within our community,鈥� said Barbara Bazron, the director of the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health.

It鈥檚 hard not to be angry during this time, counselors said. But anger can be positive and productive, depending on where it is directed, said McGinnis.

鈥淚f you don鈥檛 do anything with it or turn it toward yourself then you become depressed and might turn to alcohol or drugs,鈥� McGinnis said. 鈥淏ut you can learn how to use your anger to move you toward action and education. Turn that coal into a fire.鈥�

The election anxiety adds to the declining mental health Americans have experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 9.3 million coronavirus cases , and more than 230,000 people have died from the virus.听

Those numbers are expected to rise as the country faces another wave this holiday season, as people thwart social distancing guidelines and localities begin to reopen.听

Counselors are expecting to see even more demand for their services, as families bring holiday transitions to virtual platforms, or struggle to put meals on the table.

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Construction on the grocery store was supposed to begin in January 2019, but didn鈥檛 begin until March 2020. Federal immigration policy drove up labor costs and steel tariffs are mostly to blame, according to Philip Sambol, the executive director of Oasis Community Partners, which runs Good Food Markets.

Ward 8, which is predominantly Black, had . And the area has been of the city during the coronavirus pandemic. The ward has the highest number of deaths in the District and the third-highest number of positive cases. Many residents have lost their jobs and struggle to afford basic necessities such as housing and food.

Bread for the City, which offers free food and has a location in Ward 8鈥檚 Anacostia, has seen demand double during the coronavirus pandemic. The has forced residents to rely on corner stores, said Kenrick Thomas, a spokesman for Bread for the City. 鈥淎nd what that leads to is unhealthy food, and what that leads to is an unhealthy diet, and then that causes health issues.鈥�

The construction delays on the Ward 8 location in Bellevue drove up the costs to over $500,000, Sambol said. The market has received additional funding from the Bainum Family Foundation and the D.C. Department of Insurance Securities and Banking, which recently awarded the organization $500,000 to help complete construction on the Ward 8 store.

鈥淚 am excited that we were able to provide funding to Good Food Markets to help finalize construction on a much-needed new grocery store in Ward 8, increasing access to healthy food options east of the river and creating jobs for local residents,鈥� D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser.

The grocery store will share a building with 190 housing units and area neighborhood commissioner offices, Sambol said.

Good Food has one market up and running in D.C., in Northeast Washington. That location has been running since 2015 and is primarily staffed by local residents.

鈥淕rocery stores are some of the most well-funded, data-driven businesses in the entire world,鈥� Sambol said. 鈥淎nd they鈥檙e not wrong that their model won鈥檛 work in say Bellevue, Ward 8, or Langdon, Ward 5, but that doesn鈥檛 mean nothing will work.鈥�

The organization hopes to bring a market to Prince George鈥檚 County too. Prince George鈥檚 County is the most affluent majority-African American jurisdiction in the country, but has struggled to attract large grocery stores in certain areas of the county.

The Good Food in Prince George鈥檚 at the end of 2018 after a Safeway in the Seat Pleasant area closed in 2016, but that opening has been delayed as well. The project has been dormant because funding partners and public sector partners were unable to come to an agreement.听

The challenges Good Food has faced bringing stores to low-income areas highlights the difficulty of addressing, areas where people do not live close to supermarkets. Access to capital, training and entrepreneurship, vendors, and hardware are some of the factors that determine whether an organization can compete in the grocery sector, Sambol said. Poverty experts also of communities of color, especially East of the Anacostia River.

鈥淚 think nothing that we’ve encountered is novel, nothing is insurmountable but it does speak to why there are not more of these,鈥� Sambol said.

And while a new grocery store is important, Lisa Fitzpatrick, a doctor who lives in Ward 8, said the city should use more of its resources to 鈥渋mprove food and nutrition literacy to help people feel confident in making healthy food selections.鈥�

鈥淎 lot of advice is not tailored to people鈥檚 reality,鈥� said Fitzpatrick, who is also the founder of , an organization that strives to help people understand the health-care system.

In the end, advocates hope that Ward 8 will receive more than just a grocery store. Hanna Baker is an area neighborhood commissioner in the Ward. She said economic development is on the minds of residents, and many want affordable homeownership opportunities.

鈥淐ommunity serving retail is a vast gap in need in the community,鈥� Baker said.

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The ten 鈥渇amily success鈥� centers are part of a created by Bowser in 2019, and will exist as dedicated rooms in churches, libraries, and schools and as entire units in mixed-use buildings. They will serve as a place for families to connect with a myriad of programs the government offers, such as food and employment services.

鈥淭hese centers represent the District’s commitment to making each neighborhood a place where families can thrive and where everyone in our great city gets a fair shot at success,鈥� said Kim Ford, the president of Martha鈥檚 Table, during an Oct. 7 launch event. Martha鈥檚 Table is one of that will run the centers.

The areas where the centers are located violence prevention priority areas, reports on child abuse and neglect and social determinants of health data. The D.C. Child Family Services Agency is spearheading the initiative. Nearly 75% of the families the agency serves live in Ward 7 and Ward 8.

The centers were always supposed to open in October, but leaders had no way of knowing they鈥檇 have to launch during a global pandemic. More than in the District have died from COVID-19, and Ward 7 and Ward 8 have been among the hardest-hit areas of the city. More than 75% of COVID-19 deaths in the city have been Black residents.

But Smart from the Start, which operates the Woodland Family Success Center, felt well-equipped to follow through on its launch.

鈥淲e’ve been kind of in the trenches with our families since pandemic first hit,鈥� said Cherie Craft, the director of Smart from the Start. During the pandemic, the organization has delivered groceries to families, provided tele tutoring, helped people with rent and bill pay and provided other services on Zoom such as counseling, Craft said.

鈥淲e were already well versed in safety protocols and what the directives from the Department of Health were,鈥� Craft said.

The Woodland Family Success Center opted for a virtual launch event and a socially distanced celebration to follow a few days later.

Both events were well-attended. The outdoor event, called a 鈥淧arty n Parade,鈥� was located outside in a parking lot. Thirty tables were spaced 10 feet apart, and just two families were allowed to be at a table at one time.

Families had the opportunity to do arts and craft and trivia activities, sign up for programs and take home brand-new books, water bottles and T-shirts. And health groups provided health screenings.

The group decided to include an in-person event because the community had been waiting with 鈥渂ated breath鈥� for the center to launch, Craft said.

鈥淕iven the fact that the community was so invested and so excited about the launch of the center, we figured that we would have to provide some access to the center and some opportunity for folks to celebrate this new set of programs and services to the community,鈥� Craft said.

Community members helped put together the program plan and even helped interview and hire staff for the center. Craft said the community breathed life into the project and gave the center authenticity.

The goal of the centers is not only to help people with their current needs but also with their future needs, Mayor Bowser said during the launch event.

鈥淲e’re going to help people deal with their needs for right now but everybody has an aspiration and a hope and a goal, and that’s what we also want to focus on,鈥� Bowser said.

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鈥淲e consider this massive undertaking essential to our commitment to supporting Black Washingtonians, and to dismantling systems that keep them as second-class citizens in their own country,鈥� George Jones, the chief executive of Bread for the City, announcing the opening.听

The 28,000-square-foot center鈥檚 opening comes at a time when District residents face a coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout from it. More than have died from Covid-19 and tens of thousands have filed for unemployment insurance.

Almost in the District are Black. Bread for the City鈥檚 second location, equipped with a medical clinic, is one way to address these health disparities, the nonprofit’s leaders said. It is located in Ward 8, which is predominantly Black and has the third highest number of positive cases in the District.

The demand for Bread for the City鈥檚 services has almost doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, Kenrick Thomas, a spokesman for Bread for the City, said.

The new building sits across the street from the old 9,000-square-foot building. The added space will allow the organization to serve 75,000 people annually, compared to the 52,000 it currently serves each year.

The old building opened in 2002. Unity Health Care鈥檚 medical practice was housed in the building for a number of years, but Unity Health Care eventually moved out into a larger space.

Unity鈥檚 health care practice is less than a mile away from the Southeast center, but 鈥淚 would guess that probably fewer than half of those people have ever made it up to that clinic,鈥� Jones said. 鈥淓ven that was too much of a barrier.鈥�

The new building will offer primary care, dental care, vision care and behavioral health care. Jones plans to spend October through December hiring medical staff and figuring out how to safely open the building to the public.

Jones said the new Southeast building will likely mimic the safety protocols put in place at Bread for the City鈥檚 Northwest location, which only allows people into the building for medical appointments. That location also offers free covid-19 testing and flu shots.

Bread for the City鈥檚 leaders hope Southeast residents will no longer have to travel far for their medical needs now that the new Southeast location offers medical services. Many residents travel to Bread for the City鈥檚 Northwest location for medical help, or to one of several community health clinics in the area, such as Unity Health Care or Community of Hope.

United Medical Center, a public hospital, is the only hospital located east of the Anacostia River and . Planning for a new hospital east of the River is in the works but anti-poverty advocates say a new hospital won鈥檛 solve all of the region鈥檚 health disparities.

鈥淎ccess to really reliable, safe quality primary care is really the secret to helping keep a community healthy,鈥� Jones said.

The new center will also have an expanded food pantry. Clients will be able to walk in and pick their food, instead of being handed a bag of pre-picked food items, Keith Lemons, the supervisor for food distribution, said.

鈥淎 lot of people, they need us now more than they used to need us, because it’s kind of hard getting around and plus we don’t have that many grocery stores in this area,鈥� Lemons said.

Michelle Woodward, 36, has been going to Bread for the City since 2017. She said the organization has given her bags of food, helped her pay her electricity bill and provided emotional support when her mother passed away in April.

Woodward toured the new Southeast location last week. 鈥淚 love the building, I love everything it has in it,鈥� Woodward said. 鈥淚 can’t wait until it opens.鈥�

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