When COVID-19 exploded last March, my community went to work attempting to keep COVID out of our facilities. We developed county-wide virtual learning collaboratives for Assisted Living (AL) communities and for SNFs, which met on a weekly basis. By the end of June, we had done well with no outbreaks and only 4 deaths in the county. Unfortunately, last summer’s surge in COVID prevalence shattered the myth that we had done enough to contain it. Like the rest of our state, we pivoted to follow guidance focused more on infection control and early recognition of outbreaks. By the end of October, we seemed to be back in the driver’s seat with much better facility COVID metrics. However, with the winter surge, we are stretched thin on staff, resources, and again wondering when the bad news will end. In my county, we have now have had 196 deaths, and 70% of them have occurred in senior congregate living facilities.