Better days are coming... perhaps... maybe...
Vaccination is happening! Gradually, starting with my parents a few months ago, my family and friends are getting their shots. On a Tuesday at the end of March, I got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Then four weeks later my second. As of May 10 I am considered fully vaccinated! My appointments were at a mass vaccination center about 25 miles away set up by Sutter Health where I am a patient. Sutter Health is a 'not-for-profit integrated health delivery system', a mouthful for basically what feels like the national healthcare systems I've experienced in Canada and the UK, but instead is fueled by the private health insurance quagmire that is American healthcare. As I drew near on that first time in March I was feeling quite blasé about getting vaccinated. But as I started following the avenues of orange cones and digital displays signposting the way to the vaccine center, a tingle of surreality kicked in . I've done a few drive-through COVID tests in the last...