This morning as I arrived at work, I was literally greeted my an Army National Guard in full fatigues. The significance of his presence was not lost on me. It means that we are loosing the war. It means that my six months of extra shifts to administer COVID vaccines, failed to protect lives and end this thing. It means that my day will be more exhausting and my family more endangered just because they are my family. It means that more lives are being lost and forever changed by a virus that we could have stopped. COVID 19, today, is a PREVENTABLE disease.
My eyes welled up as I rode the tram up. Not going to lie about how this moment made me feel. It hurts in so many ways.
I feel like I’ve seen this movie, I can’t really believe that we are at this part. What next?
I haven’t asked in a while, but please, can you take your loved ones and go get vaccinated? If not for me and all my fellow health caregivers, then for our children who can’t yet?