I got my vaccination this week. Mike got Pfizer, I got Moderna. We both get our second shot later this month.
Personally, I have zero concerns about this new-style vaccination and feel fortunate to be one of the lucky ones to have this opportunity to vaccinate early. I have had five positive COVID contacts thus far (that I know of) - all of them at work. Providing vaccinations to those of us in the emergency service world is paramount. I am sorry there are states that have put emergency responders lower on the priority list. In uncontrolled emergency incidents, our chance of risk is higher - dare I say - that even the risk of the nurses and docs in the emergency room. Our hospital tests all ER patients as they come through the door and has top of the line PPE (we have the personal protection equipment as well, but working a fast-moving scene provides ample opportunity for masks to not be tight, glasses to fog up, and cross contamination to occur).
In my head, I have written several blog spots on this topic. I ponder why people are so opposed. Parents vaccinate their children against measles, small pox, polio and most parents never think twice. Many of those people who are opposed were vaccinated as a child. Cases of polio have decreased over 99% since 1988. As humans, we have practically eliminated polio off the planet. And this happened because everyone got on board and vaccinated. Shouldn't we be working toward this same result with COVID-19?
The vaccine is new technology, new science. I suppose that concept could be frightening or exhilarating - all depending on how one frames it. iPhones were new technology once. These little devices which we depend on so thoroughly, are the very tracking machines that some worry about with the vaccine. If you think you will be tracked after getting the vaccine, you are already being tracked through your phone, I assure you of this.
Worried about what will go into your body with this vaccine? Hmmm. What are you putting into your body these days? Have you really been honest with yourself on this? Processed foods and preservatives? Smoking things and dragging crap into your lungs? Oh, I could go on, but won't. Do an inventory and think about what goes into your body this week.
There has never been a vaccine created in such a short time frame. Will it work? We shall see. I feel a bit part of the Big Experiment and that's okay. I applaud Science for this new technology! We could be on the road toward many many more cures because COVID showed up on the block.
In the fall, I got a flu shot. Once I am finished with my second COVIC shot, I will be heading to get a shingles vaccine. Then my second pneumonia shot. I see all of these as opportunities to lower the risk of illnesses and enhance my already great lifestyle. The magic of Science!! And I am thankful to live in a place where one has full access to these risk reduction opportunities. Imagine living in a country where all these health opportunities do not exist.
Thank you Wyoming. Thank you for putting emergency responders' right there on the top of the vaccination priority list. I am honored and proud to be part of the emergency service world and I am beginning to feel a slight bit safer.
It will, however, be a long time before I quit wearing a mask!! Stay well, stay happy, and here's to 2021! May the year ahead unveil many more discoveries for us all!!
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