Vaccinated

I'm vaccinated and, no, I don't know what's in it - neither this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the hot dogs I love or the bread I eat, or in other treatments…whether it's for cancer, AIDS, or vaccines for children. 

I trust my doctor when she says it’s needed. I also don't know what's in Advil, Tylenol, or other meds, it just cures my headaches and my pains ... I don't know what's in the ink they used for tattoo's or every ingredient in my soap, toothpaste, shampoo or deodorant. I don’t know the long term effect of cell phone use or whether or not that restaurant I ate at this week really used clean foods and washed their hands. 

In short…there’s a lot of things I don't know and never will… I just know one thing: life is short, very short, and I still want to do something other than just go to work every day all day or stay quarantined at home. I still want to travel and hug people without fear and find a little feeling of life like it was before. As a child I was vaccinated for mumps, measles, rubella, polio, chicken pox, and others; my parents trusted the science and I never had to suffer through or transmit any of those diseases. 

I'm triple vaccinated, not to please the government but: 

* To not die from Covid 19

* To not clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.

* To hug my loved ones and friends. 

* To not have to do tests to go to a restaurant or go on holidays.

* To live my life.

* To have my kids go back to living their best lives. 

* For #Covid19 to be an old memory.

* To protect us, locally and globally.