Shot #2

 This whole COVID thing is getting tiresome, but I know it is real.  People have died.  People, including Gary and me, have been sick.  

But I am tired of all of it.  Tired of wearing masks.  Tired of social distancing.  Tired of not going places because of fear.  Tired of limitations.  Tired of restrictions.  Just tired.

Part of the frustration has been the quality of information.  For every expert who dispenses information there was other experts who dispute anything that was said.  

Wear a mask.

Don't wear a mask.

Sanitize groceries before they come into the house.

Don't go into a grocery store because there are so many germs on EVERYTHING.

If someone dies, don't go to the funeral home or even think about attending the services because the germs are everywhere.

Don't travel.

Because people have traveled over spring break, there will be an explosion in the numbers of cases within two weeks of their return home.

Masks don't do any good unless there are three layers!

Everyone should be vaccinated.

No one is going to make ME be vaccinated!  It's a ploy by the government to gain control.

There are so many people with just as many different opinions that it is hard to know what to believe and what to discount as false information.

What to do?  What to do?

Gary said he was getting the vaccine.  He was tired of not going anywhere and being told what he could and could not do.

I was hesitant, but Dad kept popping into my mind with his concerns about the polio vaccine that we took when I was 10.  

So we are now vaccinated.  It seems logical to think that because we are, we wouldn't need to wear masks and social distance plus use hand sanitizer all the time.  But 'they' recommend that we continue to do that....because there are mutations, there are other versions of the virus that have no symptoms and no tests to see if anyone has it so we need to protect ourselves from it.  Really.

While I am not taking lightly the deaths of people that I knew or those of family members of people I know, I am ready to say 'enough is enough.'  Let us get on with our lives.