March 12th
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of being on lockdown due to this deadly pandemic. I know, crazy, right? Before former President Trump told all Americans that this was a global pandemic, we didn't think of how our lives were about to change drastically. Yesterday, to mark the occasion and in his first prime time speech to the nation, President Biden spoke about how the disease affected all of us and the hopeful near future ahead.
He said what we all knew (or should know) that every American should be eligible to get a shot by the end of May, two months from previously stated. He also motioned May one (Kind of weird of an American to say it like that, but this is good news so we'll let it pass).
If we all do our part, on July 4th, we could have small gatherings. Grandparents will be able to see their grandchildren, kids seeing parents, parents seeing kids and so on. And if a person is fully vaccinated, they can see other people who are vaccinated with no masks at all. They also can see people who are low risk (the high risk person has to be vaccinated, of course). If you missed it and want to see the full speech, YouTube has you covered.
For months after the pandemic hit the world, we saw no hopes in sight. We wondered if we ever get to see the joys of hugs, hand shakes and seeing people in person and not being afraid of contacting a virus, thus staying six feet apart. We may of thought that masks, lockdowns, unemployment and Zoom were the new norm. But thankfully all of that changed in November after the new American President and Vice President were sworn in. We now had hope, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Two vaccines came, and then another much later, less effective than the other two, but still good. The first two requires two shots and the last one, the less effective one, only requires one. Stan, Francine and even me got at least one shot already. Roger refused to get it (that and he's an alien so he may bot be able to get affected anyway. I don't know if I can get it (fish), but I got it just in case. Hayley and Jeff want to get theirs soon. Steve does too, even though he's less at risk and still a kid.
Francine said when this is all over, we should visit China with her Chinese parents to celebrate, but Stan's not too keen on that. But we all believe he'll warm up to the idea (despite him denying this fact.)
Hayley and I were aways hopeful that this would go away. After all, if the previous plagues went away, why shouldn't Covid? We didn't think it would be this fast, and we'll glad. America, as well as the rest of the word can rejoice and breathe a sigh of relief. We are going to beat Covid, and all of the upcoming plagues (they are going to happen. We might not be alive, but they'll come). And not to end this on a Debbie Downer note, the light is and always was and will be at the end of the tunnel. Just always have hope.