* I initially wrote this about a week ago, and I had no idea how fast the train was really moving until todays announcement by the BC Government.
I got my vaccine the other day. You won’t see me posting a smiling picture holding up a sticker that reads “I just got my COVID Vaccine.” You will not find me online pleading for others to do it too. You just won’t and hopefully I can explain why…
For months, I have felt like I was on a train steadily rolling down the tracks and the speed keeps increasing each day. On this train, I am surrounded by friends, family and local community members, and the once smiling friendly bunch of folks chanting “we are all in this together”, are starting to frown and threaten to throw me off the train. That’s what it has felt like. And don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of people throughout the crowd that would come and pull me back in, but the speed of the train would simply make that too challenging.
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