Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Starting a new life

I'm getting the second shot of the Pfizer vaccine this morning. CDC says to wait two weeks until I assume I'm fully protected but I expect that's being over-conservative. Anyway, it will mean real freedom for me. However, the ending of mitigation measures all over the country is premature. Yes, most of the most vulnerable people -- not all of them -- are now protected against serious disease, but we have seen that many young people end up with long term suffering and disability, even after a very mild acute course. 


Now is not the time to pretend this is over.

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