Opinion: My first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine got me thinking about time
I received my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on a Wednesday, as soon as a vaccination slot opened up at my hospital. That jab started a countdown in my head:
- The standard 15 minutes to watch out for allergic reactions to the vaccine.
- Twenty-one days until I get the second dose.
- Then seven more days for the main event, the show we’ve all been waiting for: 95% efficacy.
Part of me felt relief. An end to a long chapter of global suffering finally seemed within reach. But another part of me felt a new incarnation of fear. As we get closer to the finish, how many people will last long enough to be rescued?
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