First dose vaccine done 💪
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Definite ritual rite of passage feel to it. Got it at the public health building downtown and there’s a muted sense of grey, bureaucratic public ceremony there. They staff seem genuinely cheery about being part of getting things going again.
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Suddenly feeling major first-world guilt at fact that most of the developing world lacks the deep freeze distribution to handle the mRNA vaccines even if they were given away free
We have 2 public holidays for military but none for public health. Maybe Veterans Day can remain military, and Memorial Day can be repurposed for commemorating healthcare workers 🤔
Or a whole new holiday.
Healthcare is now like 17% of gdp, military is 3-4%
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Interesting what professions/roles get included in public esteem ceremony and pageantry. India has a “Teacher’s Day” but no specific military day. The military honors stuff happens on “Republic Day” which is like Constitution Day in the US but a much bigger deal.
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This is why the others are so important, and we have to get on it. The longer these persist ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, the faster more variants will pop up. Vaccine and vaccine production hoarding are literally *losing strategies*.
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