So today is Day Zero.
Exactly 11 months since we went into lockdown as a family I had my vaccine to protect against COVID 19.
A very bizarre experience. I felt I was looking at a film, but I was part of it. A year ago the scene would not have been a reality, only part of a fiction story. But on a warmer, sunnier day than the snow we have had of late, I was directed through cones to the red marquee.
Lining up 2 meters apart. Everyone in masks. All treating these events as a matter of course.
Name. D.O.B. Time of appointment. Hand sanitizer. Zapped with temperature gauge.
More queuing 2 metres apart. The foot fall at this one centre must be amazing. Directed to a cubicle. Explanation. Confirmation of details. "Are you sure you are still happy to have the vaccine?" "Yes please, very happy."
All done. "Thank you so much!"
Directed to wait. All seats sanitised as someone leaves, ready for the next. Someone gets up too early to go....he is questioned. There is something about the juxtaposition of our free society with this mass centre full of rules which must not be broken but is also full of positivity and hope for the future. Hope that this will give us our freedom back.
I waited my 15 minutes. Walked out into the spring sunshine, with a smile. Full of that hope.
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