I don't get the impression that Bill Gates is tracking me. When I arrived home, my son jokingly put his phone next to my arm and said, you’re still on 4G not 5G. I’ll check again in another three weeks after my second shot
The pecking order for priority in receiving the new coronavirus vaccine began with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Rivlin.
I never expected to cut the line and get ahead of them, but thanks to my advanced age – I’m over 60 and considered to at high risk – I was among the first average citizens eligible. I got the first dose of my vaccine this morning. I had already decided I was going to get this over with as fast as I could.
I understand why people are worried about the vaccine. I was too. The medical technology behind it is relatively new. The development timetable was rushed. Can we trust the science? Can we trust the politicians urging us to get vaccinated?
These are fair questions. I asked them too. Here’s where my training as a journalist is so valuable. I was always taught to conduct my own independent research and come to my own conclusions, rather than taking someone else’s word for it. So I read up on the science. I also read what the detractors had to say. I even read through the conspiracy theories.
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