I just got the coronavirus vaccine because of some weird national system that seems to give preference to people who are already half-dead. I don’t mean to be morbid or ungrateful, but at 69, statistically speaking, the vaccine will probably allow me to exist only through the first Kamala Harris administration. Exactly 40 seconds after hitting “Enter,” and learning I had an appointment, I got another email saying all spots were filled. I was jonesing for the shot — like a lot of people, I had vaccine envy. Bogarting one of the scarce doses of the vaccine in a store filled with young people, who had to go about their business as yet unprotected, made me uneasy.

Source: Washington Post February 18, 2021 13:52 UTC