Want to get back to normal? Get vaccinated when you can. The purpose of vaccination is to bring the severity level of this virus down to the level of a benign one. It’s about controlling and reducing community spread while we work on proving these vaccines prevent transmission.

In the meantime, yes, you will have to continue to wear your mask until others catch up. You can do that. We all can. The more people vaccinated, the more restrictions will be lifted. The more people vaccinated, the less we will see hospital systems overwhelmed. The more people

vaccinated the faster we reach some normalcy. This is not about individual risk anymore. This is about community spread. It always has been. I’m going to tell you what the majority of media is not because if they did, you would have no more reason to tune in.

We will get out of this. It’s going to take some time. These lockdowns are not forever. Let’s work on bringing this down to a manageable level and THEN we can work on eradicating this virus while life resumes. It is easier to handle a common cold cat than a COVID beast.

And on the topic of variants. These happen. It’s a virus. It will do that. Guess what stops a virus from being able to do this? Preventing community spread. A virus needs you, a host, to mutate. And it needs time, and this has had plenty. Don’t let these headlines make you panic.

Also, yeah, I am here to tell you we are going to find our vaccines reduce transmission. It was never really a matter of whether they did or not, because we are seeing evidence they can. It’s just a matter of by how much and having that percentage. Don’t you lose hope just yet.