Posted4/6/2021 5:10 AM Marking two weeks since my second coronavirus vaccine shot, Monday was to be my "Freedom Day," the day I was finally free from the pandemic. After more than a year of working from home, doing interviews by phone and Zoom, and rarely venturing out in public, I anticipated I would spend the day celebrating in mask-less glory with my vaccinated peers. But I'm not ready to embrace that freedom.
As Janis Joplin and her friend, Bobby McGee, remind us, "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose," and there is still plenty for us to lose. We've seen a spring spike in the number of infections in recent weeks. The number of variant cases is on the rise. Only a third of Americans are vaccinated.