The dark and distant drumming, the pounding of the hoopsos the silence of everything

that moves

later

night you see them

decked out in shiny jewels

the coming

of the caravan of fools.

Like the wings of a dove,

the waiter's white glove

seems to shimmer by the light of the pool.

Some dull blinding winter, when you can't help but lose,

you're running with the caravan of fools. You're okay.

You're okay. You're not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.

These vaccines are highly, highly effective.

Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick.

They're really, really good against variants.

Everyone who takes the vaccine is not just protecting themselves,

but reducing their transmission to other people and allowing society to get back to normal. Get your first shot and when you're due for your second, get your second shot.

A key goal is to stop the transmission, to get the immunity levels up so that you get almost no, almost no infection going on whatsoever.

When people are vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected.

If you're vaccinated, you're not going to be hospitalized. You are not going to get infected. If you're vaccinated,

you're not going to be hospitalized, you're not going to be an ICU unit, and you're not going to

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