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Prelude
The boy dreams. The dream captivates and challenges and engulfs him, drawing him forward in pursuit, while at times burdening him with more than he thinks he can bear.
Quit?
He can’t. In his heart he knows that someone will need him someday, and he must be ready to serve with excellence and integrity.
The boy becomes a man, marries, and starts a family. He graduates from Harvard Medical School and The Mayo Clinic. The man becomes a doctor.
But has The Dream been fulfilled?
Act 1: Grief
I am a doctor with a troubled conscience.
I am a friend with a heavy heart.
January 2021: I am standing next to an open grave. Rays of sun cannot cheer the depths of pain and loss in my heart. The body of my dear friend, Bruce, is being lowered to its final resting place. Sobs from his eldest daughter fill the air.
Age 79 and dead from COVID. Just a few weeks earlier, we shared laughs and bear hugs over Thanksgiving dinner. “Doctor, what do you think of this virus?” was the topic of conversation across the table.
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Understand that the vaccines have not been updated since this entire pandemic began. That’s right folks: the vaccines still being administered are against the original Wuhan strain -- which, of course, is no longer in circulation.
originally posted by: MaxxAction
a reply to: loam
I have a 14 month old grandchild I have never seen because when we had made plans to see her when she was a few months old, at the last minute we were told we weren't allowed because we hadn't been vaccinated.