Hola pandemic pals! I’ve been on sabbatical for the past month, did I miss anything? Haha, but that’s not really a joke. After stepping back from news and social media during my retreat, I’m here to tell you that not much has changed in the past 30 days. Sure, Joe Biden was elected President. And that’s certainly worth celebrating, but COVID-19 doesn’t really care that the current US leader is a lame duck. The pandemic’s getting worse every day in that country and the time between now and January 20th will be measured in lives lost. The rest of the world isn’t exactly having a great go of it. Denmark almost “culled” its entire population of mink (who still wears fur anyway?) and Boris Johnson’s pretty much thrown his hands up in despair as the UK deals with a resurgence the likes of which everyone could have predicted.
But wait! There’s a vaccine now! I’m really sorry for this, but that doesn’t change things (for right now) as much as we’d all like to believe. Let’s turn to Ivanka Trump for details: Sounds good right? Let’s break the numbers down a bit though. Pfizer’s already stated that it will be able to produce “up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.” Let’s discuss what that means in the next section. I’m currently re-binging It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and playing old games such as GTAV and Far Cry Primal. I got really into Mass Effect 2 (again) for a couple of days during my break, but then it was all but confirmed that the remaster would be happening so I set that aside. I also bought my fiancée some tattoo machines for her birthday (since we’re not really comfortable going to parlors during the pandemic) and that’s pretty much become a lifestyle around my house. I’m not saying that I’ve got everything figured out… but it’s all beach life, video games, and tattoos around here. The good news is that doing your part is easy peasy lemon squeezy:
- Wear a mask. 2. Stay 2-3 meters away from others in public spaces. 3. Support government officials who take the pandemic seriously. Adios, Tristan
