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Kennedy: Post-vaccine, I’m thinking ‘shot, shot, cheers, tears, oh what a relief it is’

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton State College nursing student Keshawn Taylor gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Murray County Rec Department in Chatsworth on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.
Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton State College nursing student Keshawn Taylor gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Murray County Rec Department in Chatsworth on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton State College nursing student Keshawn Taylor gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Murray County Rec Department in Chatsworth on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

OK, boomers. A gentle suggestion.

Stop posting your vaccination shots on Facebook.

We get it. You’re relieved. But now you are just making all the uninoculated people feel bad. Remember, there’s a fine line between “selfies” and “selfish.”

Why not use the 20-minute wait after your inoculation to give thanks – to pray, or meditate, or whatever it is you do to express introspection?

After getting my second Pfizer shot last week, my main emotion was relief, followed immediately by a feeling of humility.