Photo by Karen Nazor Hill / With vaccines completed, a trip to see the California family is in order. From left are daughter-in-law Bonnie and granddaughters Misha, 2, and Charleana, 4. Because of the pandemic, we haven’t seen them in person since Christmas 2019. We celebrated the girls’ birthdays via Facetime.By the time this article is published, I will have had my second COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer’s). I have never been so excited – and appreciative – of science as I am now.
As the mother of two Ph.D scientists, I have learned more about the coronavirus than the average person. My son Dr. Kit Nazor is chief business officer at Spatial Genomics in San Diego, and his previous work as proteogenomics business head at BioLegend in San Diego was named to the Top 10 Innovations list by The Scientist Magazine for contributions to COVID research. My daughter Dr. Karah Nazor teaches advanced biology at McCallie School.
Seriously, I don’t think I ever said words like “prion” and “genomics” before my kids became scientists.
Please note, though, that when explaining something scientific to me, my children tone down the terminology so I can understand what the heck they’re saying. And thanks to my years as a reporter, I ask lots of questions.
Getting my second vaccine is a really big deal to me.