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My wife's and my second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will take place on 2021-04-14. After that, we have a two-week wait period for full immunization to take effect.
My manager has cleared me to start coming back into the office once a week after the wait period. My eventual goal is to go back full-time. I miss the office terribly; I can't focus as well at home, and as time has gone on, I find that my productivity has decreased even more.
There has been research suggesting that those who are vaccinated lose the ability to be carriers for the virus. This is in line with what I've heard about other vaccines, so I'm not surprised. What it does tell me, though, is that even masks and social distancing are soon not going to be required for those who are vaccinated. I hope that becomes the case soon--I also find that I am less and less tolerant of these measures over time.
I miss the world as it was, and I want us to go back to it. I do not accept that perpetual or rolling lockdowns, never-expiring mask mandates, or permanent reduced capacity in buildings is going to be the "new normal".
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