I received a text to tell me that I needed to present myself at the National Show Centre between the airport and Swords, on Sunday evening at 5.30pm, for my Covid vaccine booster. I was slightly disappointed by the news that my booster was going to be the Pfizer version. A worthy and effective vaccine no doubt, but it lacked Dolly Parton’s imprimatur of approval in the way that the Moderna vaccine did. I had been very pleased to receive the Moderna shots on my first trip on the vaccine merry-go-round. I wasn’t going to reject the Pfizer booster though. I’m careful and responsible about mask-wearing; physical distancing and hand hygiene already, but I am also willing to get injected with chemicals to stay healthy. Why wouldn’t I be? As a Type-1 diabetic since the age of four years old, I have taken an estimated 50,000 injections. Another one is no big deal.

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