so here is the situation in my family. In the morning we decided that we really want to know if we have antibodies before I get another vaccine. So we went to the hospital and joined the crowds wanting to get serology tests so they can go abroad. It took a long time, but the blood test was simple and gentle. I asked the nurse if he had been doing this all day and he said it was his second shift – that he usually works in a ward in the hospital – so I knew he had experience, and I knew he was tired. By the time we got home to rest, I got the results. but I couldn’t understand what I was positive for. Positive for antibodies or positive for Corona. It looked like I was okay, but I got a little hysterical that the test didn’t explain in simple terms.

By the time I got an answer from my doctor, we had to leave for another hospital for Ezi’s PET-CT. In the meantime his answer came back negative, and there was that sudden realization that our life in isolation is going to go on just like before – meeting friends outside, staying clear of children, shopping online. Wait a minute! That’s not so bad!

Then he texted me from the radiation room – Maybe because he’s in a clinical trial, they didn’t give him a vaccine, maybe he got a placebo. Maybe he should get out of the trial and get vaccinated…

Anyway because he was supposed to fast we didn’t have dinner and won’t get home before midnight, and what concerns me right now is grilled cheese…

Yesterday evening my friend and I sat together outside, at a proper distance, and decided to get the third vaccine. I spent the evening figuring out how and where to make the appointment for a serology test and then an appointment for a vaccine – and so did she. Then today she called back to say that she had visited her dentist and he called to inform her he was in isolation. She is waiting for the results of her corona test and will let me know. For the second time in the past 17 months, I felt the danger. It’s probably fine, but — rats!

I’m so happy we can get the third vaccine if all is well.

As for my other friends who refuse the vaccine altogether, and are very upset that there is so much pressure on them, I would like to remind them that no one asked them about diphtheria, smallpox, tetanus, polio, and tuberculosis…

Starting Sunday, all vaccinated people over 60 are being encouraged to go to get their booster shots. You realize what this means: The senior citizens of Israel are the front line of the universal fight against Corona. We’re the canaries in the coal mine. Why is the world watching the Olympics? We’re the ones the world should be training their eyes on. Me and my old buddies… Watch this page to see if I croak.

I made an appointment for a third vaccine on Tuesday. But first I plan to do a serology test on Sunday to see if I need it. Serology tests cost money – about $60. Vaccines are free. This means that the economic division created and/or intensified by Corona will now reach into the area of health.