“Why Didn’t You Vaccinate Me?”

A letter from the not-so-distant future.

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“Why didn’t you vaccinate me? So I could participate in sports, so I could go back to school? Why did you force me to be home-schooled? I missed my friends.

“I didn’t mind wearing a mask. Everyone was wearing them. This wasn’t about me. It was about you. You were stubborn. You were scared. It’s okay. I was scared…