I'll get the vaccine as soon as I get access to it. With a principal and a teacher in our district currently on ventilators, it is too close to home. In fact, speaking of close to home, our next door neighbor spend 5 days on a respirator a couple of weeks ago. He was sort of "non-believer" in the seriousness of COVID, and by his own admission, it bit him in the butt. My daughter-in-law has had it twice and is now on a post-COVID medical protocol because her lungs are so damaged. (I'm older than all of these people).

I had a student ask me if I am afraid of dying (she had been quarantined for awhile which is I guess why she asked). I told her I am not personally afraid of dying, but I AM afraid of dying before my husband -- with his health problems and probable early onset dementia, he needs me.

My father should be being given the vaccine very soon (he's 90 and in assisted living), and my sister will be getting it soon after as she is his designated care giver and is over 65. I suspect with my profession and my husband's health issues, we will qualify for fairly early vaccines.