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Short essay by Catherine Carroll Word count:  735 At the beginning of September, I began a part-time, temporary position with a regional nursing association to give influenza and Covid vaccines.  In this role I was primed to think of my own vaccine immunization, especially with an upcoming vacation that involved airline travel.  On September 25th I went to Walgreens for both my influenza and Covid vaccines.  My flight departed on September 30th and I didn’t want to invite a repeat of my March India trip Covid experience. Image copied from:   The Role of Failure in Learning:  How to Embrace a Growth Mindset. ETHRWorld , by Abid Hasan, April 28, 2023. After a 35 year career in health care, the last two years prior to retirement almost completely dominated by Covid, on October 2nd I was thrilled and to learn that Katalin Kariko, Ph.D and her research partner, Dr. Drew Weissman, had won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine for their research on mRNA whil...

I am aware that this essay is in need of editing.  I have not had the chance or the energy to make these edits.  I have tried a couple of times, but two years out I am still too close to the events of the trip.  I have left it fully intact here because I don't want to forget important details.  Even edited it is likely to remain long because the story is in the details.  However, there are areas where things might be worded differently or where events could be a little clearer.  Also readers may not recognize the relevance of   Part 6:   A Social Dispute.   At the very end, the Afternote  containing  the  Ghosts on the Glacier essay   link may fall into the same category.  I included both because I found the events very compelling.          Longform personal essay  Word count: 12,000+ By Catherine Carroll Acronymns used throughout essay: ATC:  American trip organizer IFG:  Ind...