Vaccine: a volunteer's perspective.

 

The college kids who volunteered to staff the Phoenix Municipal Stadium POD where I was vaccinated were all motivated by the chance to get an early shot (one shift = two Pfizer doses), but they were also very helpful. You might say their enthusiasm and goodwill were infectious. ;-)

So I wanted to pay it forward, when I became fully vaccinated, two weeks after my final shot. The Dexcom warehouse POD is Arizona's first indoor drive-thru facility, and it's less than 8 miles away.

Long story short, I volunteered for a shift today. It was somehow very uplifting, to feel like I was part of the massive effort to haul us out of this pandemic. Highly recommended.

PS: I worked in the Observation area, where people wait for 15 minutes after they get immunized. I have plantar fasciitis and fallen arches from one-too-many-marathons in my wasted youth, so my feet felt like stumps by mid-afternoon, but it was well worth it. There's nothing like the contact high you get from those who have just received their second shot. (That's my lane, to the right of the big orange thingie.)