I recently crossed state lines to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Does that make me a bad person?
I’m a 65-year-old rabbi who splits his time living in New Mexico and Jerusalem. But I went twice to Texas over the last month to get the Pfizer shots. Because of my age, I’m eligible to get the vaccine near my home in Las Cruces, N.M., but so far have not gotten a call for an appointment. Since late December, I’ve been getting emails from my Israeli HMO encouraging me to make a reservation, but I felt like an airplane trip to get a vaccine was too risky right now. At the same time, I badly wanted to get both shots before my next scheduled trip to Israel, in late March (presuming the airports reopen).