A deep feeling of relief.
Hansen is a housekeeper in the emergency room at Doylestown Hospital, one of the highest-risk places to work during the ongoing pandemic.
Still, she had been reluctant about getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine when the hospital started distributing it to employees on Friday.
But after seeing and speaking to others who were among the first to get the vaccine, she felt encouraged enough to schedule her first dose on Tuesday. Now, she is telling other reluctant coworkers there is nothing to fear.
“I feel peaceful, she said. “It has lifted a weight off me that I wasn’t even expecting. It doesn’t seem so scary now.”
Heading out soon for the holidays and haven t been on a plane during the coronavirus pandemic?
If Thanksgiving travel is any indication, you ll have plenty of company at the airport despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s advice to stay home because of surging coronavirus cases.
The traditional kickoff to the Christmas and New Year s holiday travel season is this weekend – as schools get out for the year and many workers vacations begin – with steady crowds through Christmas Eve and picking up again the day after Christmas.
The travel patterns are anybody s guess this year with remote school and work the reality for many Americans, but this much we know: The flying experience will be different.