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Ordinary items such as bicycles or hair extensions are gaining symbolic significance as we use them to project to a time when we can finally use them with others or show them off. Kaz Fantone for NPR
When Chase Hensel in Alaska daydreams about life returning to some type of normal, he thinks of his two granddaughters living in London.
Both are learning to ride bikes, and he envisions himself flying there to pedal with them along a local park.
So Hensel bought himself a foldable bike, one that would be easy to travel with once it feels safe again.
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I began my global health career as a surveillance officer with Nigeria s National Programme on Immunization.
So of course I ve been following the vaccine news with a close eye.
I was elated when the first COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective late last year. Knowing how effective vaccines can be in ending epidemics, I was hopeful that the end of the pandemic was in sight.
However, my joy was cut short when richer Western nations began buying up the vaccine doses. As a result, COVID-19 vaccines will not likely be widely available in Africa until 2022 or 2023.
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I began my global health career as a surveillance officer with Nigeria s National Programme on Immunization.
So of course I ve been following the vaccine news with a close eye.
I was elated when the first COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective late last year. Knowing how effective vaccines can be in ending epidemics, I was hopeful that the end of the pandemic was in sight.
However, my joy was cut short when richer Western nations began buying up the vaccine doses. As a result, COVID-19 vaccines will not likely be widely available in Africa until 2022 or 2023.
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