Posted on April 6, 2021
The container ship Ever Given that blocked the Suez Canal is a mirror of my life waiting for a vaccine.
Suez Canal
Ship
stuck
Ships that
crossed earlier
Ship
traffic
jam
Ships that
gave up
waiting
The same map with better labels:
Vaccination point
Me, stuck
People
I envy
People
worse off
than me
Countries
worse off
than ours
At a closer look, you can really see my point.
Me
Weight I gained
Pre-pandemic clothing size
Another way to put it…
Stuff I bought online
Stuff I
actually
need
Credit rating
From above:
Life
Me
Friends
cheering
me up
I can imagine how it felt when the ship got unstuck.
Vaccine day!
Weee!
But the path ahead isn’t always straightforward.
Single-dose
vaccine
Two-dose
vaccines
And, for most ships, including mine, there is still a…
… long, slow path
to normality.
Lucky bastard
Even when the
vaccination line
starts to move…
… a shot somehow
remains elusive for
most of us.
Good social
distancing
Too close
Bored
Me
