Thread by @ssteingraber1

Sometimes salvation is delivered inside brutalist architecture with the Army National Guard running logistics.

Friends, I am #vaccinated

#COVID19

After much trying I was able to snag my first appointment at the state-run center at SUNY Potsdam. That’s a 4.5 hour drive from my house, north of the Adirondacks, past Fort Drum and keep driving, damn near Canada.

I received my first Pfizer vaccine on a volleyball court.

Can’t do a selfie bc it’s a HIPAA protected site.

Arrived 40 minutes early like the Girl Scout that I am and got right in.

Spent my 15 min of post-vaccine observation in a folding chair on a highly polished floor recalling how much I feared/loathed volleyball in HS gym class.

...and now fear and trauma are lifting from me, right here in the center of a North Country volleyball court. Go Bears

Under my face shield/mask tears are flowing.

I thanked every soldier and every volunteer and every registrar and nurse and volunteer I encountered.

Jared, my vaccinator, said “oh we get a lot of people crying for joy in here.”

Friends, I just witnessed science, love, compassion, and damn good logistics inside the ugliest building on earth. The collective elation in here is PALPABLE and I’m here to say it’s a fucking miracle