This morning I heard what may be one of the best pieces of radio commentary I've ever heard. It's by the WNYC reporter Beth Fertig recounting her experience getting her COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Javits Center.
I won't try to summarize or explain it because that would ruin it -- you must simply listen to or read it to appreciate its power.
What happily surprises me, however, is how much it reverberates with my previous blog post about how, in these seemingly nihilistic times, we must look to and celebrate the helpers, the healers, the creators, the builders, people who seek to improve and enrich our world in time when so many others seems determined to ruin it. How the vaccines and their distribution is, in many ways, a monument to humanity's great ability to hope for a better future.
And that this is why NYC has changed and thrived for over 400 years --- and will for another 400 years.
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