For lack of a vaccine life as we know it has ground to a halt.

For lack of a vaccine Americans are being sickened in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions.

For lack of a vaccine Americans are dying in the thousands, soon to be tens of thousands, ultimately hundreds of thousands and hopefully not millions.

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For lack of a vaccine the American economy is in free fall.

For lack of a vaccine the stock market has shed nearly a third of its value.

For lack of a vaccine we are entering another Great Recession and possibly a Great Depression.

For lack of a vaccine millions have already lost their jobs and millions more, possibly tens of millions more will do so.

For lack of a vaccine we have had to cancel every high school graduation, every college graduation and thousands of weddings.

For lack of a vaccine we must stay in our homes, leaving only to get more food. We must keep our distance from even those we love the most.

For lack of a vaccine we take our lives in our hands every time we do leave our homes no matter how desperate the need.

For lack of a vaccine hospitals are being overwhelmed with seriously ill and mortally ill patients.

For lack of a vaccine we may exceed our ability to care for them and people will die because there are not enough ICU beds and ventilators to save them.

For lack of a vaccine we are setting up hospitals in stadiums and fields.

For lack of a vaccine our friends and loved ones are dying alone, separated from spouses, children and parents — the ones who could bring them precious comfort.

For lack of a vaccine we are running out of space in morgues.

For lack of a vaccine our family and friends cannot attend the funerals.

Think we don’t need vaccinations? Think they are a plot by Big Pharma? Think natural immunity is enough?

Look what we’ve suffered for lack of ONE vaccine. Now you have a glimpse of what life could be like before there were any.

Within a year or two there will be a vaccine for COVID-19. Millions of people will rush to get it. Like the flu, they may need a new vaccine each year and millions will readily comply.

And within a generation or two anti-vaxxers will be back to their inane conspiracy theories, as if the world was not convulsed in 2020 for lack of a vaccine.