The needle jabbed my arm. Second covid-19 vaccination, done. Liberation in sight. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, the auditorium in our continuing care retirement community in Falls Church buzzed with matter-of-fact activity. Three weeks earlier, it had been giddy. Not just for our initial shots, but — wow — for the first time in ages, perhaps 45 of us at a time were coming and going in the same place, chatting with neighbors we hadn't seen in weeks.
