The most dystopian thing about this entire pandemic is the congratulations one gets after getting a vaccine.

It& #39;s not an achievement!

A degree? A house? Sure! But a vaccine?! No!

It is so profoundly disturbing how quickly we& #39;ve accepted the Hunger Games : Vaccine Edition

There& #39;s a time and place for #Blessed & conversations about privilege. But it& #39;s not a privilege to get a vaccine 15 months into a pandemic ONLY BECAUSE the government failed your community so badly that your neighbours are disproportionately dying.

C& #39;mon.

Am I grateful for the science that created the vaccine? Yup!

Am I grateful for MediCare? Yup!

Am I grateful that my health, although not the best, still allows me to get a vaccine? Yup!

Did I sob with relief? Yup.

Still not an "achievement", folks.

The internet is so absurd.

People called me https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">extrahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> all day for getting dressed up to get a vaccine and are now accusing me of being a buzzkill for saying "Getting vaccinated shouldn& #39;t be an achievement."

Just accept you& #39;re a contrarian and leave me alone https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">

The last thing I& #39;ll say :

I am literally just asking people to focus less on "just be grateful you got a vaccine!" And more on "Make the government do better."

Too many are individualizing the issue instead of going macro and asking why we& #39;ve let elected officials abandon us.