[GreenLantern2814]

Here are some real numbers, for the people I’ll politely call “skeptics”:

87.6% of the Alberta population over 12 has received at least a first dose of a vaccine.

81.5% of the Alberta population over 12 has received 2 doses.

The date is November 11.

The time is 12:01.

The war is over.

You can accept the terms of the surrender or you can hang out in the woods like some renegade Japanese infantryman for the next 30 years who won’t believe the newspapers, their commanding officers, their family members, or the emperor himself that the war is over.

The choice is yours, but the surest way to move past these restrictions is to find your courage and do something 87.6% of the population of this province has already done.

The less of a fuss you make, the less likely people will be to hold this against you for the rest of your lives.

That’s what you’re playing for now. I hope you realize that.

The rest of us are as sick as you are of COVID being the dominant topic of every conversation and interaction. I promise, we’re done with it.

You’re not special.

You are making it take longer.

The longer you resist, the greater the scorn that will be heaped upon you as the numbers of unvaccinated continue to tick down.

And that’s all it will be - scorn. Righteous, deserved scorn.

Nobody is going to kick down your door.

Nobody is going to hold you down and jab you on the floor of your living room.

No, the only thing nobody is going to do is play with you.

They won’t invite you to anything.

They’ll stop answering your texts or reacting to funny videos you send.

They’ll just be done with you.

And you may wonder why, but deep down, you’ll know why.

And you’ll know you were wrong.

So, pretty please, with sugar on top, come back to the light and get ####ing vaccinated.