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On a beautiful early spring day like today, the whole world is no longer excited about the Spring festivals "with horses and carriages like water, clothes like wedges" because the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic is sitting looming in front of the door and on all the streets. Perhaps among the 7 billion people on this planet, the majority are waiting and some are dreaming of the "miracle" of the scientific and technological era, which is to be vaccinated against Covid, because it is considered as the only escape route in the dark tunnel that humanity is waiting for... salvation.

In the US, the two vaccines considered the world's top are Pfyzer and Moderna. According to medical information, after receiving two doses (2 doses) about a month apart, the ability to resist the epidemic will be up to 95%.

Who doesn't like to be immune to the epidemic!

Our "Old Lovers" couple have received two Pfyzer shots. According to statistics from the US CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2021, the number of people who received two shots is less than 5% of the total population - 328 million - of the United States.

We ask ourselves: "What did we do to get priority for the vaccine?" The answer is now:

- Old!

Whoever wants to get priority, just age yourself... comfortably!

If you are free to exchange your youth for old age to get the vaccine, would anyone trade?! I believe that no one wants to come close to death due to age instead of death due to the epidemic.

Of course, there are still people who "fish outside the box" who want to know the very real feelings of people who have been vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine. Do they feel happier?

Look, when you haven't been vaccinated, you're just a little worried, meaning a mild worry. Usually, there's just one simple thing: how to get vaccinated as soon as possible to be able to avoid the epidemic. But when you've been vaccinated, countless worries come that you never thought of before.

The first worry is: The vaccine only has a 90-95% immunity. That means there are still 10% who are infected like people who haven't been vaccinated. That 10% has now become a haunting giant. Going out, in a crowd of hundreds, thousands... of people. What "percentage" of them are not contagious and are you "lucky" enough to protect yourself 90% safe or are you at risk of getting caught in the dangerous 10%. Therefore, the survival instinct after being vaccinated is also awakening more strongly, so I also feel more worried. That is not to mention the phenomenon of Corona virus mutations that are happening and spreading rapidly; will the current vaccines still be effective in the coming days?

The second worry is: Some family, friends, relatives have been vaccinated, some have not. Now that I have been vaccinated, but the Covid virus can still stick to the body, still enter the nasal cavity... then I myself can avoid being vaccinated, but if I carelessly transmit the disease to others, it will be "worse" than before (?!). Therefore, when I have not been vaccinated, I am only careful for myself, but when I have been vaccinated, I have to be very careful for many other people around me. So tired!

And the third worry is: With a "new identity" (5%) in a social and world situation that has been struggling and struggling for the past year with the shadow of the pandemic (95%) still looming before our eyes, can we do anything better, better and happier for ourselves? Can we enjoy ourselves in the chain of activities and essential needs of life such as family reunions, meeting relatives, visiting friends, traveling domestically and internationally like Sun Wukong holding a tablet and traveling alone in the South China Sea?

"Before crossing the river, we only see the shadow of the boat; after crossing the river, we see the story on both sides!"

I still remember the science fiction story that talks about the triumph and happiness of a character who conquers and destroys everything to be left alone on this earth and becomes an Immortal. The joy of the ambition to exclusively control this world has given way day by day, month by month to the need to live, share and rely on human love. But the world only has one Immortal left. He searches, cries, wishes for a second person but there is none. Desperate, he tries to commit suicide but cannot die because he is an Immortal! In a fit of madness, he rushes into a volcano pit to self-destruct but is still "forced" to live in hell. He screams and a tear falls from his heart. The absolutely sincere tear has met the source of loving energy that creates life...

This morning, sitting quietly alone with a cup of "brown" Oolong tea from Taiwan, remembering the green color of Moc Cau, Bac Thai tea... I think about happiness and the paths to happiness or the means to find happiness but still vaguely do not know where the shore is.

I glanced at the screen with a chart updating the Covid situation of the world, the US and California. The number of deaths from Covid in the US has reached half a million, more than the total number of Americans who died in all three wars: World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined. However, the chart of the world, the US and California shows that the epidemic situation is gradually decreasing by more than a third: I forget about vaccines, forget what is lingering to feel a little shadow of happiness.




The teapot is empty but I have not thought of anything worth the money about happiness, but I feel one thing: Happiness is a shared source. Happiness is not just when you achieve what you want alone.

Sacramento, 10th (Tet?) Tan Suu 2020
Tran Kiem Doan

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