22 JUNE 24, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
A pause for celebration
With Governor Andrew
Cuomo’s announcement
that he was lift ing most of
the state’s COVID-19 precautions due
to the state reaching a 70 percent fi rstdose
vaccination threshold, fi reworks
were launched all across the city in
celebration.
The pyrotechnics were set off to
celebrate the essential workers who
tirelessly worked during the pandemic.
The Empire State Building also
lit up in blue and gold, along with a
plethora of other locations across the
city and state to mark the occasion.
The celebration was a much-needed
release for many in the city. The past
15 months of this pandemic have been
the most diffi cult, and the fi reworks
were symbolic of a milestone that
indicated the worst is fi nally behind
us. N
o one will ever forget the horrifi c
suff ering our city endured — tens
of thousands of people dead, tens
of thousands more sickened, all the
businesses crushed by restrictions,
the isolation most everyone felt from
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Fireworks were launched all across the city in celebration of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he
was lifting most of the state’s COVID-19 precautions. Photo via @NYGovCuomo/Twitter
being told to stay home and socially
achievement, and so many of the other
distance.
things that have come with it — from
This pandemic generated so much
the mass reopening of businesses,
despair and anxiety for so many
to being able to go to a restaurant,
people, and one could make a valid
movie theater or a ballpark and enjoy
argument against celebrating the
something without fear of becoming
achievement of just having 70 percent
gravely ill.
of people getting at least one dose of
We must always remain vigilant
the COVID-19 vaccine. There’s still
against a resurgence of COVID-19.
much work to be done to get everyone
But in the meantime, we can fi nally
(or close to everyone) vaccinated.
begin turning the page on this grim
But we should celebrate this
chapter in our history and start to
enjoy life again.
And if we’ve learned nothing else,
it is how fragile life can be — and how
important it is to take advantage of
what life has to off er when we are
able to savor and appreciate it. Vaccination
has given us the ability to do
just that.
If you’ve gotten the shot, go out and
enjoy life. If you haven’t gotten it yet,
don’t wait another second and get it.
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