For almost three years, we saw the mobile Covid-19 testing facilities sitting outside our local doctor’s offices and the hospitals.
In one way, I will be glad to no longer see the mobile Covid-19 testing facilities.
They are nothing more than a reminder of the family members that have been lost. My friend lost family members to Covid-19, and I lost a brother. I don’t think there is anyone who hasn’t been touched personally, or through people they know, by Covid-19. In another way, it is hard to watch the mobile Covid-19 testing facilities go away. They are a reminder of how we all got together and worked toward one common goal. We got together with family and friends, even if it wasn’t in person. We joined forces with people we didn’t know, and wouldn’t have gotten to know, if it wasn’t for Covid-19. I gained friends that will be with me until the day I die, and cried when they were taken from me because of Covid-19. Although the mobile Covid-19 testing facilities was a necessity, they were also a reminder that no one was safe. I had to have emergency surgery during that time, but before going into the hospital, I had to go through the drive-thru of the mobile Covid-19 test facility to be tested. Yesterday, I had to go to the doctor for a checkup. It surprised me when I walked into the doctor’s office with my mask on, and everyone else was without a mask. I didn’t recognize the nurse I had been seeing for almost three years. I knew she had an amazing personality, but I had never seen her face. It was one more reminder that the Covid-19 emergency was ending.