When I hear that people are refusing to have the Covid vaccination, I wonder what the world would have been like if requiring vaccinations had been an option when we were young. Before going to school we were required to have the small pox vaccination. And there were the polio shots we all got when they were available. Tetanus, polio, and small pox are almost eradicated and there are more similar diseases that are no longer a threat. Why aren’t folks recognizing the importance of inoculations? Back in the 1950’s I knew of two children who died of polio before the shots were available. I had a good friend (George Horny) who suffered his whole life because he contracted polio years before he could be inoculated. My generation wasn’t given a choice. Shots were mandatory! But I’m so glad because who do you know who has had polio, tetanus, or small pox in the past 30 years? Those were killers a hundred years ago. They’re gone now because science successfully found a way to make us safe. Our current scientists are better educated. I trust that they will make us safe from Covid-19, if we give them a chance.