I last posted about Rochelle exactly six years ago. We’ve kept in touch but until last week, during the past two years of COVID, we had seen each other only once. Even after the vaccine became available Rochelle refused to get herself and her children vaccinated. She still works at the grocery store and is very much susceptible to the virus. When I asked her why she wouldn’t get it, she just said the vaccine was too new. Rochelle gets her information from her friends and social media. Both are filled with misinformation. This past February she and her children finally got vaccinated. A week after their first shots they all were diagnosed with COVID, except for the eldest daughter who then lived with her boyfriend. Rochelle was quite sick, though the children were less ill . After the appropriate amount of time had passed they all got their second vaccinations. Vaccinations are available every day at the grocery store where she works. Rochelle’s company encourages its employees to get the shot. She and her children were the only people I knew who were unvaccinated. Now that she is vaccinated we’ve seen each other twice. This past week I actually interviewed her again, with pay, so I could update this blog. Look for another post within the next week or so. Much is the same, but much has changed.
Rochelle's World 