THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF
EUGYPPIUS “Wendepunkt” ( Inflection Point)
It is obvious that we are at a turning point, even if everyone has yet to realize it
It is a commonplace observation, but a true one: Since the vaccines began to fail in August, the vaccinators have been progressing through the proverbial five stages of grief. They spent a lot of time in denial, before becoming very angry and punitive. Then they began bargaining, hoping that SARS-2 would go away after four doses, or after five, with just the right dosing intervals, with a return to double masking, with child vaccinations. Now they appear to be drifting finally into depression and acceptance. They have realized, not a second too soon, that there is nothing to be done.