Note: the author sent this email to Vice President Pence earlier this week You had a COVID vaccine shot — why? These first shots are for people working with the ill, people who are exposed to COVID-19 all the time. These shots are for the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. You’re out of office in two weeks, you are no longer essential personnel. You should be ashamed of yourself for taking a vaccine needed by others far more than you need it. Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge Middlebury