We are a strange, little town that will, with lots of help from clients overseas, one day have a greater say over ourselves and our way of life. You see, for years, there have been whispers that we should be our own country. I know that sounds a bit far-fetched, but hear me out.

As a planned community, we have always asserted control over our borders when other municipalities tried to encroach into our backyard. We have, at times, bought property that was endanger of being annexed. We have litigated to high courts to maintain our ability to expand our own borders, thus keeping other cities away from us and preventing them from taxing us to death, as they have done to other smaller communities.

Since most of our income comes from our work with other countries and businesses in other countries, we have been able to squirrel away some money to help us finance our endeavors ~ legally, of course.

We have the greatest lawyers in the world who have been looking into this for us. We have a really good shot at accomplishing our sovereignty. Our little community has bought out a smaller community far to our east, which sits on the Gulf coast. We did this for our resident aquatic researchers to have access to the Gulf waters. It also affords the rest of us a place to take turns with our families to relax.

Between these two points lie miles of farmland that we have also acquired, for our agricultural researchers. We own an airfield and have plans for an elevated monorail.

I know what you're thinking. Yes, this is just a possibility, but, wouldn't you want to live in a different country right about now?

Better than before

In case I have not explained this before, Rollo is a very progressive little town. I will be so bold as to say we are on par with Switzerland and the Netherlands when it comes to social welfare and work/life balance. Everyone has opportunity and options to express themselves, to do for themselves as they see fit. This also goes for anyone who wants to opt out of vaccines. We are extremely aware that vaccines have done well for lots of people. They may have even saved the world population once or twice.
The major issue with modern vaccines is that they are not yet tailored for each person. Our researchers are getting close to doing just that. But, as it stands, some people have bad reactions to those vaccines. Still in the experimental stage, our researchers are getting better at determining who will benefit and who will not from getting different vaccines. Basically, we can be informed whether or not our bodies will react poorly or not from getting some of these preventative treatments.
This brings me to why I haven't written in a while. I opted to have the flu vaccine. The last time was about 20 years ago. I almost died ~ or, at least, I wanted to die, I was so sick. Any doctor who says you don't really get sick from the vaccine is an idiot. Getting sick is how we describe our body's reaction to fighting what does not belong.
So, YES, we do get sick from the vaccine. In some people, the illness is shorter than it would have been without. Anyway, there's my two cents.
I'm going back to bed.