Finally, a New Year
At last, the dreaded year of 2020 is over and I for one could not be more happy. I am optimistic this year, 2021, is going to be a return to normalcy for all of us. My first step towards getting back to normal came in the form of dose 1 of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that I received a week ago. Not only does it help protect me from a deadly virus, it is also a practical application of a few topics we have discussed in our studies in addition to the result of the hard work many of our professors put into their research to help develop this drug. Needless to say, the month of January has been a great month for me as I got my first dose of the highly coveted COVID-19 vaccine. But it has also been a month filled with fascinating topics in school covering subjects that have such large implications. The first main topic we discussed during the month of January was about diabetes, its pathophysiology and how to treat it. I knew the basics of type 1 diabetes involved malfunctioning beta cells