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This Covid Odyssey

I got my first vaccine on Sunday, marking another step towards getting back to life as we know it. I booked online and could have had one the same day but instead chose the weekend at the SSE Arena formerly known as the Odyssey - it opened in the new millennium, a symbol of the new, modern, peaceful Belfast. I first went there in 2001 to watch the recently formed Belfast Giants ice hockey team play in front of thousands of Northern Irish fans hoping this group of north Americans would represent the beginning of a better future. Since then they've been regular season champions 5 times and play off champions twice. I've probably been to the arena at least once a year to see live comedy such as The Fast Show, Micky Flanagan and Kevin Bridges or bands like Pearl Jam and took my son to see live action Marvel Avengers. Today, it has been transformed to vaccinate the population as quickly as possible. As I drove into the car park, I remembered the nightmare of getting out of there aft