SO, PILGRIM, JUST what are you grateful for this Thanksgiving season?
Personally, I am grateful for the hard work of our local health officials as we battle this latest surge of the coronavirus — and for all the people who have gotten vaccines and boosters, as well as for those who are being respectful and wearing masks.
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