Not sure if this counts, but I took a COVID nasal swab test (the one where the shove that fucking swab so far in that you choke on it) and just got my negative results. The other half and I--who are both vaccinated--began exhibiting minor, cold-like symptoms earlier in the week and the doctor ordered us to get tested. To be perfectly honest, I was hoping to be a "breakthrough" positive test, as that would mean we'd both now basically have super-human level antibodies in exchange for a minor sore throat, sniffles and headache, and that would've meant we could travel worry-free in Japan whenever things open up again. But alas, the results came less than twelve hours later. I knew it was too unlikely that two vaccinated people in the same household would both be one of that 5% vaxxed who still catch it and end up with minor cold symptoms but I'm ever the optimist.
On the bright side, the infection positivity rate around here is now worse than in Tokyo, as Delta burns like a raging wildfire, naturally vaccinating our proud, anti-vaxxer community. That mythical "herd immunity" is coming within reach, plus I got to stay home from work all week and browse newhalf Twitter accounts while sipping on Costco gin and eating Corn Nuts. Good times.