The Omniscience Of Uncertainty

We all like the idea of good health,
and longevity whilst living well
-who would want to live long and badly?

Though that is something we all will,
unwittingly, inflict on other people.

But the Covid has brought us up short
and made us think harder about what we rely on.

Before the virus we had a certainty
and we lived with choice and plenty.
Now, through the science of vaccines, 
we again seek choice and certainty,
but now there is none.

Yes, there is a vaccine,
in fact there are several.
And yes, the jab will stop us
from getting the virus
in limited circumstances, 

But even after two doses
we can still be carriers
who can infect other people
particularly the unvaccinated.

The only certainty the vaccine has given us
is that good science is always logical
and the more logical we seek to be
the more illogical we will prove to be,
and we don't know how little we know
in our assumed omniscience.