Typically, when I write about shots this time of year it has to do with duck season, but not in 2020. Last week, the United Kingdom became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for mass use. Experts expect the United States to do the same within the coming weeks. This marks a tremendous scientific achievement and the first page of the last chapter of a pandemic that has disrupted our world and way of life in what seems like countless ways.