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At the top of my list of things to be grateful for, 2020 saw some of the world’s best minds come together to create the vaccines that will get us out of this mess, writes Brandie Weikle. There have also been countless acts of kindness And, wow, has the pandemic ever shown us the many things that we take for granted.