Feeling Vaccine Envy?, Here’s How to Deal With It in a Healthy Way.br As more and more people become eligiblebr for the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s no surprise thatbr many are feeling a tinge of jealousy. .br Here are five ways to healthily dealbr with your feelings of vaccine envy, asbr advised by a group of therapists. .br 1. Acknowledgebr that what you’rebr feeling is valid. .br Vaccination envy isn’t malicious,br it’s very human. It is a naturalbr response to seeing othersbr receiving an opportunity forbr greater safety and wanting thebr same opportunity for yourself, Abigail Makepeace, Marriage and Familybr Therapist in Los Angeles, to Huffpost.br 2. Remind yourself thatbr every vaccinated person is abr step closer to normalcy. .br The turning point does not arrivebr for individuals, one by one, as soonbr as they’ve been vaccinated; itbr comes for all of us at once, whenbr a population becomes immune, James Hamblin, Lecturer at Yale Schoolbr of Public Health, via Huffpost.br 3. Realize you’rebr lucky to have thebr luxury of waiting. .br The people getting it now are atbr higher risk … contemplate if youbr would also be willing to exchangebr with them the factors that placebr them in a higher risk category, Abigail Makepeace, Marriage and Familybr Therapist in Los Angeles, to Huffpost.br 4. Know that asbr annoying as vaccinebr selfies are, they’rebr ultimately helpful.br Photos of people getting the vaccinebr can help normalize the process and encouragebr others to make appointments. .br 5. Try to understandbr why you’re feeling jealous.