Nothing encourages self learning than when learning about something you enjoy. For me, the Scientific Literacy Essays were my favorite part of learning about Covid and what exactly occurs when we hear about a new variant. I never looked into Covid as deeply as I did when writing the essay and I learned quite a bit on how it effects us on a cellular level. My interests lie within cellular biology at a pharmacological level, so also doing a deep dive into each vaccine and how they work differently from each other was also a fascinating divergent from me writing my essay. Overall, I think this was a great push in a the right direction to pursue greater knowledge about the world interacting with us.