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When will things return to normal?

Dr Fauci

Dr Fauci, who everyone knows by now, has told us that things will get back to normal when enough people have been vaccinated and when the number of cases decline significantly. We have been living through this pandemic for almost a year. Many of us have lost loved ones and many of us have experienced significant hardship. So when can we expect to get back to normal? Now that we have vaccines and between 10 and 20% of the U.S. population is already vaccinated, we can ask this important question.

Firstly, how long will we need to wear masks? According to Dr Fauci:

"The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the public will still need to wear masks until most of the country is vaccinated against the virus and case numbers are “very, very low.”

“I want to see [the COVID-19 numbers] go way down,” he continued. “When it goes way down and the overwhelming majority of people are vaccinated, then I’d feel comfortable saying we don’t need to wear masks.” (When will things return to normal? Here’s what Fauci says)

Masks will need to be worn by people who are vaccinated unless they are in a gathering with people all of whom are already vaccinated. As more people become vaccinated the need for masks will decline. However, the real question is whether the vaccine not only prevents a person from getting the virus but also needs to protect them from still spreading Covid 19 even though they do not get sick themselves. Dr Fauci has said that some studies already conducted show that it appears that vaccination is also effective

When will we get back to normal and have the economy and all institutions and places of business open? The main factor is once again the vaccines. There are now three vaccines; Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson. Soon there may be an abundance of vaccines as early as later this spring. At that point we will be able to vaccinate everyone who wishes to be vaccinated. In terms of returning to normal, Dr Fauci recently stated:

"How many people are going to get vaccinated, how many variants are you going to have, and then you get to the thing that we really individually don't have a lot of control over, and that is a global pandemic requires a global response,"

"And if in fact we find that, then you're going to see a pulling back on some of the restrictions," (When will life return to normal? Dr. Fauci provides an answer)

Both Fauci and President Biden have now stated that a more or less full return to normal will occur around Christmas this year. By then everyone should basically be vaccinated. This is still a while. But the end is now in sight as we head into the spring of 2021.

Question: How will you celebrate the return to normal after this long pandemic?