How will things change after vaccinations?

By Lois K. Solomon

Finally, we can imagine post-COVID life. The vaccine will free us to go out again.

Or will it? When we asked our Sun-Sentinel COVID-19 Reader Panel about how their lives will be transformed post-vaccine, most said they expect little to change in the near future.

They said they’ll continue to wear their masks and limit social interactions. There’s still too much COVID in the world to feel totally safe, they said, not to mention the variants that could limit the vaccines’ effectiveness.

Some have even come to like the mask-wearing life.

“I learned that wearing a mask at this time of the year helps me avoid seasonal allergies from trees in bloom, and reduced exposure to other respiratory infections,” said Wayne Morris of Fort Lauderdale. “Like seatbelts, I now feel safer using this tool.”

Barry Miller, 68, of Coconut Creek, agreed.

“Though I received both doses of the vaccine, I am still very cautious and take the same precautions I have been taking since the pandemic started,” said Miller, who works from home as a program monitor for Family Central, a South Florida social service agency. “The vaccines are not 100% effective and I do not want to risk catching