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Talk about what you think the world will be like after the pandemic is over.

Honestly...it is hard to imagine. I can hardly imagine life before the pandemic. <strong>It's strange to me that at the end of my life, only 18 years of my life will have been pre pandemic,</strong> just my childhood, and <strong>then a small "blip"</strong> of pandemic and <strong>so much of it "post."</strong> But it feels like it will be forever, between waiting on the vaccine, waiting for it to be distributed, waiting to create herd immunity. I don't know what the future will look like, but I imagine masks, much more often. A greater focus on hygiene and personal safety. An increased number of family gatherings and outings with friends to make up for time lost. <strong>I am hopeful, and optimistic, </strong>even while I wait in this pain and mourning and uncertainty. <strong>I wait and wonder, with millions of others.</strong>