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So here we are in the spring, looking ahead to the summer; many of us wistfully aware that the re-openings and improvements we are seeing are uplifting but still somewhat tenuous.

Vaccination efforts are underway and working, bringing down infection rates in the category of adults that has the most vaccinated people. Data is being collected to see if the current vaccines work on variants, and hope is in the air.

Yet, the virus is still spreading, still potentially deadly, and still unpredictable in its new expressions. Variants of concern are being watched by the Department of Health, with...