How COVID-19 Has Impacted The Quarters on Campus
With the word of a COVID-19 vaccine in the world currently, everyone is asking the same question- when will life return to normal? Here at The Quarters, we have experienced drastic change and adaptation in the face of the pandemic although the more important focus is on the students and their experience with COVID-19 and the future of student life at UT.
Vaccines
Currently there are two vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States. Both of these vaccines have begun to roll out to medical personnel and critical at-risk patients specifically vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. The vaccine is being administered for the individuals discussed earlier but that can’t stop everyone from asking, “when is my turn?” The answer basically revolves around so many ever changing variables. The current prediction is that the vaccine will reach the general population sometime by the middle of 2021 but the big question is what will life be like after the vaccine and, more importantly, will it resemble what it was before?
The Lasting Effects of COVID-19
The lasting effects of the current worldwide pandemic will be felt for years after the population is vaccinated but it will go down in the events of history as the time the modern world stopped functioning. The modern world has not, on this scale, faced such a threat and change of events so drastic as those of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cities that don’t sleep, slept, and super power countries ground to a halt as the words quarantine were enforced. The simple fact is that the lasting effects of COVID will be prevalent for years, but the act of change and vaccination will lead to a return to normalcy- albeit slower than the change to chaos.