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People, you may have heard, are eager for a hot vaxsummer. After more than a year of feeling hemmed in, vaccinated humans are ready to be around each other, hugging, beaching, laughing, sunshine on their (maybe maskless) faces. But there’s a portion of the worldwide population that still doesn’t have access to the vaccine, who has also endured a stressful year of adjustments and change. Teens are just as eager for a summer that resembles “normal” as anyone else — but will they have one?