The Road We’ve Traveled: Kopy’s Kolumn March 2, 2021 “Well, I’m back,” he said. If you understand that reference to the end of an epic piece of literature, I’m especially happy to have you reading today. Whether you catch the reference or not, I’m back, and please permit me to tell you where I’ve been. The road included practically learning to teach all over again and what became depression. Let’s start by saying it’s been one heck of a pandemic. For all of us. No exceptions. We will live with COVID-19, SARS-cov-2, this coronavirus among us for the rest of our lives. It’s not going away. It will mutate, continue to mutate, and, like the flu, might be less severe or more severe year-to-year. We will always require vaccinations. With decades of science preceding the production of these COVID-19 vaccinations, experts were able to produce the first-ever coronavirus vaccinations in record time, the first-of-their-kind mRNA vaccinations. And whether they require sub-Arctic storage temperatures or just very cold storage, scientists with the assistance of governmental entities are learning how to distribute these vaccines safely.