Alison O'Connor: Safe, sound, and fully vaccinated — and yet life still feels so uncertain now

Despite an idyllic summer in a place that will always be home, I cannot help but wonder how we will be living this time next year

Despite enjoying a summer holiday in an Irish beauty spot, not to mention seeing the success of the vaccine rollout, there is still a sense of unease and uncertainty about what the future will bring. Picture: iStock

It’s hard to know what to think really. How are we supposed to live now? We’re in a better place but the danger still lurks. Why, looking back on it, do I remember feeling safer during our first summer of Covid rather than this one — even though I’m fully vaccinated now?

Life is filled with far more questions than answers at the moment. When it comes to Covid, an uncertain future is a given. Vaccination has certainly altered the outlook, but not brought about the level of change that we might have first been contemplated.