Lara Prendergast has narrated this article for you to listen to.
Do you remember normality? A busy diary. Holidays, parties, pubs. Who hasn’t looked back and wondered how we can return to that life which now seems so free. Sacrifices have been inevitable. After a year in and out of lockdown, are we ready to make some more?
The Covid vaccines promise freedom, or at least some version of it according to government ministers.
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