'The end of the beginning.' The dark winter is here and Americans see no end

To the 28-year-old high school teacher, the expectation of a return to relative normalcy that came with mass coronavirus vaccination efforts is fading fast.

"There was that sense of hope and then, all of a sudden -- I'm not saying that it's been dashed -- but it feels like everything is still up in the air," said the public school teacher, who asked that his name not be used.