This change in policy demonstrates how leaders have to balance the public’s desire to return to normalcy (e.g. more students in-person) with the ever-present dangers of COVID-19 (e.g. the possibility of mass transmission of the virus).

While many people do have pictures of their COVID-19 vaccination cards on their phones just in case, there has been an alarming rise of the production of illegal, fake vaccination cards for people who do not believe in getting a vaccine, or even COVID-19 itself.

Among the three vaccine providers, both Pfizer and Moderna utilized a brand new form of technology known as mRNA vaccines, while J&J opted to develop a traditional viral vector vaccine.