As receiving the COVID-19 vaccine becomes a reality, many questions have been raised about how MFS policy and daily life will be affected. Faculty at MFS are starting to imagine what MFS will look like post-vaccine.
Middle School and Upper School Spanish Teacher Josefina Paolello does not expect the MFS COVID-19 protocols to drastically change as more community members receive the vaccine. “I think that we will still be wearing masks and have the plexiglass, but I think that it will be safer for everyone having had the vaccine. We can at least be all together,” she said.
World Languages Department Chair and Spanish Teacher Rob Nasatir also has a positive outlook about the future of MFS and expects more change in MFS policy. He said, “After we are all vaccinated, my hope is that we will be able to move away from masks and plexiglass and all of that. It will definitely take some time but there is a lot of cause for optimism.”
Having a similar optimistic outlook, Math Department Chair and Upper School Math Teacher Katie LuBrant said, “[MFS] will continue to follow the guidelines of the CDC and the Burlington County health department. I would hope that we could at least get rid of the plexiglass and finally gather a little more often, safely of course.”
Thinking of some new opportunities post-vaccine distribution, Upper School Physics Teacher Jennifer Mosher said, “probably eating lunch outside would be a good thing, like trying to get people to spend more time outside as long as the weather is decent would be a good thing.”
As the vaccine becomes more accessible, a few MFS faculty members have already received it. Paolello commented on the effects of the vaccine on her everyday life.
“I have already had the first and second doses of the vaccine just because my husband is distributes the vaccines. To be honest, I have changed absolutely nothing in my daily routine. I am still always wearing my mask…constantly washing my hands and cleaning the desks and the board. To be honest absolutely nothing has changed,” said Paolello.
Hoping that getting everyone vaccinated will allow her to do some things she is not able to do now, Mosher said, “maybe the vaccine would at least let me see my parents and spend more time with them.”
