With the summer season coming around, people are wondering what it can look like this year with mandates being lifted.

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Over the last two years, summer was taken over by mask mandates and other restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic. However, since the rise of vaccines and mandates being dropped, people are having a positive outlook on what summer will look like. Sammuel Zalameda, a B.C. resident, shares his thoughts about what summer can look like.

“Us as individuals, we’re free to do whatever we want, wherever we want now because of the removal of those restrictions, so it gives us a lot more freedom to do things that we want now.” – Sammuel Zalameda

• Although he is optimistic, he points out that COVID can still exist regardless of restrictions being lifted and more vaccines being rolled out. Despite some of his doubts, he still looks forward to spending time with friends and family.