IMO the $$$ driven media is blowing the variant thing out of proportion.For me it'll depend on data about how the vaccines work against new variants. But I'd love to double mask up and go to some games once we have a majority of people vaccinated.
These vaccines are incredibly powerful at preventing severe complications. Its gonna take a major mutation to render them close to useless. While that IS a possibility my understanding is that:
A. Its statistically unlikely
B if discovered soon enough then its possible to reformulate the vaccine pretty quick
Edit (updated):
Moderna is already developing a booster for the South African variant, but that is only out of an abundance of caution. Since the means of production already exists they have the ability to get it to the masses quickly.
https://www.google.c...1-351-68384/amp