Boston may have been progressive enough to elect Wu, but it hasn’t been progressive enough to treat her with basic human decency. 

The distrust and vaccine hesitancy among the general public speaks to how long it will take to return to any semblance of normalcy. If we want to see pre-pandemic life restored by the end of next year, we’ll need a unified, national effort to continue wearing masks, practice social distancing and get vaccinated as soon as we’re able.

Vaccine hesitancy could have a pronounced effect in our current climate.

In this episode of East to West, we cover a new Wellness Challenge on campus, Anti-mandatory-vaccination protests at the State House, and more in city and campus news. Plus, podcast contributor Michelle...