Governments will not be able to say what “the new normal” will look like before a COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out widely. And chief medical officer Paul Kelly doesn’t expect that COVID-safe normal to appear until the second half of 2021. ‘It is a bit hard to tell now … I can’t look into my crystal ball, I’m afraid,” Kelly told reporters in Canberra on January 10. “(But) every single person that gets their two doses of vaccine and get that very strong protection against severe illness, will give people more confidence, will give the public health system more confidence, will give our politicians – that need to make these decisions in the end – more confidence.” Last week the federal government brought forward the start of the vaccine rollout to February, beginning with the vaccination of quarantine and border workers, frontline health officials, aged care workers and residents, and …