Commentary It looks like schools are going to be limping across the finish line this year. Due to high COVID-19 case numbers, students in Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia are currently in remote learning mode while students in other provinces continue to follow strict social distancing rules. Clearly, this has not been a normal year, and students have suffered. This learning environment, which is suboptimal, cannot continue. We cannot afford to throw away another school year. The good news is that we don’t have to. Vaccines are finally being administered in large numbers, and about half of Canadians have already received their first shot. By the time the school year begins in the fall, most Canadians will be fully vaccinated. As we’ve seen in countries such as Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States, high vaccination rates have brought the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Not only have COVID-related deaths …