5 mental health tips as we wait for the pandemic to end Things will likely improve in the coming months. Hereâs how to get through the hard part. Â Â Tina Scarborough, a RN with AdventHealth, prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at the AdventHealth Tampa distribution tent, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Tampa. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] Updated Jan. 15 After a long, isolating year, hope is in sight with vaccines arriving in Florida hospitals and nursing homes. But as exciting as the idea of pandemic-free life sounds, the end could still be months away. âAnytime that you have something as big as this pandemic has been, and you start to hear that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel, people are going to anticipate that,â said Dr. Ryan Wagoner, vice chairman for clinical services at USF Health Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. âThereâs that surge of, âThis is finally going to be over.ââ