.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... William Van Herpe, a paramedic for the Santa Fe County Fire Department, gets a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday from Rebecca Romero, a registered nurse at the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Santa Feans seem to have done a great job of following recommendations and mandates on wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even outdoors these days, on trails, almost everyone appears to have bought into the science-based idea that masks can do lot to keep oneself safe and stop the spread of the virus to others. Now comes the next stage of the fight against the pandemic. Vaccinations by a couple of manufacturers have been approved by federal regulators and one of our local hospitals, Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, was the first in New Mexico to get a batch of the shots for front-line medical personnel. Some time over the next few months, COVID-19 vaccines should become widely available locally and around the country.