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The pandemic was great for Zoom. What happens when there’s a vaccine?

After a year of Zoom weddings — even in Vegas — what’s next for the video conferencing company? | Ethan Miller/Getty Images

A look at what’s in store for Zoom in a post-pandemic world.

If 2020 was the year Zoom rode the pandemic to skyrocketing success, 2021 could be the year the videoconferencing company comes back down to Earth.

Zoom started trading on the stock market in April 2019. At the time, it was known for being a rarity: a newly public tech company that actually turned a profit. One year later, the world was in lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, and Zoom went from being a niche business software popular among tech companies to the way people did just about everything.

Not only did that mean a sharp rise in Zoom meetings for the millions newly working from home, but