ShadowBloom
Recycles dryer sheets
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This is a genuine question--I'm trying to understand, not argue that we don't. Many of the discussions about exit strategies say that we won't be going back to normal; there'll be some kind of new normal.
My question, why do we need a new normal? Did the 1918 epidemic dramatically change society? If it didn't (and I'll admit I didn't research this deeply), why/how is the current virus so different that its impact on society has to be long-lasting? I'm talking about long-lasting changes in how ordinary citizens do things, not in how states prepare for epidemics.
My question, why do we need a new normal? Did the 1918 epidemic dramatically change society? If it didn't (and I'll admit I didn't research this deeply), why/how is the current virus so different that its impact on society has to be long-lasting? I'm talking about long-lasting changes in how ordinary citizens do things, not in how states prepare for epidemics.