The pandemic is still here, but — with rising vaccinations — there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
It could yet be many months before things return to some semblance of normal, but today let’s try to imagine the pandemic being over.
There was immense suffering and death over the past year, and plenty to complain about even for those who were fortunate enough to remain healthy and employed.
Lockdown life has not been all bad, however. There are perhaps some pandemic practices that you wouldn’t mind sticking around, even when the COVID threat has declined.
For instance, thanks to social distancing and mask wearing, sales of cold and flu remedies are way down. Perhaps if we adopt the Japanese practice of wearing a mask when sick as a courtesy to those around you, along with more liberal use of working from home when under the weather, we make the common cold less common.
Then there’s the fact that you can have cocktails delivered to your door and there are more outdoor dining options that ever before. Oh, and many now don’t have to make miserable commutes to an office five days a week.
Which of the following would you most like to keep in place post-corona?