There is absolutely no way that we'll ever "go back to life as we knew it" ...period. Our world is now forever changed. The pressure from the unemployed to be able to return to work is like the force of water....it can't be stopped, so that will begin to happen.
If we see a sharp rise in the number of new cases/deaths as a result of people returning to work/opening small shops up for business, whatever hopes there were of an upswing in the economy are pretty much screwed.
Business owners and business leaders will need to step up and make the necessary changes to keep everyone as safe as possible....as they can't go back to business the way it was either. Those that were operating on a shoe string to begin with will go out of business. Statistically more businesses fail than are successful over the long haul...now we might see an upswing in failures but that curve will level off at a point too.
The fat lady won't be getting ready to sing until a vaccine is available....and hopefully the idiots that shy away from getting flu shots will pony up and get the c-19 shot (or whatever it's called)
I suspect that a % of folks will continue wearing face masks, and that will become commonplace in densely populated areas. That will certainly change the very look of the photos taken at the squares....maybe we'll have to have two photos on passports and driver licenses (one with a facemask and one without).
but then there is the conundrum for the Village merchants at the squares (who subsidize the nightly dancing)… is returning to crowded squares ethically and morally the safe thing to promote...how much business do they actually do at night?
Talk about unintended consequences....with a % of the population wearing face masks, how much more crime will small businesses that traditionally have been seen by the bad guys as an easy target to hold up endure?... I can't wait to see how the banks will deal with customers coming into the lobby with a face mask....will they all have metal detectors installed at the door...I suspect that banks will reinstall those glass barriers at the Teller's window
will restaurants supply you with some kind of a face mask that you can flip to the side when you want to eat....heck why not? in Maine when you order lobster they give you a throw away bib and a lemon hand wipe to clean up afterwards with....
Those that are financially at risk will certainly take more risks to bring in money than those that are not....
The "Boomer's" will continue to be restless, push back on authority and demand the freedom to do whatever they want...heck we've been doing that since the 1960's and we're too darn old to change now
I wonder if the hearing aid manufacturer's will come up with a new model that will compensate for the muffled speech of those wearing a face mask?
just saying
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