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In reply to the discussion: Maybe this is the way it's going to be. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,331 posts)4. It's too late. At this point the pandemic is too widespread
for us to get back to "normal" for years, if ever. If we'd had competent leadership in January and February maybe it wouldn't have had to be this way, but we didn't, and here we are, and we still have no competent leadership. Of course we need more testing and tracing but we won't be getting it any time soon.
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It doesn't have to be this way. If we had better leadership, we could get back to normal sooner.
Yavin4
May 2020
#2
A vaccine would certainly change things for THIS virus; but the AWARENESS of this type of virus
BComplex
May 2020
#35
One feature that I have seen with people is they are predisposed to decisions
Blue_true
May 2020
#36
This is true-- change happens, and it's for many reasons. And the new changes...
TreasonousBastard
May 2020
#3
I saw an analysis here somewhere that said "reopening" won't do much for the economy
unblock
May 2020
#6
Yes. This is a liminal period in which we are going to have to figure out
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#10
We won't recognize it, and the changes will require thoughtful leaders, not red-meat tossers. nt
Blue_true
May 2020
#31
Funny, I remember sitting in hotel room in Disneyland and watching the news that night on March 12th
kimbutgar
May 2020
#12
Yeah, it feels like this a new normal and we have no choice but to accept it.. at least, much of it.
DTomlinson
May 2020
#13
This is no longer a "new" normal. This IS normal. We will adapt, and adjust.
Buns_of_Fire
May 2020
#15
Maybe not. The Black Death brought about the end of serfdom in Europe.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#46
As we age life is just a series of things taken away involuntarily and randomly
bucolic_frolic
May 2020
#23
This Is How Reopening Looks Around The World And It's Different From What We're Seeing In The US
IronLionZion
May 2020
#28
Eventually there will be a vaccine and things will return to some sort of normal whatever that will
Meowmee
May 2020
#33
There might not be a vaccine. The coronavirus family doesn't do vaccines very well,
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#34
There has already been one tesed that has suceeded. There will be one eventually.
Meowmee
May 2020
#39
Many vaccines start out looking successful but fail after clinical trials.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#40
Public transit isn't the greatest here - if you don't live on a bus line
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#38