Since this pandemic is global, I was curious as to the thoughts of this community on the topic of whether "going back to business as usual" is realistic. It seems to be one of the most common phrases used nowadays; where the general public believes that the end of this Pandemic is just a few weeks or months away, and then life will return to normal.I'm not one of those people. I'm one of those Joker-esque, "you've changed things, there's no going back" kinda folk.I believe that the global workforce has already changed, and there will be new types of businesses that naturally flourish over others, even after the pandemic. Remote Work will become mainstream, and going in to an office to sit at a desk or cubicle will be treated as obsolete and antiquated; at least for that Fortune 1000 and similar type organizations.I believe that virtual events will become preferred over standing in lines and public gatherings; which will continue to impact venues such as movie theaters and concerts.But, I could be wrong. How about you?

I wonder how many people have died of a heart attack because they are too scared to go to hospital with this virus about. I also listened to a cancer doctor speaking recently. He spoke about the probability of more deaths from cancer due to it not being diagnosed earlier. I live near a Hospital and I'm used to hearing about 20 plus ambulances a day. During this pandemic I've heard about 3 ambulances pass each day. People should not be scared and should ring an ambulance if they need to.

Well one thing that's ALREADY changed is that I'm making sure that I'm well stocked on bog roll and cat food and my freezer is continually stocked up :D I've now got 22 bog rolls and will be getting another 18 tomorrow B) I'm also going to make sure that I use hand sanitiser regularly when I'm out too, even after a vaccine becomes available for this thing. I'm also toying with the idea of doing what they do in the Far East and wear a mask when I'm out too. May sound a bit paranoid but if something like SARS3 or MERS2 or something similar gets out and about again I'm basically dead if I catch the thing so I think my paranoia is warranted in my case.

I'm happy to say that Tesco have just started to stock yeast and strong bread flour for my bread machine. I was just on my last bit of yeast which I used to make a loaf last week. Good timing ?

We now live in a world with the SARS-CoV2 virus, giving rise to the disease CoVID19. This is never going to change and we will have to learn to live with it. I don't think there will ever be an effective vaccine, best we can hope for is one that works as good as the one we have for influenza (and that is a crap vaccine) and they 'guess' which strain to develop for.All the lock down has done is slowed the spread until the year 2021, and there is a good reason for that - and it has nothing to do with saving lives.So no I don't think it will ever be 'business as usual' - and you ain't see nothin yet! - 2021

But then you get all the misleading headlines and things and don't really know what information we're being fed is right or not. Like during the peak of this, they were listing all deaths as caused by covid-19, blowing up the numbers of deaths, making it look like it's the next black plague. Not saying it's true or made up, but there's a lot of fishy bs going on i'm sure. So many things aren't adding up. I'm still taking precautions though, better to be safe than sorry. Sometimes though, you have to be critical of the information you're getting and think for yourself, recently in california, they forbade 4th of july parties/gatherings, but protests are a-ok? What kind of sense does that make?

Will life and society "go back to normal" when the Pandemic is over?

26 Replies

Anonymous
5 years ago
Well one thing that's ALREADY changed is that I'm making sure that I'm well stocked on bog roll and cat food and my freezer is continually stocked up :D

I've now got 22 bog rolls and will be getting another 18 tomorrow B)

I'm also going to make sure that I use hand sanitiser regularly when I'm out too, even after a vaccine becomes available for this thing. I'm also toying with the idea of doing what they do in the Far East and wear a mask when I'm out too. May sound a bit paranoid but if something like SARS3 or MERS2 or something similar gets out and about again I'm basically dead if I catch the thing so I think my paranoia is warranted in my case.
wuzp
Rising Star
5 years ago

snowdog said:

I've now got 22 bog rolls and will be getting another 18 tomorrow B)

The Internet Toilet Paper Calculator says I hoarded 392 days worth :|
BTW, according to The History Channel, the Black Plague lasted four years.
Zenbane
MVP
5 years ago
I've just been using the leaves on my neighbors bushes.
TomCgcmfc
MVP
5 years ago
I’m saying yes/no because I really don’t know, lol!
Fazz
Honored Visionary
5 years ago
I wonder how many people have died of a heart attack because they are too scared to go to hospital with this virus about. I also listened to a cancer doctor speaking recently. He spoke about the probability of more deaths from cancer due to it not being diagnosed earlier. I live near a Hospital and I'm used to hearing about 20 plus ambulances a day. During this pandemic I've heard about 3 ambulances pass each day.
People should not be scared and should ring an ambulance if they need to.
RuneSR2
Grand Champion
5 years ago
Not a word about politics in here! o:)

https://youtu.be/r8yOv4PwttM
Anonymous
5 years ago

wuzp said:

snowdog said:

I've now got 22 bog rolls and will be getting another 18 tomorrow B)

The Internet Toilet Paper Calculator says I hoarded 392 days worth :|
BTW, according to The History Channel, the Black Plague lasted four years.

96 days here once I get those extra 18 rolls. ??
pyroth309
Visionary
5 years ago
I say over time yes it will go back to normal. May take years though. Nothing has changed for me other than having to stand on a line to check out at stores and such but I'm kind of a hermit. Social distancing has been music to my ears. Please keep my in laws at their own homes thx.
Fazz
Honored Visionary
5 years ago

pyroth309 said:

I say over time yes it will go back to normal. May take years though. Nothing has changed for me other than having to stand on a line to check out at stores and such but I'm kind of a hermit. Social distancing has been music to my ears. Please keep my in laws at their own homes thx.

I'm not looking forward to the pubs opening this weekend. I'm all for having a drink but some people can't take their drink and end up ringing for an ambulance or becoming too loud. I live in the center of town and I have to hear all this. It's been bliss not having to listen to it all, but it starts again tomorrow.
It's about time the NHS started to charge them for getting in that state and needing an ambulance, they would save a fortune.
wuzp
Rising Star
5 years ago

RedRizla said:
It's about time the NHS started to charge them for getting in that state and needing an ambulance, they would save a fortune.

That won't help. We do not have social medicine, and they still go out to bars, and parties.