07/09/2020
THE NEW NORMAL.
Sushi harks back to a time when in Japan, as an entire
country, food was hard to find and you had to make the
most of limited resources. Centuries later the food is a
hidden clue as to how the world can change when times
are tough.
If you thought that the pandemic would last for a few weeks and that
lockdown would kill of spread of the infections then sadly you are in for
a rude awakening. Some experts are saying that a viable treatment could
easily take till 2021 to roll out across the globe. And that is not to say
this would be a cure, only a treatment.
Efforts in this department are more wide spread than ever though. There
has, in the past, never been a significant financial incentive to develop a
vaccine for any previous corona viruses (like SARS). This may be why one
was never found for any of the other corona viruses. Let’s hope they find
one soon.
Either way it is clear that the threat of Covid-19 is here to stay. So, get
used to wearing a mask and washing your hands like 2002’s hit TV show
character Monk. This is the new normal.
As we are forced to fear each other and avoid each other we are all
going to become more insular and isolated. This will change the way
WELCOME TO THE
NEW NORMAL
ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL?
we think. We should expect depression and loneliness to become more
rampant. And as people are becoming more insular, we too should
expect countries and political groups to follow suit.
The “new” normal may sadly resemble the old normal in many ways
except perhaps in a mask but changes are coming. They cannot be
avoided. Those who adapt the fastest will be the best equipped to earn
a living and cope with the coming stresses that a global pandemic
naturally creates.
Welcome to the new normal.
