Quote from: AicecreaME on August 18, 2020, 04:08:57 PM

Quote from: figmentofmyass on April 03, 2020, 11:32:01 PM

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what do you think---are entire industries about to disappear because of the pandemic? will some aspects of the economy and general life irreversibly change after this?

After this pandemic, things will never go back to how it used to be. I agree with you that even if they invented a vaccine and put an end to this worldwide crisis, some things have permanently changed.

We would be forced to adapt the "new normal" as they say, for safety precautions. Behaviors of people would gradually change from partying to preferring to stay home, wearing masks when running some errands, maintaning social distancing, and more.

This for sure would affect the economy of each and every country especially now that there is a rapid increase of unemployment due to lockdown.

Unfortunately our way of living will never be the same again and we have to accept that to move forward for a hopefully, better future.

Of course changes will occur because this outbreak affects the whole world. Maybe each country will begin to enforce their own health protocols, even though this virus is over, later there will be fear, like the possibility of other viruses that will attack in the future.