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We’re Not Going ‘Back to Normal.’ Mary Harris, Slate Magazine, April 16, 2020.
“I think the idea that life will be dramatically different is correct…This is not going to be over
anytime soon. We are still in the middle of this. I think that’s the big risk—that we are
psychologically ill-suited to understanding that.”
We’re Not Going Back to Normal. Gideon Lichfield, Technology Review, March 17, 2020.
“But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go
back to normal after a few weeks, or even a few months. Some things never will.”
“In the short term, this will be hugely damaging to businesses that rely on people coming
together in large numbers: restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms, hotels, theaters, cinemas, art
galleries, shopping malls, craft fairs, museums, musicians and other performers, sporting venues
(and sports teams), conference venues (and conference producers), cruise lines, airlines, public
transportation, private schools, day-care centers.”
After the Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back to Normal. Ryan Broderick,
Buzzfeed, April 2, 2020.
“The immediate effects of the pandemic — postponed weddings, canceled vacations, empty
supermarket shelves, sinking housing prices, salary cuts, layoffs — suggest no one will come out
of this period without losing something. But we are only at the beginning.”
“Two months into this current outbreak, massive layoffs have started, American industries have
demanded bailouts, and unemployment rates have surged. Economists at the Federal Reserve
Bank of St. Louis are projecting total employment reductions of 47 million — an unemployment
rate of 32.1%.
According to Forbes, every sector of the American economy is shrinking: Hotel chain Marriott
International is furloughing tens of thousands of workers, Landry’s, the parent company of Del
Frisco’s and Bubba Gump Shrimp, laid off 40,000 workers. Air Canada plans to lay off 5,100
members of its cabin crew. Shoe retailer DSW put 80% of its workers on a temporary unpaid
leave of absence.”
Fauci Warns Going Back to Normal Won’t ‘Be a Light Switch That You Turn On and Off.”
Marina Fang, Huffington Post, April 9, 2020.
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has cautioned in recent interviews that the coronavirus pandemic will
unalterably change aspects of public life. And on Thursday, the nation’s top infectious disease
expert again advised Americans not to expect a quick return to anything approaching “normal.”
“When you say ‘get back to normal,’ it’s not going to be a light switch that you turn on and off,”
Fauci said on “CBS This Morning.”
Fauci, head of the National Institute on Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said it’s too early to
even begin thinking about what life after the pandemic may look like. Even when the risk
subsides, the process of how people return to work and school, and resume public gatherings,
will likely be different across various states and cities depending on the virus’s spread, he said