Kristina Thomas, except they did. Pandemics caused such big changes in society that even now, hundreds of years later it is still visible. But this virus is not going to make this happen for that it is not lethal and dangerous enough - note I'm not saying it is not dangerous for all those who get triggered easy - I'm saying it's not dangerous enough for society to life like that forever. I think the bigger changes are going to happen within the economy where a lot of things proved to just be totally wrong, for example weekly fashion which completely got annihilated by the lockdowns. It will be tough but change often is something good.

The hinan race has made it through many pandemics and those didn't change the way people socialize. The media is using this one for sensationalism and the politicians are using it to gain power over the people. The deaths are real, but the level of fear The Powers That Be say we should have is B.S. I refuse to become a germophobe. Yes I'm being careful, but not paranoid, and I hope the whole world calms down within the next year or so. This is nothing new.

Lee, One thing I like about this site is that for the most part, we can have a mature adult conversation on here. Please don't ruin that.

Does that mean I can't feel sad about it!! That this 'new normal' is a s****y way to raise your kids, a s****y way for humans to have to live. I didn't say it wasn't necessary, I said it was sad.

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Well bird flu and swine flu pretty much went away and I didn't take a vaccine for either of those.

There’s no guarantee that you wouldn’t get Covid even with these safety measures. Your other option is to just wait for the vaccine and stay your a*s at home.

@Tabitha: The point isn't to keep people from getting the virus. Most of us will get it eventually. The point is to avoid us all getting it at once.

The other option is to stay at home and at most just order the foods and drinks instead of going to an establishment where the bumper table doesn’t even guarantee safety.

You are right! I get a lot of "The Naked Sun" vibes from the situation, i wish we had realistic holograms and robot servants like on Solaria tho

Because it should remind everyone of Ultraviolet. Or a ton of others lmao.

Apparently, while it is temporary (it says the pandemic might last 2 years), the impact will forever change many aspects of the way of life, economy and politics.