Is it me or have we accepted Covid -19 as new normal
Don’t get me wrong, I painfully live with it everyday at work but the rest of the world seems have bounced back pretty quickly .
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New Zealand has just eradicated it completely; no active cases anywhere for the last 17 days.
Australia has eliminated it from all but two states, with none of the few remaining cases critical and all likely to recover. It should be free of the virus within the next three weeks.
But neither of these countries is likely to open their borders to travellers until the virus is extinguished world-wide. Many other countries will take a similar approach.
It's highly likely that travellers may have to put up with two weeks quarantine at both ends of every international trip. That will probably greatly reduce tourism and trade.
So at least in these respects, unless an effective and safe vaccine is found, I think COVID-19 will change human social interactions permanently.
Australia has eliminated it from all but two states, with none of the few remaining cases critical and all likely to recover. It should be free of the virus within the next three weeks.
But neither of these countries is likely to open their borders to travellers until the virus is extinguished world-wide. Many other countries will take a similar approach.
It's highly likely that travellers may have to put up with two weeks quarantine at both ends of every international trip. That will probably greatly reduce tourism and trade.
So at least in these respects, unless an effective and safe vaccine is found, I think COVID-19 will change human social interactions permanently.