CNN Headline - "There is no getting 'back to normal,' experts say. "

"The sooner we accept that, the better"

I wish I could highlight experts...see below in bold

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As 2020 slides into and probably infects 2021, try to take heart in one discomfiting fact: Things are most likely never going "back to normal."

It has become a well-worn phrase our politicians, officials, experts, even family, like to lean on — an ultimate, elusive prize.

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But January is long gone, and it's not coming back. And, psychologists will tell you, that's only bad if you can't come to terms with it.

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We are slowly learning if this year's changes are permanent. If work — for the lucky among us — will remain from home. If we will visit the grocery store less but spend more. If we will find wearing a mask on the metro to be just part of life. If shaking hands and embracing will become less common. If most of your daily interactions will occur via video conference (rather than in person).

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"Politicians who pretend that 'normal' is just around the corner are fooling themselves or their followers, or perhaps both," said Thomas Davenport, the president's distinguished professor of information technology and management at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

"People who suffer tragedies eventually return to their previous happiness level," Davenport said via email. "But I think that COVID-19 is a little different, because we keep expecting it will end soon. So there is no need to permanently change your attitudes about it."

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Aint linking that shite, but an IT professor is the "expert" as to why I need to accpt that society is/should be staying like this from now on

It seems like people really do want to stay in this phase 1 bullshite and are starting to accept it...and actively telling others they need to be as well.

unreal