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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People generally have trouble changing (for want of a better word) paradigm.  At first, they just think about going back to the way it was and not accepting that it will never be the same again.  Eventually, most accept the change and move forward.  I have no idea how long it will take most people to accept the change.

I work with parents of children with special needs and there is a very wide range of acceptance timelines after the first diagnosis.  I see some similar reactions to the Covid threat.  [/quote]

Yeah, let’s just scramble and undo thousand of years of evolution when people developed a need for belonging to social groups and children required in person interaction with peers for social and emotional development.[/quote]

No, it means we have to figure out new ways of belonging to social groups and interacting.  It means we have to adapt out behavior (like wearing masks and talking 6 feet apart or having a much larger % of the population work from home most of time).  It means we have to take on additional risk in our lives.  Adaptation to new issues is what has been successful in our evolution.

The shut down was the beginning of the beginning.  We know a bit more now.  We know was can open up some and not overwhelm the hospitals or industries.  We know wearing good masks helps contain the spread.  The medical community knows more about how to treat it.  We can't go back to the old normal, but we can, with small steps, find our new normal.

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