What are you worried about changing after all this is over?

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I'm most worried about my SN child getting back into school and that it will be seen as more acceptable for children to stay at home / have no school place 'doesn't do them any harm' mentality. It will be really hard to get him back into school as it is.

I'm worried that my AHP area of the NHS will be seen as dispensable and unnecessary. All services like mine have been pretty much stood down for the duration (for redeployment) but if everyone manages without them, obviously it will change what is kept at the end of this. I'm sure this is the same for lots of working areas currently and people worried for their jobs in the future regardless of whether they appear safe or not currently.

I'm also worried that social distancing will become the norm. It was heading slightly that way with social media. I'm worried about mental health which isn't well supported at the best of times.

OP I think having you SN child in school will be one of the governments top priorities. They are only being told to stay at home, because it is absolutely 100% necessary to stop the spread of the virus.
It's going to be tough on you and your child enough, try to take the situation as it comes. From an outsider perspective, it would be essential all children, especially SN children and those who rely on routine, get back to school as soon as possible.

I am also worried about the mental health of the nation. Particularly those who rely on HCPs to get out and about.

I'm hugely worried about my business which I have poured blood sweat and tears into. Sacrificing time with my children to build it up- I'm gutted that it might have an been to waste. When we enter the recession/depression, my business is a kind of luxury that many people will not be able to afford.

I’m worried about attitudes changing further towards Home Education. So many people are so against it already and I worry that them being forced into the position of doing it themselves will make it harder for them to see that it is possible for a child to have the correct education at home.

Or it may go the other way and more people will support Home Education due to this situation.

I don't think social distancing will become the norm - quite the opposite, I think people will realise what they had now it's gone. I hope it also means a return to localism and community. I've already talked to more people in the last week than I have in ages, mainly because I have more time not taken up by commuting.

Mainly the economy. A lot of businesses small and large will go under.

@ikeakia - It's a good point but as I regularly tell my kids, they are not being home educated. I think home education for some people is absolutely the right decision, but this requires planning, patience and lots of research into methods and resources.

So doing lessons at home after someone else planned it is homework.

Sorry if this is being pedantic.

Small businesses surviving I support them when I can. I hope localism stays, a Facebook group has been set up and I'd no idea of half the things, were grown and available,

Everything :(

I think the zeitgeist will shift alright.
I thought I had to be in Dublin until my DC were finished university. I thought I had to stay working for as long as I'm able. Now I want to rent out my house and relocate to somewhere much more isolated and just create a secure life for myself somewhere geographically pleasing iykwim. I'll have books, internet, I'll be connected, If I can. I will aim to get out, but I want to be ABLE to totally isolate. I'm nearly 50 and if this happens again in a decade or so, I'll be hoping to survive maybe a worse bug, who knows, in my sixties. So I want to change everything.

I never had a car, I rarely flew anywhere. Single parent, not much money.

Mental health services.

The economy. My hairdresser. Poor kids. Domestic violence. Holidays becoming unaffordable because there are about two providers left standing.

My DS is in a residential care home. I want to bring him home but scared in case they say we can cope and therefore he won't be able to go back.

Terrified for the economy and awful recession we’re going to plunge into- for the tax hikes, austerity etc probably for the rest of my life now (I’m in my 30s and a lone parent). Feels like everything we’ve worked so hard for has gone in the blink of an eye.

Economy. Huge recession.
Mental health.
Kids missing school.
Losing family members and loved ones.

Things I'm looking forward to changing for the better

More appreciation of the simple good things
Less waste
Environment allowed to heal a bit
Community spirit

I am worried that little things I like - places I get coffee, places I like to shop in - will not survive No Demand.

I am worried about jobs including my own, despite being assured I am safe (well, yes, but for how long?! And will that be on full pay? How? There’s no work).

I am very worried about getting very fat indeed.

That my savings in the bank will be worth less then they are now.
I am no expert in finances though. Does anyone think that inflation will occur?

On the positive side, I think working from home will be normalised and available for more people. That will mean a better quality of life for many, less cars on the road, less pollution. More international business will be done remotely, less international travel, better for the planet.

Sadly, the days of cheap foreign holidays will be over, but on the plus side air travel was killing the planet. Hopefully it will also curtail airB&Bs destroying the infrastructure in beautiful cities like Edinburgh and massive cruise ships ruining lovely destinations like Venice.

I will never look at some of my parents from school the same way again. Some have called us names on social media for closing, booked their kids in and then said that one parent is at home but they are entitled, flat out lied claiming a parent is a key worker when we know they haven't seen the parent for years, sent in ill kids last week etc.

The inevitable baby boom!

I am worried about developing a ' germ' phobia and a personal space fear.

Had a panic attack in Aldi yesterday. I don't want to jump if someone comes near me.

I'm hoping people will be more kind.
I don't think they will but I live in hope