Do you think life will be dramatically different after the coronavirus?

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It is understandably very difficult for a lot of people who are forced into self-isolation. Especially those who have made significant life changes in a short space of time.

How will your life change once- hopefully- we resume to normality? Do you think it will be business as usual straightaway or do you think we will need just as much time to adjust?

I can say that my life has certainly been disrupted from what I knew. I think being in the thick of it makes it almost impossible to know how I will feel once we are granted more freedom. As a single mum of one, my socialising was limited to being none existent now. While I'm trying my hardest not to resent it by remembering that everyone's health is what ultimately matters, life does feel like it is passing by at a faster rate at only 2 weeks in.

I can honestly say I won't take that sense of freedom for granted again- we are curious, social beings after all.

So do you think it will change anything? Whether it is the grand scheme of things or for you personally?

Life as it was before this, is over I’m afraid. This virus, wherever it is from and however it was made, is too clever, it mutates easily and is infectious like we can not imagine. Accepting a new reality will make what’s coming easier to handle.

Once society starts to slowly change we will understand it’s true impact. By change I mean once societal restlessness kicks in. Unless everyone is given a basic income of say £1000 per month with a cap on rents, mortgages and bills, then there will be disorder on a scale unimaginable. We are so caught up in worrying about the immediate situation that we are failing to see the wider picture. It’s a new world dawning, for better or worse.

I think travel will definitely change. Flights will become much more expensive due to the huge losses the airlines are dealing with.

Also concerts matches large events like Wimbledon might be a thing of the past the forseeable future... I think even though restrictions will ease significantly large gatherings will be the last to be lifted... Too many risks especially with the probability of a second wave

I think you’ve read too much dystopian fiction @Wehttam. You’re made most of that up.

Initially I think people will go a bit crazy when they’re allowed to go out for drinks, non food shopping etc ,Especially the young people.
Then the hard grind of the post pandemic economic reality will hit, and we may see social unrest.

I do agree though there could be riots if people end up losing jobs en masse and the police/army etc won’t be able to contain it either.

MighinsMes lets reconvene in 3 months and see how you’re getting on with your denial in the new world. 😉

I the good things that will come out of this are:-

Less commuting and more working from home.

Less international business travel. Meetings can be done online.

Back to modular GCSEs with coursework. This year those results could have been used for the the final grades.

I hope nurses get a pay rise and never have to pay to park at work again. They are always saving people's lives whenever they are at work!!

Less time wsters going to A&E unnecessary.

Trade in wild animal meat will be really clamped down on.

I would hope that we never take normality for granted again and appreciate how truly privileged we are .
However, knowing us ( humans ), we will return to normal life , have our usual gripes and moans and forget how privileged we are .
But that's human nature .

I think that life will be different as my employer has already hinted that WFH is working, so may well continue afterwards and this will solve our parking problems and free up space for operational staff, meetings will all be carried out by Microsoft Teams or Zoom, which again is good as there is a shortage of meeting rooms in the office.

On another more negative thing, I think financially we will struggle for a while and there will be a lot more unemployment.

I hope that we all come together as a nation and regain some of the united spirit that was lost during Brexit.

Economically things will be very tough. But as people? Nothing will change there.

I think things will feel amazing. For about a week.

But very sadly I think we'll be back in the rat race very quickly, particularly as many will be in a difficult financial position.

Things won't change.

Very short term there will be a party atmosphere as we leave lockdown.

The economy will be in a mess. Many people will struggle financially, but there will still be rich people being rich and poor people being poor, and rich people shitting on poor people. (Which category an individual falls into may have changed)

For many there will have been great personal tragedy. But as a society, that will soon be forgotten.

No but I think govt and a lot of manufacturers are going to rethink supply chains very carefully.

The whole “free movement, no borders” idea might be less popular for a while. And apartments with no personal outside space will be much less appealing.

But we’ll bounce back quickly, much like after ww2. People who have been forced to acknowledge the problems in their lives like a bad marriage or a job they hate, will refuse to go back to the same old same old.

The welfare state as we knew it is gone forever. Lots of disabled and vulnerable people will be dead. Lots of people with mental health issues which would normally be viewed as treatable will be dead.

The remains of the social care system and health will buckle under the weight of the mess they are left to deal with.

Only people whose wealth has survived this crisis will be able to afford healthcare and social support. Everyone else will be screwed and people dying and suffering through lack of state support will be the norm.

@Wehttam What on earth are you on? Hilarious.

For a while perhaps. But humans are stupid with short memories.

This. Unfortunately.

I think the full impact will only be seen in 15-20 years as the school children come of age. In the same way that Gen-X and Gen-Y struggle to understand the priorities of millennials whose priorities were shaped by 9-11 and its impact, Generation-C will carry the scars of this time.

If you look at the end of WW2, which is the most similar event we can compare this to in terms of global impact on people's daily lives, it wasn't the case that the war ended and next day, everything was back to normal. It took years for rationing to finish, for example. I think Covid19 will be the same.

As we do gradually emerge, it will be into a recession the like of which none of us has ever seen before. We might see spiralling interest rates and hyper-inflation, an increase in crime, an increase in destitution. Our new 'normal' is not going to be good.

Prices up
Taxes up
Inflation up
Less 24x7 culture
Baby boom
Divorce boom
Hopefully house prices down
Health more privatised

But people forget quickly so I think economy will catch up relatively quickly too.

I don't think life will ever be normal again. It's going to be dire

I think we'll be back in the rat race

I'm hoping the overall pace of life will slow down a bit. Hopefully working from home will become more common to reduce pollution and rush hour stress.

I think depression and suicide rates will increase, not necessarily from lockdown itself but from a number of things:

Financial issues, loss of jobs, houses, security

Family members dying

Psychological impact it's all had on everyone

I think rates of alcoholism will increase too.

I think the NHS will suffer as a lot of health workers will suffer PTSD and depression.

It's going to be a gradual return. And thousands of not millions of jobs in the leisure, tourism and hospitality industry will be lost. Because people are going to change the way they do things.

I live in Cumbria and the prediction here is 30% of pubs will be lost over this.

Governments and people will take epidemics that happen in 'far off places' much more seriously and intervene much earlier but with less stringent methods to keep them under control and to stop them from spreading . Hopefully governments will invest in serious pandemic planning and work much better in a joined up way globally, not bury their heads in the sand and hope it will pass when local epidemics happen,. I somehow doubt it though.

We have terrible wars all the time and they happen again and again in history, no-one learns much from them and I expect the same will happen after this pandemic

Like fuck we’re going to go back to ‘normal’.

The economy is trashed. Airlines, private schools, shopping centres going bust and the gov can’t save every business/industry.

The shock waves from this will make austerity look like a walk in the park.