When will life return to normal? Will it come or not?
When will life get back to normal? Will it come or not?
Everyone wants to know when life will return to normal. As the governors of several US states began easing
sanctions to stop the spread of the coronavirus, there was hope that normalcy
would be restored. But the plans of the states that have emerged suggest that
it will take a long time to restore the old norms.
White House adviser Dr. Deborah Brix says Americans will
have to maintain social distance during the summer. Louisiana Gov. John Bell
Edwards has warned that life will remain the same until the vaccine becomes
available, which may not be available until next year. New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo says life is not a return to tomorrow.
From the beginning, the plague
forced an impossible choice: physical health or mental health? Economic
protection or medical protection? The states of the United States decided to
imitate the world and closed shops, restaurants, factories and educational
institutions. He told the people to stay in their homes. Now some of these
restrictions are being relaxed.
Georgia Governor Brian Camp has
taken the most aggressive approach to opening a business in the United States.
Barber shops, nail salons and gyms were allowed to open last Friday. From
Monday, the ban on sitting in restaurants and showing movies in cinemas was
lifted. Public health experts warn that these measures could result in the
spread of the virus before testing a large number of citizens.
Despite permission, life in
Georgia was not normal on Monday. Some people went to restaurants, but due to
social distance, it was forbidden to sit at some tables. People sat away from each
other and the waiters taking orders hid their faces in masks.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention issued guidelines Monday that further confirm that
routines will no longer be available on restaurant menus or anywhere else.
Breaks will not be allowed in the offices that will be open. Schools will not
take students on any tours. Employees or children will eat in their seats
instead of in the breakroom or cafeteria. Worshipers will maintain a distance
of six feet in places of worship.
In Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan
has decided to open a phased business, and the federal administration offers
similar advice. First small shops will be opened and some outdoor entertainment
will be allowed. Then maybe restaurants and bars will open. In the third phase,
large gatherings, large restaurants and sports stadiums and cinemas will be
allowed to open, but no date has been announced yet.
Despite tight security, there is
no guarantee of success. Dennis McConnell owns three restaurants in Atlanta.
They planned to open two restaurants this week. But he received some forty
calls from political leaders, community leaders and ordinary people not to do
so yet. Eventually they had to change their minds.
What McConnell calls community
support, economists call market confidence. That's what the economy, especially
the United States, is all about. 70% of the economy depends on consumer
spending. When people are scared, they do not come out of their shells.
Mark Zandy of Moody's Analytics
says that when businesses open, there will be some boom in the beginning, but
the economy will not last until vaccines are available. More people will be
careful so business will run a little.
Public health experts say that if
the business is to open before the vaccine, then millions of citizens will have
to be tested, a large number of medical staff will be needed, virus victims
will have to be quarantined and there will be shortcomings for the success of
these efforts. Will have to compile statistics.
The United States is currently a long
way from that. According to experts, in the absence of vaccines and proposed
measures, there will be a threat of an invisible enemy. How can the American
people believe that it is safe to go out?
Professor Steven Taylor of the
University of British Columbia has written a book on epidemiology. "You
know when the flood comes and when it's gone," he said. People's
confidence will return only when they see others go out, shake hands and hug
and they will know that they are not getting sick.
Professor Taylor said that when
the situation returns to normal, most people will adapt immediately, but some
disasters, such as during the Great Depression, take time to change people's
habits.
Examples include China and
Germany, where the coronavirus has been largely controlled. Routines have been
restored in China, while small shops have opened in Germany with some
restrictions.
As spring approached, some
Americans left their homes and realized that some of their activities were not
subject to restrictions. As temperatures rose in California last week, many
people turned to beaches. The state administration had to warn that sanctions
could be tightened if violations continued.
But in Pennsylvania, Governor Tom
Wolf took the opposite view. He said on Monday that he was easing restrictions
on some outdoor recreational activities. Not because the virus has been
controlled, but because people need it.
"The weather is getting
hotter and the days are getting longer," Governor Wolf said. It is
important to spend time outside the home to reduce stress.
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