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No, there aren't.

I live in a place where you can shit on restrictions all you want. Things aren't back to normal because people are still careful on how much they socialize and what the risk profile is. Things aren't back to normal because people have moved away from offices and it turns out a lot of people like that just fine, meaning a lot of old businesses have shut down, new businesses have opened up, and habits have changed.

The old world isn't coming back, ever. The world has changed. Even post-pandemic (which we are still far from over) I'm just gonna be more conscious about spending time in very closed spaces for extended time. The uncompromising are gonna sit a few things out even more. Also something like 0.5% of the population died and a few percentage points have ongoing long-COVID.



> Also something like 0.5% of the population died [..]

Q: What % of the population would be expected to die in a "normal" (pre-Covid) year?

(I realise there is a discussion about excess deaths, but it's not quite as simple as being able to assign the excess to Covid, see https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/what-has-h... )




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