The lockdown was only the first chapter in a long novel, the plot is far from over." Francesca Melandri, Italian author.
For much of the year most everyone had believed that the virus scare was a matter of a few months and that after that, some solution would emerge allowing life to return to normal. Accordingly, protective measures were ad-hoc and little thought was given to long-term impacts. Interventions such as taped markers on grocery store floors, plastic dividers in banks and rear door boarding on buses cropped up everywhere but were designed to be temporary.
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So were the relief packages. Now, that the United States has run through most of the $2.1 trillion CARES relief package the country finds itself at a new surge of the virus. Instead of a return to normal, many States now face another round of shut-downs and economic hardships. Now the head scratching has begun. What will come next, and how long will this all go on? How long can we sustain this? The short answer how long some form of COVID scare will be around varies depending whom one asks, from 1 year to several years, certainly long enough to really ponder the question of our resilience.Unfortunately, it is now crystal clear what some said early on:
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