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I don't think the psychological effect will last very long among most of the population, based on two observations. One is that whenever lockdowns have been lif
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
I don't think the psychological effect will last very long among most of the population, based on two observations. One is that whenever lockdowns have been lifted in Europe, restaurants and pubs swiftly went back to being packed – and even now some restaurants in e.g. Italy and Poland are defying the restrictions and reopening, and still getting queues of people waiting to enter.
And not only does concern among younger generations about the virus vary widely, but many touristic locales that attract crowds of elderly people, the predominant risk group for COVID, were just as crowded in summer 2020 as any other year, with little regard for distancing.
- noneeeed 6y agoI've no idea why you were being downvoted, I think that there will be some lingering habits that may take a while to dissipate, but I think a lot of people are depesperate to get back to something resembling normality. Frankly as soon as it's genuinly safe to do so (who knows when that will be) I'll be having people round and visiting people all the time.
- ghaff 6y agoThere's some subset of people who think that any talk of going back to normal (even as a future thing) is premature, actively dangerous, and probably associated with right-wing politics.