The point of phrasing like "the new normal" is to frame the debate in the correct manner and focus on the actual issue at hand rather than people who attempt to

The point of phrasing like "the new normal" is to frame the debate in the correct manner and focus on the actual issue at hand rather than people who attempt to exploit crises. In the pandemic we had a whole bunch of sweeping changes to society, some of which stuck for reasons wholly disconnected from the matter at hand. Some of us really care about climate change and environmental destruction, but at the same time don't want to throw out the baby with the bathwater. It's not worth "saving the planet" if we come out of the other side living in anthills unable to even enjoy the nature we have.