![]() I think that the pandemic is going to leave its mark. Do you think these will stick around in the new normal? People have adapted to many social practices during the pandemic, both physically and virtually. This summer is going to give us a feel for that. So, I think that’s when the pandemic will be finally over and people will rejoice, but I don’t think we’re there yet. I think we’ll see entrepreneurship and artistic expression. People will relentlessly seek out social interactions in nightclubs and restaurants … people are going to be spending their money because during the pandemic people have been cooped up and they’ve not been spending, so I think the economy’s going to boom. I think that when the pandemic is finally behind us, and it’s not behind us, people will rejoice. And I think that’s going to be a little bit like a party, a little bit like the “Roaring ’20s” for the 21st century. Roughly around the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024, we will enter the post-pandemic phase. The Star spoke to Christakis, who is also the author of “Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live,” about what kind of sociological impacts the pandemic will leave on us. But then, to really enter the post-pandemic period, the social and economical devastation of COVID-19 must first be addressed. There has been a long history of human beings coping with epidemics, serious epidemics,” said Christakis, who is also the sterling professor of social and natural science at Yale University.Ĭhristakis says that a post-pandemic life will safely begin after herd immunity is reached (which means that a majority of the population has acquired immunity either via vaccination or natural infection). “It’s very important to understand that the pandemic that we are experiencing is not new to our species, it’s just new to us. Nicholas Christakis, a medical sociologist and physician, said that the new normal of post-pandemic life will actually arrive in phases and that is, sadly, going to take some time. They are all a not-so-distant reality for us as Ontario plans on loosening some public health restrictions and starting to reopen the economy on June 11, three days earlier than planned as more Canadians get vaccinated.īut what will this new life look like? What can we expect? Will we have our version of a “Roaring ’20s” in this century? Looking across the border to New York City, where COVID-19 restrictions loosened in May, we can see the possibilities of our own post-pandemic life in Canada.īar hopping, dining indoors and even getting a manicure. ![]()
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