1113 “This pandemic will take us into 2022“

We all heard about the 1918 pandemic also known as Spanish flu.  

Today I watched this PBS interview  conducted with a  physician and sociologist from Yale university.  He said before the 1918 pandemic,  the restaurants used to have spittoons (sounds gross). And afterwards spittoons diapered, never returned.

He thinks our life may go back to what it was like before 2020, but there are things  on a bigger scale. For example, business travel, teaching and working from home will change.

The 1918 pandemic lasted from 1918 to 1920. And this pandemic, according to this Yale university doctor, will take us into 2022.   Because even if several vaccines are invented in the next few months, we still have challenges in manufacturing, distributing and persuading the public to accept the vaccine.

And sometime in 2024, life will slowly begin to return to normal, with some persistent changes.

What do you think about his predictions? I feel a little bit depressed.

All right, let’s stay positive and have a nice weekend!

Thank you for reading and if you see any mistakes, please correct me.

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• Life has changed a lot due to pandemic. Be positive and cherish -beautifulwind- ♀ (35 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:21:38

• stay positive, be negative!!! -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:24:41

• hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa -小公主- ♀ (197 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:25:24

• Oh yeah！Stay Positive in Negative Situations！：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:26:32

• 看见一个好玩的“Keep calm and stay negative in Covid 19” -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:40:01

• and be patient -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:49:58

• Thank you! -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:25:45

• Thank you! Yes indeed. -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 17:26:36

• Very good comparison! I guess it takes whatever it takes! -才歌- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/13/2020 postreply 19:14:03

• Thank you! -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2020 postreply 18:34:18

• 曾庆幸自己出生在和平年代，以为能风平浪静过一辈子... ... ... -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2020 postreply 06:21:08

• me too! :( -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2020 postreply 18:34:56

• Don’t know how and when this pandemic will end. -甜虫虫- ♀ (132 bytes) () 11/14/2020 postreply 10:53:38

• Yes, thank you. Stay safe! -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2020 postreply 18:35:35