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Originally Posted by MagicalFruit
Any updated thoughts on this? Do we think anything good has really come from this pandemic? Any amazing medical advancements? Are we more prepared for a much more dangerous pandemic?
I am thinking that at this point we are less prepared, honestly.
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I think some good has come out of it in terms of lessons learned. I think that people are better about staying home when they're sick and not spreading stuff. Similarly, a person wearing a mask is not seen as weird like they were pre-pandemic if people understand that they're trying to not spread germs. I think people are better about general hygiene to avoid germs, like washing their hands more often, and we saw some nice lasting changes like the little foot-grabby things and arm-grabby things to open doors. I also personally hope that we've seen the end of handshakes, which I've never liked.