Will pandemic normal become normal?


New normal: Being able to work remotely is a skill rising in importance. Even Elvis Presley impersonator Brendan Paul has to perform a live wedding vow renewal ceremony using Zoom in Las Vegas. — AFP

ONE feature of the COVID-19 era is how much the standard ways of seeing and doing things have been remixed and turned upside down.

The obvious question is then whether people will decide to make these new arrangements permanent or return to the old.

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