How a pandemic has changed us


The new normal is taking a life of its own, including potentially making us less sociable human beings.

I USED to joke about Americans’ obsession with numbers in sports. Anyone following a National Basketball Association (NBA) game will be bombarded with statistics unthinkable in most other games.

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