THREAD: Today’s jobs numbers represent much hardship. We need to define a new normal where we support employment, happiness, public health. Covid will be here for a while. As a society, we must establish how we do things we used to, but differently, with more safety, vigilance
This new normal will impact a wide range of activities, from the simplest daily tasks to key business models, to the function of government. As everyone rightly plans for the future, we need to understand how we can return to work and the leisure activities we always enjoyed.
People globally should envision a time when we can work productively, engage in travel, go sport events; and we all want to know how to do these and other things at a time and in a way that’s safe given new risks. It'll require that we effectively address public health challenges
We’re on that path. It includes protecting vulnerable, helping disadvantaged at unique risk, getting better drugs, screening, but most of all; the ability to isolate infection in our communities. This will require the vigilance of all of us to act collectively to contain spread.
There'll be no new normal until we can secure our public health and add more safety to activities that, previously, we did with more ease. These are achievable goals. We’ve conquered the most vexing human pathogens that have altered history before. We will do the same thing here.
