Barring some major new Covid development (eg a new variant that doesn't respond to vaccine), I think kids will go back full-time in the fall. There's a ton of political and social pressure to make it happen.
@anonymous In NYC public schools they can't really be socially distanced and full time - it's one or the other. I think they'll stop with the six-feet rule and only SD for things like big assemblies.
Things will improve -- people will get vaccinated, businesses will re-open, we'll have a functioning government -- and Trump will take credit for all of it.
maybe open but not expect folks back full time. I took a new job and am hiring a team and to a person (including myself) the number one point of negotiation was 'I never want to be full time in an office again'.
@Anonymous I agree. Employees will seek more flexibility going forward and employers will be more likely to grant it--at least for people who are senior and can leverage it in a negotiation. That's not the same as keeping the office shut, though - for those that want to come in, and/or for junior people who need to be more closely supervised and trained, offices will re-open.
Same! One silver lining of the pandemic has been the lack of normal winter illness in my home. I do NOT miss endless months of runny noses, sneezing, stomach bugs, asthma...
I'd love that but based on the fact people won't even consistently / correctly wear them now during a global pandemic, I'm not hopeful. I do think immuno compromised people will now start to wear them without looking like the unibomber but I don't see the general population making themselves uncomfortable for the betterment of others.
Kids will be able to go back to school full-time in the fall (that's just my wishful thinking).
Barring some major new Covid development (eg a new variant that doesn't respond to vaccine), I think kids will go back full-time in the fall. There's a ton of political and social pressure to make it happen.
But they will still be socially distanced and in masks until there is a vaccine for kids, I think
@anonymous In NYC public schools they can't really be socially distanced and full time - it's one or the other. I think they'll stop with the six-feet rule and only SD for things like big assemblies.
Things will improve -- people will get vaccinated, businesses will re-open, we'll have a functioning government -- and Trump will take credit for all of it.
Broadway will open in the fall
I think almost all offices will re-open in the fall.
maybe open but not expect folks back full time. I took a new job and am hiring a team and to a person (including myself) the number one point of negotiation was 'I never want to be full time in an office again'.
@Anonymous I agree. Employees will seek more flexibility going forward and employers will be more likely to grant it--at least for people who are senior and can leverage it in a negotiation. That's not the same as keeping the office shut, though - for those that want to come in, and/or for junior people who need to be more closely supervised and trained, offices will re-open.
Stock market crash
Bingo
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Why do you think it will crash?
I hope masks become part of our culture during winter seasons or when people are sick.
Same! One silver lining of the pandemic has been the lack of normal winter illness in my home. I do NOT miss endless months of runny noses, sneezing, stomach bugs, asthma...
You're so right! Yay something good came out of this!!!!!
I'd love that but based on the fact people won't even consistently / correctly wear them now during a global pandemic, I'm not hopeful. I do think immuno compromised people will now start to wear them without looking like the unibomber but I don't see the general population making themselves uncomfortable for the betterment of others.