[Denver]

Will you be wary standing so close to someone you dont know? Will you be happy to take part in big crowds? Will you shake hands with people on a daily basis?

Or as the virus made you think of how easy it is to catch stuff that you will now remain extra cautious?

[Kate!]

A good question. I will be more aware and wary yes.

[AnnieK]

I like to maintain my personal space naturally, I'm not a hugger or particularly touchy feely, apart from with my son so I won't be seeking to reduce that. Having said that, I do go to gigs etc where you can't help but be in a crowd so I guess I may be a bit wary initially but like everything else, people forget bad times when they have passed so I think after a while, everyone will be crammed into pubs and clubs without a thought

[Livia]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I like to maintain my personal space naturally, I'm not a hugger or particularly touchy feely, apart from with my son so I won't be seeking to reduce that. Having said that, I do go to gigs etc where you can't help but be in a crowd so I guess I may be a bit wary initially but like everything else, people forget bad times when they have passed so I think after a while, everyone will be crammed into pubs and clubs without a thought

I'm the same, Annie, I'm not a fan of hugging, especially when you meet a stranger that wants to hug and kiss you! strange...

Like you I will probably be initially wary but then things slide back to normal, don't they. Well, I hope they do anyway.

[GoldHeart]

Let's put it this way ! ,life will never be the same again for anyone. Especially the paranoid and the people with Autism & OCD.

I don't know how they're coping or will cope when it's all over, I think this will turn people into hermits more.

And I bet when we get the all clear , if you cough or sneeze in public you'll either get given daggers or you'll get verbal abuse or in worst cases into violence.

This will encourage thug behaviour .

[bitontheslide]

the virus isn't going away

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the virus isn't going away

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Unless a vaccine is found the virus will always be circulating much like the cold virus, I think initially we will all be super careful, then gradually life will return to near normal and we will being to live life again, hell some people are continuing to do so

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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Unless a vaccine is found the virus will always be circulating much like the cold virus, I think initially we will all be super careful, then gradually life will return to near normal and we will being to live life again, hell some people are continuing to do so

I'm not liking the casual attitude of China, they have lifted the lockdown way TOO EARLY At this rate we'll never be rid of it.

I saw an article about possiblity of schools reopening , I'm done!!!! .

[Denver]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I'm not liking the casual attitude of China, they have lifted the lockdown way TOO EARLY At this rate we'll never be rid of it.

I saw an article about possiblity of schools reopening , I'm done!!!! .

They been in complete lockdown for 3 months and that means not leaving the house at all

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I'm not liking the casual attitude of China, they have lifted the lockdown way TOO EARLY At this rate we'll never be rid of it.

I saw an article about possiblity of schools reopening , I'm done!!!! .

no, many people still continue to wear protective masks anyway there

even one on train wears diving goggles, as well as a mask

but many are happy again they can go back to work as normal, and normal days returning again

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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Unless a vaccine is found the virus will always be circulating much like the cold virus, I think initially we will all be super careful, then gradually life will return to near normal and we will being to live life again, hell some people are continuing to do so

It'll be circulating anyway, a vaccine isn't a magic bullet and every virus we vaccinate against still circulates. I believe smallpox was "more or less" eradicated but it still exists.

Measles, mumps and rubella (the vax "big three") still have regular small-scale outbreaks.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It'll be circulating anyway, a vaccine isn't a magic bullet and every virus we vaccinate against still circulates. I believe smallpox was "more or less" eradicated but it still exists.

Measles, mumps and rubella (the vax "big three") still have regular small-scale outbreaks.

Yes I know it will still be circulating even without a vaccine I probably worded my post wrong but I meant like the cold virus it will always be around, obviously a vaccine will help the vulnerable and we wont have to social distance so much for fear of killing the oldies

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It'll be circulating anyway, a vaccine isn't a magic bullet and every virus we vaccinate against still circulates. I believe smallpox was "more or less" eradicated but it still exists.

Measles, mumps and rubella (the vax "big three") still have regular small-scale outbreaks.

Yeah I remember a while ago, didn't someone catch measles and it still seemed a shock as we don't really hear about it .

But look at meningitis , the vaccine for that stopped people catching it .And only a few people get it.

[Toy Soldier]

All of those things applied to me before now so...

I don't like physical closeness with people I don't know, I don't use public transport (for years) and I *hate* crowds, they make me quite claustrophobic - e.g. in lecture theatres and cinemas I always sit at the end of a row. In fact I tend to time cinema trips so that there'll be no one or very few people there.

But yes I think it'll have a long term effect on social behaviour for a lot of people. Not everyone though, and not forever... This isn't the first pandemic the world has lived through, just the only one in living memory.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the virus isn't going away

It *should* settle into being a "normal" illness though. For example, measles is both physically worse AND more contagious than Covid (measles is one of the most contagious viruses in existence), you do still get pockets of measles outbreaks, but a measles pandemic is unlikely if not impossible, partly because of vaccination, but epidemics were relatively rare before vaccination was a thing because of antibody levels in the community. In theory, that's likely to be Covid in a few years time.

[GoldHeart]

I'm already wary , and I've always washed hands and used hand sanitisers.

I've always hated overcrowded buses and shops etc.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the virus isn't going away

Well it will definitely weaken it's hold to some extent, but I get what you mean.

[Nicky91]

good thread, yes i myself hope more people will have better hygiëne after the virus


a crisis like this makes me appreciate my mom is a little OCD

[LeatherTrumpet]

the end of hugging?

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

the end of hugging?

No one has hugged you for years anyway LT, don't live a lie.

[caprimint]

Tbh I don't really like the whole shaking hands/touching people but I always do because I'm not about to reject them

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Tbh I don't really like the whole shaking hands/touching people but I always do because I'm not about to reject them

What about when you do it out of politeness and their hand is all clammy or greasy... Like your hand could just slurp right on out of there if you squeezed too hard...

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

What about when you do it out of politeness and their hand is all clammy or greasy... Like your hand could just slurp right on out of there if you squeezed too hard...

Gross... but you never know before and it's too late once you've done it

[DouglasS]

No, I love festivals, clubs, bars and being social in general

[Kazanne]

I think people will be quite wary for a while ,I find it really weird not to hug my best friend , I am sure when its all over after a few weeks we will get back to normal and reflect on a time in history.

[LeatherTrumpet]

watching the very watchable 5 men and one girl last night i remarked on the hideous "habit" all the young men seemed to have when meeting a girl for the first time (on a date) of kissing them and hugging them?

Not vecause they want to or its appropriate but because they feel that they should in order to appear "cosmopolitan"

wankers