The world after the coronavirus pandemic.The “new normal” post-pandemic. We need to hope! Better days will come!

The coronavirus pandemic has radically changed the routine around the world. The virus, which is said to be “new”, stopped entire countries, changed personal and professional relationships for months and people had to adapt to the new way of living. Now, societies are beginning to adapt to the “new normal” or new way of living post-pandemic adapted to the new reality, where everyone needs to prevent the contagion of COVID 19, as we do not yet have a safe vaccine to protect us. We know that with the pandemic, people had to change their behavior, attitudes and hygiene habits, they need to be reinforced to avoid contamination: the constant use of a mask, alcohol gel and products for disinfecting environments. This is embarrassing, but we will resist, we will have faith that better days will come! The world is going through an unimaginable crisis and we need to save and prioritize urgent needs, always thinking about the future, as the world is still facing COVID 19, which brought many damages and losses, because it broke down Companies, caused unemployment, increased violence, sadness, imbalance and these disorders have generated several psychological problems.

The pandemic forced us to new ways of working and many companies joined the “Home Office”, working at home, with responsibility, which stimulated the use of technologies in all sectors, forcing people to adapt and know the handling of this equipment and technologies. Distance learning, which was already evolving, spread quickly and is here to stay, as it is being more efficient than many experts imagined. But the world will still need many adaptations to return to normality in favor of a better quality of life and survival. I read in a report from “Isto é Dinheiro”, that several countries are drawing up plans for the recovery of the economy, after months of social isolation. Returning responsibly, obeying the distancing protocols, to avoid a second wave of contamination, which can prevent a “break” in economies around the world.

I imagine that the period of social isolation will leave its mark on the way societies deal with disease and health care. The pandemic will change certain practices around the world, even after it is over. Concern about agglomerations will persist. Certain experiences that we were forced to go through will not be forgotten, because due to the period of social detachment, quarantine, in which the reduction of stimuli and the impossibility of working brought reactions such as fear of becoming sick, fear of becoming infected, concern for survival, obtaining personal food or supplies, fear of losing the source of income, of not being able to work or being fired, feeling of hopelessness, of boredom, loneliness or depression due to isolation, fear of being socially excluded, stigmatized for having fallen ill, feelings of concern about the possibility of family members contracting COVID 19 or transmitting them to family members, fear of being separated from family members due to isolation, anxiety or other reactions linked to false news or even the volume of information circulating, are causes of stress for the population, which still persist and can have long-term consequences for families and communities around the world.

Anyway, the post-pandemic world will be really different and the current transformations are already being noticed. The behavior change imposed by the coronavirus pandemic has changed not only interpersonal relationships, but the feeling of solidarity of people who have become more aware of the importance of being more human while we are in this world.