Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

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NotThamesWater in reply to @rhb

Easier to read version of the same thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1491891791490125825

Prof. Christina Pagel
@chrischirp
THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts:

We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu.

The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't.

On top of what seem like eminently sensible suggestions about moving forward in a world with covid, it would seem sensible to extend all of those precautionary and preparatory measures to be inclusive / anticipatory of the *next* pandemic cause (in general terms, obvs).

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atz in reply to @NotThamesWater

We've been discussing this a lot recently with regards to work and the safety measures in place and we reached the same conclusion. When we move office next month we'll move the sanitiser stations, keep the screens between desks etc as we can't see any strong argument for just pretending everything is normal once restrictions are lifted when we've got a steady stream of absences due to covid.

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