How we get to NORMAL.

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  • Source:
    MIT Technology Review. May/Jun2020, Vol. 123 Issue 3, p8-14. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Graph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19; HEALTH policy; HEALTH planning; PUBLIC health & politics; PUBLIC health & economics; WESTERN countries; PANDEMICS
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the impact of covid-19, the viral pandemic, on Western countries for a 12-18 month period while a potential vaccine is developed & implemented, and how to determine what the new normal of society is and means. Topics include developments of potential treatments, the use of testing to ease restrictions on the movement of people to those who test negative or have recovered from the virus, contact tracing and disease monitoring by health officials, the economic impact of the pandemic and medical policies to lower its spread, as well as politics and public health policies.