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JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages E344-E345Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab057
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adapt; COVID-19; culture; new normal; public health
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A year after the outbreak of COVID-19, we have had to adapt to a 'new normal' which includes working from home, parents homeschooling their children, wearing masks, and lockdowns. This new normal has impacted personal, social, economic, and spiritual aspects of life.
A year after COVID-19 pandemic has emerged, we have suddenly been forced to adapt to the 'new normal': work-from-home setting, parents home-schooling their children in a new blended learning setting, lockdown and quarantine, and the mandatory wearing of face mask and face shields in public. For many, 2020 has already been earmarked as 'the worst' year in the 21st century. Ripples from the current situation have spread into the personal, social, economic and spiritual spheres. Is this new normal really new or is it a reiteration of the old? A recent correspondence published in this journal rightly pointed out the involvement of a 'supportive' government, 'creative' church and an 'adaptive' public in the so-called culture. However, I argue that adapting to the 'new normal' can greatly affect the future. I would carefully suggest that we examine the context and the location of culture in which adaptations are needed.
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