Life never stop changing and there's no denying that the impact of the historic coronavirus pandemic will transform American life and transform the culture of the nation and Kansas City.
Tonight we invite our blog community to consider how life will and won't return to "normal" in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Of course we know there is a long way to go before stay at home orders are lifted and most experts claim the challenges of virus still lay ahead.
And so tonight's collection of news, views, insights and analysis is also a reflection of where the U.S. stands right now.
Pop Culture Reality Check
'We can't go back to normal': how will coronavirus change the world?
Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we've walked into an old recurring dream. In a way, we have. We've seen it before, on TV and in blockbusters. We knew roughly what it would be like, and somehow this makes the encounter not less strange, but more so.
China Leads One Path Into The Future Of The World
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today . I ruined the mood in a family group chat last week.
Conservative Conversation On What 'Normal' Might Look Like
Dr. Makary says America returning to normal by June would be a 'win,' outbreak peak 'about four weeks away'
Fox News contributor Dr. Marty Makary, a health policy expert at Johns Hopkins University, told "Your World" Wednesday that it would be a "win" in the war against the coronavirus pandemic if American life could return to normal by June.
Progressive Future Forecast
'Normal' will look completely different when this is all over
We are all stuck in the midst of this thing -- whether on the front lines of fighting it or just in our houses waiting for it to pass. More and more people are getting sick, and that means more and more people are being directly touched by the devastation of this disease.
Polling Reveals Skepticism On Return To Normal Life
Fewer than half of Americans believe their daily routine will return to normal by June, as fears over coronavirus rise: POLL
Just over nine in 10 Americans say the outbreak disrupted their daily routines. Fewer than half of Americans believe their regular daily routine will return to normal by June 1 amid sharply rising concerns over contracting the novel coronavirus according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday.
Accordingly . . .
All of this inspires our playlist tonight . . .
As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe and fun Saturday night.
I think you're underestimating the power of people to forget. It's a valuable skill. People forget about a lot. It's one of humanities greatest strengths and weaknesses.
ReplyDelete+100 ^^^
DeleteI'll never forget how you dirtbags horded all the toilet paper. Will never forgive you for that even if my lawn is greener that it has ever been before.
DeleteDon't worry, no programs or stimulus needed.
ReplyDeleteTrump said it will bounce back very soon like a rocket ship and be better than ever.
He's should know being a very smart person and a stable genius.
Glad you are finally listening
Delete8:04 is right on the $$ and an astute observer of human nature.
ReplyDeleteIf the Dems have their way, everyone will be sitting around in their underwear, staring at a computer ordering cheap shit from China from Amazon.
ReplyDeleteGLOBALIZATION IS FUN ISNT IT YOU STUPID FUCK LIBERALS!
ReplyDeletePLEASE MORE OPEN BORDERS AND GLOBALIZATION SO WE CAN ALL DIE
ReplyDeleteLIBERALS SHOULD LEARN HOW TO USE THOSE GUNS IF THEY WANT TO SURVIVE THE WARS THAT ARE COMING
ReplyDeleteThe "new" normal for KCMO government will be budget shortfalls, nonexistent basic services for residents, subsidized harebrained "development", tax money wasted on the brainstorms of consultants, insiders, and campaign contributors, and lots of hype and selfies.
ReplyDeleteWhich is exactly like the "old" normal.
Elect clowns and you get comedy.
Tragedy, really.
It never changes.
ReplyDeleteThe new normal will be that the Democrat Party will be 99% female and look like Nancy Pelosi.
The current crop of Democrat men are all gay with weak immune systems. CNN's Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Fredo Cuomo, Mayor Pete etc. Coronavirus will take them out just like it says in the Book of Revelations which states: "Three horsemen named Corona Virus will take out all gay men".
Maybe people will take basic hygiene practices serious from now on and also not support just China with all their purchases. Demand America made products, at least 20 % instead of .02 %.
ReplyDeleteLove how all the open border liberals are now whining about restricting movement of people around the country. Learn anything yet lefties??
ReplyDelete^^^So lonely. Saturday night and still howling about liberals? Did you always want to be a loser when you were young?
ReplyDeleteFar from a loser......loser. If you only knew.......
DeleteI'm the guy you leftists cry about!
DeleteNothing wrong with buying American. Most liberals sup port that as well.
ReplyDelete@9:16, 10:09, & 10:13-Continuing to post all alone on a Saturday night and begging for a stranger to acknowledge you on a blog for dying geriatrics. You couldn’t be any more pathetic and sad.
ReplyDeleteSays the guy following my every post. Wbo is sad bitch???
Delete^^^^ Likewise.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that youreven here too playing with them.
No one will own cars. They will travel on virus spreaders like the streetcar and buses.
ReplyDeleteNormal was miserable. Ready for permanent change. Stay at home assholes. I am really enjoying this so'called pandemic. I think its awesome and I don't want to go back to whatever was considered normal.
ReplyDeleteNew normal. Give up your rights when ever the tv/MSM tells you to be scared.
ReplyDeleteThe tv say it's dangerous to question the tv.
The tv says I must do what the tv says or scary things might happen.
The tv says this now normal so it must be because that's what the media says.
Fucking pussies, every one of you fucks going along with the lamest plague ever.
^^^ Please go kiss some foreign tourists. And stop talking to your tv.
ReplyDeleteIt's so fitting that a president that claimed to be America first and tough on borders has his presidency completely unraveled by failing to act against a Chinese virus.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't build a wall and he didn't shut the borders. He didn't protect America.
Instead, the US has the highest number of cases in the world and will soon have the highest death count in the world. Trump claims to be a wartime president, but doesn't command anybody to do anything. He is left with incoherently blaming governors, private companies, CEOs, and health care workers while telling everyone that shutting down the economy and his hotels is worse than people dying and that we need to open everything every soon.
I'm sure the cabinet is discussing the 25th amendment again behind the scenes.
At least the NFL is going to cancel the season.
ReplyDeleteThere will be a huge number of baby boomers fighting over their recently deceased parent's property. Anyone without a will is going to spend a fortune in probate court to settle the estate. Attorneys will make $$$$$. Get a "living trust" setup fast, do an online version - so you can avoid probate court. Nursing homes will no longer have waiting lists and turn people away. Sadly they will be empty because low paid aides have never been trained to prevent viral spread. Its going to be a sad world.
ReplyDelete249 no there won't be anymore than usual, because no more elderly are dying than normally.
DeleteLife will change . . . because sheep will be sheep.
ReplyDeleteThat's not downplaying the severity of the virus . . . just accepting the reality that, at any given time, the IQ of half of humanity places in the lower 50%.
And a lot of those folks end up in politics or media
12:01
ReplyDeleteNo, they are not. That's just you.
1201 am , are you fucking retarded ? weird
ReplyDeleteLIBERALS ARE CHANGING CAUSE THEYRE SCARED AND IF YOU LIVE IN THAT GHETTO DUMP YOU SHOULD BE SCARED
ReplyDeleteWHY ARE LIBS BUYING GUNS AFTER TRYING TO TAKE THEM AWAY
ReplyDeleteDEMOCRATS ARE ANTI AMERICAN CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
ReplyDeleteMy mom is locked in a nursing home. They threatened me if I didn't leave. So I quit paying. They started calling. One of them even came by the house. But I haven't answered the door. I will have show them all...I am going quietly insane.
ReplyDeleteThere will be no "normal" until there's a vaccine.
ReplyDelete851 brainwashed by the tv hook line n sinker.
Delete3:49...,that's why I am getting a will. I am making sure my kids and grandkids dont have to fight probate. I am making sure none of them get a dime. Of course, I have not told them this. I want them to think they are getting a bundle and to keep kissing my ass
DeleteThat's what they get for hoping the virus would just affect the old farts. Suckers!
There always has been a vaccine
Delete7:36...dont ever pay them now. They are stuck with her.
ReplyDeleteJesus what kind of simp one must be to line up for a vaccine for the common cold virus, the CDC says everyone gets the corona virus 2 to 4 times a year, a vaccine will never work, but will think I'd does because the whole thing is overblown when the MSM gets tired of it it will move on to the next Zika, sars, mers, Ebola, flu virus.
ReplyDelete^^^OK Boomer. Bye bye now. Tick tock.
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