The COVID-19 pandemic has erupted over 4 months back and yet to reach its plateau. Nobody knows how long it will take to be tolerated. Three-fourth of the globe is maintaining social distance for quite a long time and people are becoming more habitual with virtual interactions only. Do you think physical closeness will be repaired and got back its previous shape soon after the post-COVID-19 era?
I think that after COVID-19, social physical closeness will not be back immediately. People will abandon the behaviors they have to implement in this troubled period over time.
I agree with Prof Ilhami Unluoglu's above response. I think people will weigh it up, once it seems safe. If I saw a crowded shop during a sale (of cheap goods), unless I particularly wanted something, I would not go in.
But I like music, and if there was a concert or festival that I really wanted to attend, and people had returned to physical closeness, I would feel tempted to go. I often stand where it is less packed, anyway, so would stand at the back and leave after the mass exodus.
However, I expect that even after the physical closeness has returned, if someone coughs or sneezes, this would, I expect, (as it does here and now) cause a sudden alertness and alarm.
Yes, Porf Ilhami Unluoglu , and I observed the rapid progression and a sort of compulsory familiarity of virtual interaction, learning, commerce, etc as one of the positivity(!) of the COVID pandemic.
The level of returning physical closeness depends on several factors such as perceived vulnerability and social norms during the residual period of COVI-19 fading out.
The increased virtual closeness during this period is formed and will become an emerging habit of people because of its perceived benefits.
Given the above, the answer should be "No", thanks.
People like Mary C R Wilson will be exclusively cautious and choosy to join any gathering. There will develop an extra-sense regarding fever, cough & sneeze!
"Virtual closeness will become an emerging habit" - yes, dear P. Nguyen , your observations are quite practical.
Yes, social physical intimacy will return after the COVID-19 era, but currently (April 2020), unfortunately, it is not known when this will happen. Most likely, when the vaccine and / or other effective medical therapies are created. Let it happen as soon as possible, because the current state of home quarantine and the exclusion from the operation of many companies and institutions, exclusion from the operation of a significant part of the economy can not last long, it can not last for many months because economic, social costs, etc. and the negative effects can outweigh all current forecasts.
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
A very interesting question there Md Rabiul Alam . Great suggestions provided Dariusz Prokopowicz Mary C R Wilson P. Nguyen Rafid A. Abdullah Ilhami Unluoglu . I would like to think this will vary from country to country, society to society. The highly affected and impacted societies are kind of trumatised and as such these will take time to return to normalcy. For some countries with very little or no cases and casualties it's like to be a return to normalcy as soon as lock down ends. That's my opinion.
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Samuel Musungwini
It will take 3 to 4 months for normalisation of life style. People may forget about virus or it may be after relaxation of government control, social distance will slowly disappear.
Thanks, Prof Dariusz Prokopowicz , but an undisputed and effective vaccine requires about more than 18 months to develop!
Yes, I think so but will take some times like 4-5 months. After then everything will be normal again.
Regards.
Thank you Dr. Samuel Musungwini . Yes, I agree with your valuable opinion. But I think the damage will toll much more time to recover.
Yes Dr. Nelaturi V Raghavaiah , one day it will disappear, but I believe, a prolonged impact will be prevailing among the present day's younger generation.
Dear Prof Md. Saidur Rahaman , yes, I do believe that, but there will be some residual effects that will take more time to erase.
In general, yes. Returning to previous style of life is going to be gradually, depending on persons, societies and the amplitude of the pandemic. In some cases the the style of life have already changed.
Yeah Prof Amar Bencherik , you are right. Many people have become friendly with this distancing and liking the digital interactions much. Your 3 factors are determinant, obviously.
Social distancing will gradually fade away but it will time dependent. Especially the introverts.
Dear Md Rabiul Alam
I thing that social and physical closeness will not back as before after Corona virus finishing. It will take long time.
Best regards
No. It will be a psychological impact on people and people will still have a social distance.
The extent of social physical closeness differs between communities and cultures. This closeness comes from the sociable human nature. Therefore, my answer is yes and it won't take too long after the end of the pandemic. Humans unconsciously get back to their root habits. A forced habit change is very unlikely to become permanent in the course of a few months.
It all depends on Continent, there are still places that life is still normal cos the cases there are not that much. Places like Africa, but there are other places where this novel virus had already coursed a Havoc that will last a while before it can be forgotten. So it all depend. However, Mr Corona is likely to remain one of the most deadliest pandemics of the 21st Century ever to be remembered.
Yes, Daniel Dauda Wisdom it is time, community, and person dependent.
"Humans unconsciously get back to their root habits" - a universal truth is mentioned by Johny Matar . Thanks.
Thanks, Nasser Said Gomaa Abdelrasheed , yes, indeed, it may take a long time.
I actually do not think so, I believe there will still be some kind of carefulness in relationship with each other as a result of the effect of the pandemic on our minds. Remember that we are already used to social distancing, it will take a while for our minds to be renewed and get over the fear of contracting this disease
Dear Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo , yes you are correct. Thanks for sharing your valuable observations and predictions.
Mohammed Ismael Rushdi & Isam Alkhalifawi , thanks for your active participation.
Yes, of course, the social physical closeness will be back soon after the post-COVID-19 era.
It all depends on the impact of the pandemic in various locations.
Ronald Gomeseria , Daniel Dauda Wisdom & Alaa Fadhil
, thanks for your valuable opinions.
Dr Ramatu Ussif
The worrying part is that we don't know as yet what the timescale will be. But your response is comforting. We can just wait, and hopefully look forward to the light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks Ramatu Ussif
for your optimistic expression to this discussion.
Prof Mary C R Wilson , you're right, we're eagerly waiting to see the light at the end but we don't have yet any idea about the length of the tunnel!
An interesting question and some interesting responses. As a language teacher who has tried in some ways to be an evangelist for communicative language teaching, I will probably use less of a classroom management 'by wandering around' approach in trying to promote it, at least initially, and look for more indirect ways of promoting it both offline and online. This will of course depend to a large degree on the response of my learners to your original question. I have a feeling people might return more quickly to a less 'distant' form of learning in more rural locales than in urban areas. In Zoom meetings, I have noticed than it is the important role of body language and more subtle aspects of communication that are absent and make the interaction less meaningful. Not sure if that is because I have less experience of teaching online, as the lock-down kind of began just as our semester was coming to a close.
Dear Prof Frank Stephen Thompson , your assumption of "rural people might return more quickly to a less 'distant' form of learning than in urban areas" is very attractive and practical. Thanks for sharing your valuable observations.
In fact, humankind has overcome worse disasters with fewer opportunities.
From a researcher perspective, social distancing revealed new criteria for defining "socialization" and "distancing".
I think it will take time to wax together like before again. the COVID-19 appearance has taken more time than expected, even with the increase in the death toll in the world today, people are more panic than before.
When COVID-19 finally disappear, some fear will still make people fearful, for example, coughing, sneezing, and the likes which are associated with the COVID symptoms are reflex actions. so if a colleague sneezes, he had better curtail it or else, something could happen. In this case, a little distancing will still be experienced and will gradually die down.
My view on this one is that initially people may be cautious regarding social distancing post Covid-19 and with time we may eventually get back to normal.
Dear Prof Gayane Hovhannisyan , yes, you're right: concepts of "socialization" and "distancing" are being redefined.
Dear D A Gayan Nayanajith , thanks for your worthy opinion. Yes, we've to wait for the TIME, but what's your expectation on observing the spectrum of this longlasting pandemic? Of course, your community (Srilanka) has shown the exemplary successes to achieve an early control over COVID-19 spread.
Estoy seguro que muchas cosas cambiaron en el planeta y deben seguir cambiando, desde los sistemas de producción, hasta la forma en que nos relacionamos. Lecciones aprendidas o por aprender.
@Md Rabiul Alam
I believe political tactile stimulation won't return instantly after COVID-19. In this turbulent age, people will lose the habits they have to adopt across term.
Thank you Ajibola Ibrahim Quadri for sharing your opinion. How are you experiencing social distancing in Japan right now? Is it relaxing gradually?
umm...no. its going to stay in society and among us for a long time. no wonder if its going to take place as a new rule of etiquette in civilized society. though at the same time its also important to understand that this will be mostly with the strangers/unknown and with the new individual in circle.
To answer Md Rabiul Alam question, it is useful to look at the community mobility data in some countries where Covid-19 seems to be contained. I share with you the charts for further discussion, comments, and questions. Thanks.
Have the Vietnamese returned to the pre-pandemic normalcy?
What do you think?
• Community mobility compared to the baseline
• The baseline is the 5‑week period of Jan 3 – Feb 6, 2020, which included Tet holidays in Vietnam.
As you can see in the above charts, the mobility to Retail & Recreation and Parks have been lower than the baseline. Possible reasons:
- Vietnamese people had visited these places more than the "normal" during the baseline period, which included 10-day lunar new year holidays (Tet), or
- Vietnamese people now choose to spend less so not frequently visit Retail & Recreation or give more time to work, thus less time to come to Parks.
The above response with site link is very interesting; thank you Dr P. Nguyen.
Where I live in the UK, there is going to be some relaxation on 1.6.20:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-new-covid-19-three-step-lockdown-rules-explained-11986177
But currently, while shops enforce social distancing, outside, even in a shopping centre where people are queueing outside shops, 2 meters apart, those walking through are often not abiding by the rules.
There has been concern about the relaxation, regarding a second wave of infection:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/covid-19-spreading-too-fast-to-lift-uk-lockdown-sage-adviser
The social material affinity will gradually return after COVID-19, because man is by nature a social being.
we’re preparing to go out into the world once more, all those ingrained habits may have to stop. The double-air-kiss beloved. “Touchy-feely” behaviour in general could cease to be acceptable, and with it, everything we’ve learned about a world normally full of physical contact might change.
I think, man will avoid social-physical closeness even after COVId-19 has ended, because this phenomena is such a sensitive issue and is working like a medicine, such that it has changed human behavior, and which could at the end become an instinctive behavior.
Munira Nasiruddin very true, though seeing some (don know what to call them daring or morons) without mask and not believing in social distancing. just hoping for better world tomorrow.
Md Rabiul Alam - Social distancing will not be a permanent phenomenon as also Covid - 19 is not going to stay for ever. Both are temporary phenomena and subject to change. Society is a natural creation and works as per evolved social norms and values. Surely some cure will be there, either a vaccine or a medicine or a herd immunity of people who will be immune to Covid - 19.
Even if we find the vaccine, the social distancing, masks and hand washings will remain for a long-time.
In my view this may be subjective depending on one's perception and understanding. Others will continue with the practice of social distancing and for others it may not be possible.....
I agree with Prof Abdelkader Mohamed Elsayed that the 'touchy-feely type of behaviour could become something of the past. If people return to their old ways of behaviour in the short term, I suspect that further waves of COVID-19 will lead to longer term changes in social etiquette becoming the norm.
The world after Covid19 will not be the same one as before it. There will be changes in almost every aspect in our life.
Yes, when the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic ends, social proximity will return. However, we do not know when the pandemic will end completely. We don't even know if it will end at all in the next few years. We do not know whether there will be more so-called the waves of the pandemic and what effects they will have.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Dariusz Prokopowicz & Artur Braun thanks for your nice contribution.
It will return only for close family, not for friends and others.
I don't think, when COVID-19 will be over (!) social and physical closeness will be back, because man is so much adapted to these behaviors, that these behaviors have been imprinted in their memories and will remain as a learned behavior.
Dear Md Rabiul Alam ,
Yes, probably it will. The question is, when will that happen. I guess that people will become accustomed to virtual meetings, social distancing, and wearing masks, which will somehow affect personal closeness. I think many people will become hesitant to embrace and shake hands as a form of greetings even after they have been vaccinated for COVID.
Dear Md Rabiul Alam ,
Yes, probably it will. The question is, when will that happen. I guess that people will become accustomed to virtual meetings, social distancing, and wearing masks, which will somehow affect personal closeness. I think many people will become hesitant to embrace and shake hands as a form of greetings even after they have been vaccinated for COVID.
Dear Dr. Md Rabiul Alam ,
I believe that like the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic has significantly changed our lifestyle in a significant time. The same process will take place, with a non-immediate transition, in a desirable safer future, returning to behaviors more suited to the human being.
Best regards, Pierluigi Traverso.
As Pierluigi Traverso pointed out above; our lifestyle has changed - globally - and until a vaccine has been shown to be effective and has been given wherever necessary, our lives will continue to be changed.
When people have become lax with social distancing, there have been second waves of COVID-19.
Young children will grow up in this brave new world and will be discouraged from the intimacy that they have always enjoyed in the past, with others who are not their close family.
Dear Md Rabiul Alam,
When the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) pandemic expires, some of the rigors regarding the application of anti-pandemic safety rules and instruments (i.e. social distancing in public places, wearing face masks, hand sanitizing, etc.) will be reduced or lifted. However, some of the habits that we use every day during a pandemic, such as high standards of hygiene, will remain for longer, even after the pandemic has passed. Unfortunately, we still do not know when the pandemic will end. Perhaps the vaccination programs that are starting now (January 2021) will solve the pandemic problem in 2021. Let us hope so, and let us continue to apply anti-pandemic safety rules.
Best wishes,
Happy New Year 2021
Dariusz Prokopowicz