How quickly do we get back to a post Covid normal? VERY QUICKLY! Come on the rest of the world, you too can do the same.

 From here...

pre Champion's League Final flight... GO CHELSEA

to here...
a little jaunt in Park City... OLYMPIC VILLAGE

Living in California, a state which has undoubtedly taken as many precautions as any other state in the union when it comes to dealing with Covid, we are used to certain things. Wearing a mask indoors is one of them. Reading/hearing/seeing images of how Florida and other states have taken many more liberties in dealing with the pandemic in a much more flippant way is another. After a year+ of this, one of the truths that I believed in was that it would take a long while to return back to a pre March 2020 world. All that has changed this weekend...

After a short trip to Utah I have seen how the other world lives. Masks are optional. People from other states poopoo the idea that wearing a mask is a necessary "evil" in order to help the world (or at least our little world) contain this pandemic. And I have come to the conclusion that in the US (at least), the country will be back to normal with restaurants/bars being packed, masks will be optional and rarely worn, and we will be in a pre March 2020 world within a few short months.

That may prove to be a little reckless (although with the large number of people being vaccinated, and the other large portion having had contracted the virus at some point and hence benefiting from natural immunity, maybe not). But it's nice to see that humans are very resilient and can move on from traumatic experiences. All I have to say is this...

ONWARDS!



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