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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 3965970, member: 1026"] It'll be real interesting as the world returns to normal how people adjust to going back to offices full-time, commuting and mass/public transportation generally. Personally, my company will be flexible but request 3-4 days per week in the office which means a 1hr commute for me each way. I like working in the office better than working from home in terms of the work portion, but going back to the commute is going to feel like a massive time suck from family life and play. In cities the fall of 2021 will be really interesting with TBD's around TRAFFIC - so many more people will avoid mass transit & drive, eventually that becomes untenable & will force people back to mass transit MASS TRANSIT - Masks will likely remain in play, I'd guess 50%+ will still wear. To me it makes sense as a new normal particularly during flu season. But I don't see how people will get immediately comfortable sitting shoulder to shoulder with strangers for 40 minutes, going to be weird and again I think beginning in September its traffic Armageddon in major cities for 1yr plus. For me once on the train I will wear a mask and at least for awhile try to only sit with other mask wearers. WORK TRAVEL - I think it'll go back to same as before, busy airports 50%+ masks on planes for foreseeable future. Beyond the ridiculous politicization of it (isn't it counterintuitive that being conservative makes you more risky about your health). The mask thing is interesting. I'm 100% in favor of NO MASKS OUTSIDE (esp at my kids sporting events!), but I'm fine for now putting it on anywhere its required or prudent due to crowding. Post SARS there was a contingent, mostly Asian, that wore masks in airports or large crowds. I was among those scoffing at this, thinking this was paranoid & excessive. Immediately upon Covid spreading overseas even before we were all homebound I could see & embrace the logic. I read a great piece about how people kept working & commuting amidst SARS outbreaks in other countries with super vigilant protocols. I still feel ignorant and regret my last weeks of commuting in Feb/March 2020 when I knew what was coming but blithely went unmasked drinking coffee on the train. Facts are surviving once, it being as drastic as its been should change behavior us and make one avoid or prepare for the next outbreak. It doesn't restrict a thing you physically do, just do so with an extra precaution which hopefully avoids another widespread shutdown & crisis. Who knows if or where this or something else might re-start, but it certainly seems more likely now that there will be new & ongoing pandemic type events. You can actually wear a mask in only high risk situations and live your life normally which is what I hope to try. [/QUOTE]

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