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Some experts said that its impossible for us to go back to our normal lives, while this severe Pandemic is not over yet. And that we need to deal with this so-called "New Normal".
We tend to do studies, works and even businesses at home and other transactions virtually with the help of modern technology and the internet.
Being fully into digital world now, does it also help reviving the Country's economy that fast?
How do you cope up with this new normal set up?

They have said that will never go back to the new normal but I have my hopes that we'll be back to it. But if not anymore, we have to deal with reality that we're on the new normal. We'll see people with face mask in every corner of the streets and in every place we go.

I think the transition was expected to be gradual and being slow in economy recovery isn't the thing for now. We have to thrive and to survive in this time and that's what matters with the situation that we are dealing with. Gradually, we're in the recovery process, business establishments are coming back although the essentials have never stopped with their business.

And those businesses that have been in the digital world doesn't never have to adopt with the new normal, they've been conducting businesses digitally so it's a basic and easy thing for them which was also favorable for them.

Everybody has to adopt the digitalization that we're having.

Nothing to cope up honestly. People like us who have been in the digital world lately won't have to think of this setup.

Not all of us are ready for these new normal thing because not everybody has enough technology like smartphones and laptops and stable connections to work at their homes, buy their groceries online, learn and study in an online school, etc. That is why we need to work together with our government to manage and prevent the virus from spreading until the vaccine was released this year or next year.

We will make a huge adjustment for us to get used to the new normal because most of us would like to go around in different places with our friends and families. Some people also can't afford the technology and devices being used in online transactions and study in their homes. It will be difficult for blue-collar jobs to work in their homes because their jobs can't be implemented. So this new normal is only in favor of people who can do all of these at their homes.

I cant stand to hear that term being thrown around....
I wear my mask whenever needed to keep my fellow humans safe, yes I follow all guidelines that were setup here in Germany...
Yes Covid is bad, but its just another virus like the flu when there is a vaccine....

Here in Germany we have about 3 new infections per week in our Bundesland... per week!
Let see what happens when people come back from summer vacation in number of infections, but not much happened when people were protesting about BLM...

People always evolve and adapt to a new situation, new ways of living. There is nothing to be afraid of change. Our world changes every day even when we don't face this pandemic. This is just a process that accelerates our changing velocity. There have been several crises in the past, we even had two World war and people still survived and developed their life.

Our life will be definitely different to what we used to believe and although we have been struggling for a few months to deal with this disease, I have a fate that our life will become better day by day and after Covid19 goes away, there will be a lots of advantages and improvements made in order to enhance our current life.

"The New Normal" is a disgusting journalist clickbait cliche.I'm sick of hearing this "the new normal" shit for the last 5 months.
In the place where I live,there's no panic about the pandemic.The masks are required only in hospitals and stores.There's no "new normal" in my town.Everything is normal.I don't know anything about the situation in the big cities of western Europe and USA and I don't trust the mainstream media.
Nobody is "fully" into the digital world.You can just sit in front of the computer for 10 hours.
The large portion of the economy is "brick'n mortar",which means offline.The digital world can't help for reviving the offline real economy.

Working from home became the new normal in the last 4 month. Unfortunately there are still many jobs that can't be done from home and require for people to be in the factory or stores. Overall I think people adjusted fairly well into the "New Normal" but being isolated in the workplace and your social life is too much. Eventually we need to cut back on the restrictions. Reviving the economcy is a first step to a better live but we need to keep the social aspect in mind too. Human beings are herd animals, we survive only in highly coordinated groups. If being individually, we are designed to pick up social cues.

The new normal is happening in many countries, but if people underestimate the virus existing, I am afraid that we can see the new wave of the infected of the people. But I am sure that with the new normal, we will have a chance to revive the economy in every country, so we can have a stable economy like what we have before. The help of modern technology helps us stay alive, even if we remain at home because we can use the internet to help us do our work from home. But don't forget that many people out there still struggle to search for a new job. I am trying to follow the new normal rule because I don't want to get a problem.

That term "new normal" sounds like taken right out of "1984" or "Brave New World" - a great example of subliminally manipulative media. You need to get used to wearing masks, obey, you need to get used to constant life threatening viruses, obey - you need to get used to panic and fearmongering, obey! Eventually economy will recover like it always has but the next crisis is just around the corner, thas for certain. "You just make money when there is blood in the streets!" - John D. Rockefeller

There is no 'new normal' in my opinion. Do you think this is the worst pandemic that humans have faced so far? We have survived far worse plagues like Flu, Black death etc over the years and everything returned to normal(Not new or old).

Same applies to the World Wars and other major catastrophies over the years. We humans adapt whenever and wherever necessary no matter what and history has taught us that.

Coronavirus will definitely lead to some changes across the world, but they won't lead to a 'new normal' or anything. This applies to any future catastrophies too.

New Normal is just a human experiment
If you watch tv media and read newspaper all the time than you are 100% infected with propaganda.
It is better if we look at real numbers and think with our own heads first, but I guess it is easier to just trust our good governments who only want good for the people  :P
Fear is making people doing some crazy things and giving up on freedom easy.

Sometimes technology and the internet that exists today, can be said to be super sophisticated, but cannot help "Normal" in the needs of human life in this world, internet technology only regulates a few service methods for humans, sometimes during this pandemic, many businesses, etc. are constrained & stuck because they cannot be done manually.

Accidentally to deal with life normally you need to do is: obey the current government regulations, both in activities, work, shopping etc.
For now, in my country there have been many people during this pandemic doing buying and selling activities using crypto like Bitcoin & ETH there are also others.

In exchanging or selling / buying with crypto, there are no rules from the local government, only just anti-virus, from the community in my country, own thinking, to prevent direct contact with cash.
That's what we can do to live a normal life again in our daily activities.

its both possible and impossible. posible because some people or some places rather are now operating normally with of course with  practicing safe measures . impossible because we are living with hassel due to strict measures and some people/places arent still operating . the only sure fire way that we can return to our real normal lives is when the virus is totally cleared out and its possible in the future .engaging on modern technology is good because this help  a country to modernize but this isnt enough because we are still experiencing a poor living due to virus .

We can do nothing but to accept the reality that we are now. We just need to adjust to our new life and they called it "new normal". Because of this pandemic there are many things we do not expect that can happen in our lives. In my country many are struggling because they can't afford to buy gadgets or even internet connection to use in online study.We need to work with the government so that we can get through this and the situation does not get worse.And like the previous pandemics it will also end and be recorded in history.

Things will be back to normal but as long as we are in the pandemic, we must adopt to this new normal.
After this, things will not be the same as it is when there is no pandemic but for sure everything will be back to normal - new normal. Some people are slowly adopting to it while some unfortunately can't and they are just having a hard time right now :(.

Right now, most of the transactions are being done online and even the classes here are being decided whether it will be done thru online or not. Unfortunately, we in our country have the slowest if not one of the slowest internet speed around the world and it affects everything from transactions from learning modules from how businessmen are speaking with other people online. There are times where the internet is at its slowest. Well, we are lucky though that we can have access to almost all of the information right now thanks to the internet and the technology.

If a person is able to get a work online then it helps the economy because there is cash flowing unto it.
Right now, people are slowly getting back to work already to recover the economy although some just choose to work online.

For me, its not that hard to cope with this new normal as we are not that affected by the virus (luckily in our place, there is still no cases of COVID19) and I've spent my past years online so I know what to do already.

It's not a fully digital world by any means. Most work and manufacturing can't be done remotely. Some people are working from home and some are milking unemployment, but for the most part things haven't changed that much. The main differences: masks, social distancing and limited capacity inside businesses, more usage of e-commerce and delivery services.

I'm glad the technology (Zoom, etc.) was available so businesses could quickly transition to remote working. It definitely softened the blow of the lockdowns. The economic damage (job losses, output) will still be felt for years after this though.

The pandemic certainly changed how people move and how they think (atleast in our area). Best example is our neighbors who love to mingle every morning or afternoon are few feet apart while wearing mask. That's definitely a "new normal" for them ;D

Seriously though, I believe many were humbled because of the pandemic. I've seen degree holders and high ranking employees switched to online selling, food deliveries, some even joined the transport sector (Grab) to have a new source of income. 

As others have said, there are many sectors who can't go full digital. Digitalization won't make economic recovery that fast but businesses who are mostly digital are keeping the economy stay afloat (i.e legit/regulated online casinos).


I'm curious about the reported cases in your area. Do you follow updates from your Government? If there are none or only a few, then that explains why health protocols are more relaxed.

From where I am from, face masks are strictly enforced and anyone caught not wearing gets fined. Although health protocols relaxed a bit, reported new cases hasn't dropped and our Government continues to assess whether to implement tighter measures.

WOW!  That was so great to hear. At this very strange time where all the countries were struggling with the Virus that cannot be seen, yet rapidly spreading and killed half a million of people globally... You're place indeed is an exemption. Good for you all living there. But, dont just be so comfortable. Covid-19 is not a joke. We must take it seriously, if we want to survive...thanks for the effort in sharing out your opinon. Please know that it is highly appreciated. Stay safe 💕

it wouldn't revive the economy fast but at least we get to have a headstart at least. i actually think this new normal will really be the new normal forever. there won't be anything like vaccine but just government control that is more important here. there ill always be curfew and everything that restrict us from doing what we could do before the virus.

the lockdown cleaned the air in our cities, we can now clearly see the city across the the sea which is just few kilometers. before the virus the city is covered with haze. the one thing this virus did good is making the atmosphere and environment cleaner.   :D that a good new normal to me.

It is not everything that can be done from home and not everyone has the technology to keep working from home and this is part of the reason why rate of unemployment is getting high. School might be shifting back to online for some courses while some that involve practical knowledge are being postponed a lot of individual that run offline business to feed their family and friends are at the crossroad

it is still only the prediction of experts. But in my opinion we can go back there with normalcy as I was sure of that, although now we have not found a vaccine to destroy the corona. The world still has everything to destroy the corona,it's just still not found it. many experts in any country work hard to find the vaccine every day. because they do not want to die silly. I believe God will certainly give way to all of these disasters quickly disappear ....?

The latest technology and internet has helped the economy in a large scale of businesses around the globe even before the pandemic. So, It's not gonna be the right question to start of.
The question should be, how are we going to maximize the use of internet to expedite the economic recovery?

As we all know, one of the major use of the internet is communication for fast and efficient productivity in any operations. A few of the industries in digital world today that might somehow help the economy (in my country for example) is the BPO, Online teaching, Online health care providers, and other online services.
 Though the biggest contributor of the economic growth is the Agricultural industry that doesn't necessarily requires internet, but It's production and transactions has been limited due to the pandemic. So, these online services will be a good help to somehow cover the economic status from further downfall.

This new normal thing is such a nuisance to add up to this overhyped pandemic. I'm beginning to believe the conspiracy theorist in the internet lol.
This is more likely an attack to destroy the world economy.

I think technology might just have saved us from a pretty huge market crisis which could have arrived due to covid. it's because most of the service providers were able to provide services during lockdown due to internet. Virtual meetings became the new trend which saved many businesses. Yes this is true that some people are even thinking of making work from home permanent many companies have already announced this. Moreover, talking about my country, it's a great service sector in my country which would be pretty happy with world getting virtual.

Certainly now internet services have gained a great deal of interest from lots of customers. The Internet is truly one of the indispensable things today and the Covid pandemic has increased the importance of the internet in people's lives today.
I believe that after the covid pandemic is under control, people will be more inclined to use technology. Sometimes it creates a long-term habit for many people in the future, maybe this is a big turning point for better developed internet services.

It is clear that what experts said was actually what is happening to us right now.

We can see everyone that they do everything in their homes using the technology, which is really different from what most of us are doing before the lockdown. Even doing transactions, many have migrated to do this as this is the safest way.

As far as the virus spread is concerned so our country is registering each day new highs. Concerning the economy cannot be closed for many months at a stretch so things have begun but not fully with some protocol as guided by the government. Though some follow and some do not but yes things does not look normal at all the way the spread is increasing daily is scary. Also, till the time vaccine comes and reaches to people nothing will be normal or can say we might have to stay with this new normal.

We have the internet that helps us to work from home, so we can still doing work. But for people who lose their jobs in real life, they need to search for new jobs which will be difficult for them if they don't qualify for that job. Yes, the technology itself will evolve for the better than now, and I think people will have to use the internet, not just for media for socializing, but people will use it many things.

Because thats the only way for us to make our living better towards future,Life will never back to normal like what we use to be that fast so bare with the government advises and request.
Thats why internet is the most powerful and useful tools of our time now,People now living alive because of the help from internet provider.
Nope there re no faster recovery now,and not until the Vaccine for Corona  Virus finally created.
Nothing But listening to what our government telling us to do,because no other best help we can have now but from our own government.

New Normal has only been applied for about a month more people are enjoying this because it tends to be better than the first, not allowed to go out at all, well, indeed many studies are now being done at home such as government employees, business, virtual shopping that is used is a good way not to transmit the infection to others, but still not everyone can do this maybe the little people will find it difficult because they don't use modern technology now it's just real work with their energy, so to speed up the economy I think it's still a little slow.

Government  reasons is because of rapid testing is ongoing, and the more people being test the more
possible infected case are being reported.


It's needed to survive, the risk is there but also needs to considered the economy and people needs to live,
soft opening of some businesses gives some hope for those
laborers who only relying with their day job salaries.


There are  still irresponsible people who are not taking this virus seriously, it's scary since you may encounter
this kind of people who are not practicing proper social distancing and some are
not wearing mask or any protective gear.


Everything will end to this argument, without the vaccine, there's nothing we can do but to be used with this new
normal ways of living.

The new normal set up is the only way possible as of now to let us move forward into our daily lives while the pandemic is still on and while there is still no proven cure to end this crisis up. The new normal set up is somewhat like an amendment into our daily life situation because there are certain rules or measures that are needed to be followed which concern the prevention of the spread of virus while doing necessary things to still keep being productive while protecting ourselves from the virus.

The new normal set up as of the moment will not be an assurance that the country's economy will move up so fast or get to an instant recovery because at this current set up, everything is under limitation which is not on a maximal point compared to the old one. So the point of having the new normal set up is to keep up the slow opening of the economy to undergo a slow process of recovery to lessen the negative effects of pandemic which includes economic declination and food shortage due to months of quarantine.

It would be a challenge to everyone to cope up that easy with the new normal set up most specially that we are leaning or relying into digitalization but it is a must thing to do so that we can still live normally but on a different approach while the pandemic is still not yet resolved.

For me Im doing a really different things lately. This pandemic hit me pretty hard, I was working overseas country and now that my boss told me there's a problem at work, cant go back so I need to figure out a way on how I would earned for a while, since job hiring on my field isnt really good on our country now.

Anyway, my new normal is lying on a bed studying new stuff and got lucky there's a signature campaign that would at least give me fund for my necessity. Im not used to staying at the house only but I think we must cope with it cause there is not much choice.

although new normal has been implemented but it is not yet fully 100% normal, it's just to give freedom to the people in the area of the environment just to give a fresh space of mind. and traveling abroad has not been opened in every country and only a few because it is still in a condition not yet stable, to overcome this widespread spread. on the positive side of this disaster for people who do not know about the digital world, virtual they can learn about it because in their daily needs they use technology and others to prevent the spread of corona ...?

For the first question, reviving the country's economy isn't that just fast but probably being fully into digital and make this norm, it might contribute but it can't stand alone. Of course, we still need other resources aside from online business and jobs. Not fast but at least there's an improvement than we will not work of an excuse that there's no vaccine yet.

We all had experienced a pandemic crisis but doesn't mean we stop, humanity will always find ways to survive in this new normal will the only tool that we can fight against the pandemic crisis. There's nothing we can do is just to follow every protocol and guideline that our governments made, in order to cope up just follow those guidelines and you will be fine.

Everything is online has a potential that we can follow those guidelines and avoid physical contacts!

I don't think that implementing this new normal will make our situation better, but I could say that this new normal is somehow enough for us to recover from economic crisis little by little. In contrast with the use of technology and in our situation before this pandemic strikes, digital transactions are faster and much efficient due to its safety from the virus.

For me, after this pandemic, probably we will use more of technologies in our transactions because we are used to it during this quarantine and the traditional way of paying bills or expenses using physical money will still exist but digital world will develop. Let's just face the reality where we are now benefiting the advantages of technology in this world.

New normal still not good at this time that covid positive keep on increasing everyday but the government implement this to help the economy rise and not totally collapse. I don't really know what is the plan of the government as they know that the affected people keep on increasing because they open everything,transportation,business establishment,people can go back to work, almost everything. I can't really understand this. What if the economy will recover but the large volume of population die because of covid during his new normal? Is it still normal to the government?

Our government here implemented a new normal that is not that effective based on my observations to minimize the increase in daily cases.

Before this pandemic started, with a small amount of Covid-19 cases, people are very afraid to this virus and people are not going outside to become safe. But then, when the Covid-19 cases is really huge, the government carry out this what we called "new normal".

Do you think that this is a good decision? To let people go outside even when the cases are still many and the rate of transmission is really fast. That's the reason why we are experiencing 2000+ increase in cases everyday, due to an improper planning of the authorities in this pandemic. What a shame.

Technology is now playing a more significant role in our generation, especially now that we are facing a pandemic. Technology and the digital world can definitely help in regaining what we have lost in the economy since it'part of development. From online transactions, buying and selling, online classes, and work. However, not everything can be done online since there are still things that we need to do manually and physically.

We may now see the importance and the big role of technology but it is still not accessible for everyone. There are still a lot of challenges adapting from traditional to digital especially if you are living in a third world country. Even if the technology is already part of our lives, only those who are privileged can adapt to this sudden change of "new normal" way of living.

Actually a friend of mine is doing a course that requires the most practical knowledge and his professors are teaching him the theoretical part in the lockdown and are planning to give the practical knowledge when the colleges reopen. I also am feeling sad for those individuals that used to run offline businesses and are now not able to do so because of the lockdown and government orders as they also have to support their families and now they just can't do that because they aren't able to open their business now for the customers.

Government is opening everything but the offices of those government officials still remain closed why?? Because they want to experiment on others the effect of removing the lockdown on the population and when it is actually safe to roam around the offices of those officials will open again.

Most the business establishment can adapt on this new normal and technological advancement of human will evolve in exponentially because we are forced to avoid physical contact. Construction Business are the industry that really hits hard by this pandemic in my country. Most of the business here like food and clothing are now adapting through the used of online merchant.

Meanwhile on business industry. Almost 50% of construction site are still closed and many proposed condominium are already cancelled due to lack of work force and investors.

Exactly that's what I wanted to created a thread about it. The situation you just said about it and called it normal is a new situation for everyone in all over the world. Firstly, we can't be sure if there will be any cure for covid-19. Also, even if there is a cure or vaccine the world after covid-19 period will be never same as the world before it. The new normal is the new normal in economy and healthcare. Everything would change a lot. However, theoretically, the world is changing everyday by facing the new stuff happen on it but this crisis is a deal and going to change lives much more than everyone can expect of it.

Have you ever heard about one country called Sweden?
It is located in north europe and more than 10 million people live there.

Do what ever you want, but I suggest thinking with your head and see how they live normal lives.

This new normal situation is definitely a life changing for everyone because we cannot live anymore what we used to do. There are certain changes that have made our lives better just like staying at home often when we don't have necessary things to do outside. Although our lives keep on changing every now and then, but this pandemic forced us to develop new positive things that will make our lives better.

I feel this pandemic will end soon but its effects will last for sometime but it's foolishness to consider this as nee normal because if peopl would have thought the same during Spanish flu then we would have never recovered from it, moreover people will be starved to death of pandemic continues for over an year because there are various business which has been shut down and only those who work from office are employed to an extend, but those whose income is based on hard labour and daily wages are worst affected. I wish this pandemic should end sooner for betterment of everyone.

What I have realized is : People are not scared of Corona virus anymore , businesses are all open and things are going as normal as you expect them to be. At the same time few things should be kept in mind :

1. This pandemic have put internet usage and the usage of computers on the top shelf , job companies are going forth to only those people who do know how to handle things since most of the things are now online.

2. We have seen a wider acceptance of the cryptocurrencies and other digital stuff that people used to label as scam and all.

3. More jobs are shifting to home therefore I do think this does improve the situation for the long term too since we are able to explore more areas in that section, who knows people might continue working from home after the pandemic.

4. It has encouraged me to support local businesses and stores , buying stuff from the local farmers is not only cheaper , it's also a better quality.

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At the same time I would like to justify a statement when someone said there is no cure for Corona virus :

There is , plasma is working fine in most of the cases and the thing is we haven't found a cure yet , but there is a cure for everything! At the same time the mutation of virus won't matter much if the vaccination is made on time since it will broadly work on the coronaviruses as a whole.

Keep your immunity strong + work out + stay healthy , rest it's not a bad disease , it's just highly infectious (taken you don't have heart problems and other genetic problems) .

This can be prevented 100% by the usage of masks !!

There isn't going to be a "New Normal". Everything is going to go back to the "old normal" once the pandemic is over. We are expecting to bring this pandemic to an end right at the middle of the December or the beginning of the 2021.
We can already see some countries already on their phase 3 trail of the new vaccines that are being created and they had a really promising result on the phase 1 and phase 2.
If everything works out fine, we can hope for everything going back to normal.

We can't still say yet if we will go back to the old normal, that's why new normal was invented 'cause everything changes suddenly. There are many countries that are already in debt like our country who loaned a lot of money for this health crisis, do you think it'll gonna be easy for us to go back to the old normal, definitely not. Yes, we are expecting an end for this pandemic but right now vaccine is still on the making and a lot of money already spent just to find this cure. It's easy to say that we will go back to normal once this pandemic ended but look at the economic side, there are many affected by it.

There's a new normal for now, but I seriously doubt all of the social distancing, face masks, and everything else is here to stay for the long term.  The influenza pandemic of 1918 was much, much worse than COVID-19 and whatever modifications to people's lifestyles that were made back then eventually went away as fear subsided--and eventually enough time passed and it just became a historical event (albeit a serious one).  I'm pretty sure the same thing is going to happen with the current outbreak, though it's going to take some time.

That's pretty much what I'm thinking, but I don't expect it to be an overnight change by any means.  People are just too freaked out, and we'll probably be seeing face masks being worn for many months to come.

We just have to adjust, I know it will take a long time but remember, we are humans and humans are the top species when it comes to communication and understanding each other, sure other animals can do that as well, we have all seen animals act collectively, but humans are just on another level.

So, what we have to do is, communicate what is the new normal, tell people what should be the new norm and expect them to understand. Now don't get me wrong, there are idiots out there who thinks earth is still flat and vaccines cause diseases and that is why we can't reach out to every single human, but the ones we can is pretty much the whole world, over 99% and that is enough. New normal is called "new normal" for a reason, it will become normal and it would be the standard for a long time.

new normal is very difficult to carry out...
according to the rules of the government that when out of the house we must always wear a mask but wearing a mask too often will only make us dizzy because we are inhaling fresh air. and not all children are lucky to have internet access, I'm sad for kids who can't go to school, I think our lives are very difficult right now.

Since the 'new normal' was implemented in the country, many alternatives and innovations sprung up. Most people now prefer bikes as a means of travelling, and as much as possible avoids going into crammed spaces that public transportation offers. People are also more keen on the things that they receive from someone, with the same people automatically sanitizing the goods that they received. Shopping centers also requested market goers to just pay using their digital wallets as much as possible to reduce physical contact. The number of online stores grew, and many people have been given a chance to start anew by opening their own shops. Overall, the economy has taken a huge hit, though people's innovative minds led to numerous alternatives that simply work in this current societal setup.

In our country many students now in online class, our government prevented physical teaching in student because of the pandemic, But many of the student don't have cellphone and internet connection because of poverty and cause alot of student postponed their school year.

Exactly, Like for example me, Im fresh graduate in college and it hard for me to find jobs in this situation. And there are many companies are close to apply for jobs. And it's even hard to travel because our transportation fee is very high because they minimize the passengers.

Actually, wearing masks became "the new normal" in Asian countries because of the Spanish Flu, and you could see a lot of people wearing them even before this pandemic. Eventually other reasons added up - air pollution, fashion, social meaning. And because of that, nearly everyone wear masks now over there, and their death rates are substantially lower.

But the same won't happen in the West, especially not in the US, where people make everything into a political issue.

Due to the impact of the virus the businesses are shutting down and various companies are shedding workers which has led to rising unemployment nobody has ever been ready to return to normalcy, so you've got to take care to guard yourself the planet has come to a standstill and most of the people are turning to online work to unravel their financial problems Although the country's economy was damaged Bitcoin wasn't affected.

Pandemic indirectly forces the world and each individual to carry out digital transformation. Parents in remote villages who do not understand the internet are forced to learn so that children can continue to attend online classes. Many people are lulled by the threat of a pandemic so they forget to think from the other side that corona by design.

Simple logic like this. The majority of the world's population is the working class, labor-intensive industries are no longer relevant to the industrial revolution 4.0. Before a company sells something they will create a market first, this pandemic can be used to create a market for the robot, AI, and IoT industries, with little chaos. Post Corona, Man vs. Robot in the work sector is a certainty. Pandemic provides justification for replacing human labor with robots. Initially with the aim of ensuring the industry's supply of daily basic needs, then reaching to other sectors.

That is correct that we cannot go back to normal as long as the virus is still here but things will change  once  the cure is already found and in  circulation,
partly yes because Online world is the new business sector of the world,there are millions of new entrepreneur now that existing in the world.
Just tighten our belt,less expenses and buying only what we need to use.

Yes, that is because the companies don't want to risk their companies by opening a new job position. Maybe you can try to search for an online job. If you have skills, maybe you can try to offers to people on the website such as in Fiverr, I am sure you will get a customer from many countries which need your skills. That will better for you because you can work from home, and you don't depend on offline jobs.

By saying country's economy was damaged make sure you mean each person's microeconomy in the country was damaged, there is no "economy" in the air which was affected, its real people and real struggle.
Anyway, I think current state of the world really pushed people to work online and pushed the rest of working companies to will to hire remote workers - thats the New Normal for everyone I guess.
I guess we'll get rid of masks in a few months after vaccine is ready

I believe that we will return to the old normal but it will take some time maybe a few years, meanwhile we must get used to the new normal made of masks, distancing attention to sneezing and fever

No, I don't think so because we already have a bad experience with the Covid-19, so we will never back to the old normal. People will be still aware of the Covid-19, and if we do not get the vaccine, and many people still dying to fight the virus, the old normal will not back to us. We need to adapt to the new normal because that is a new way to socialize with the other.

it all depends on the mindset to advance pandemic may make people more for something of investment and job retention online for them to survive for the life ahead and certainly enough to help the country a lot of things that can help the country by paying taxes regularly and create online business taxation is also enough to make the economy better if all normally takes time for all returned to normal.