The world is fighting to win a battle with an unseen enemy. The current COVID-19 pandemic will change our lives in many ways. The new normal in the post-pandemic would be very different from what we are currently used to before we encountered it very early in 2020.

From sports, religion, social interactions to the way we conduct our daily will certainly be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some changes will be temporary, while some may remain with us for a very long time to come.

This is a list of ways in which the new normal will impact our lives even after the contagion is over.

1. Faith in science

Whenever there have been great plagues across the world, they have mostly been attributed to God. Obviously, he is usually believed to be unhappy due to multiple reasons, mostly, the culprit is ‘our sins’. With the COVID-19 pandemic, however, things are a little different.

We actually know a lot about the causative agent in the current pandemic, we have even named it the SARS-CoV-2 virus and have also seen its enhanced image.

At least we know that the causative agent is not the god’s wrath, well not directly. The religious among us will still be thankful to God and seek his mercy but they would at least know that it was the previously discredited science that led to the eradication of the virus or made the disease tolerable.

Many of us will see that none of the astrologers could forewarn us of the impending pandemic of the century. They know for sure, if a scientist had for example not done his duty in ascertaining the causative agent of COVID-19, he or she would have lost the job.

Perhaps some of us will make these psychics, fortuneteller, and paranormal accountable the way we hold others accountable at our workplace. At least science will start getting the respect it always deserved.

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2. The US will no longer be the world leader

The US will no longer be the world leader

Don’t get me wrong, the United States will still be the wealthiest nation on earth at leas

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