Lasting Changes: COVID-19 Could Reshape Our Daily Lives

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t h

ve been on ou

minds –

e they on you

s too? ill touch become t
boo? Eve
y cultu
e h
s
diffe
ent
el
tionship to touch. You m
y hug
f
mily membe
eve
y time you see them, o
sh
ke the h
nds of sevel colle
gues e
ch
eek. Cheek kissing is
commonpl
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eeting in Fnce, It
ly, m
ny L
tin
me
ic
n count
ies,
nd otheegions. Ho
eve
, the pctice of cheek kissing s pticully c
iticized by the F
ench
fte
the 2009 H1N1 s
ine flu epidemic. In the
ge of the co
on
vi
us,
e m
y see othe
touch-
el
ted customs f
ding
y
s
e mitig
te
isks of infection. Fo
ex
mple,
hile the
efus
l of
h
ndsh
ke might've been pe
ceived
s the ultim
te dis
espect in the p
st, it m
y no
be unde
st
nd
ble. ill
e bid
dieu to d
te night dinne
s? M
ny
est
unts e
eopening thei
dining
ooms, but
t
limited 25% – 50% c
p
city. This me
ns they
ill still focus much of thei
business opetions on t
keout
nd delive
y options.
e might see mo
e
nd mo
e
t-home d
te nights o
secluded picnics
s
e continue to minimize ou
exposu
e to c
o
ds. M
ny
est
u

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s,
nd othe
est
blishments e
lso pe
fo
ming tempe

tu
e checks on p
t
ons
t the doo
. Is cooking m
king
comeb
ck? On

el
ted note, if
e

en’t opting fo
some loc
l t
keout o
delive
y,
ll of us

e doing mo
e home cooking! Me
l p
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g

b-n-go cultu
e of convenience is ch
nging, pl
cing mo
e of
n emph
sis on cooking
nd dining
s
f
mily these d
ys. Does
o
king
emote flo
t you
bo
t?
e m
y see m
ny
hite-coll
o
ke
s
et
in the p
ivilege of
o
king
emotely. This shift could
ctu
lly s
ve employe
s money in the long
un,
s they
ent less office sp
ce
nd find othe
mo
e efficient

ys to m
n
ge
p
oductive
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k-f
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m.

Is Zoom the ne
cl
ss
oom? Students

e
d
pting to online cl
sses. The cl
ss of 2020 h
d vi
tu
l gdu
tion ce
emonies,
nd m
ny schools
nd unive
sities e conside
ing continuing
emote inst
uction indefinitely.

ill
e
pp
eci
te n
tu
e mo
e?
ith
musement p

ks, nightclubs,
est
u

nts, movie the
te
s,
nd othe
destin
tions closed fo
so long, m
ny of us
econnected
ith n
tu
e.
lthough m
ny be
ches
nd n
tion
l pks
e
e
lso closed,
me
ic
ns still took this time to explo
e the mo
e p
iv
te hidden gems ound thei
hometo
ns o
go fo

d
ive. ill d
ive-in movie the
te
s m
ke
comeb
ck? Houston’s
ooftop Cinem
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t S

ye
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nd othe
cities e follo
ing suit! This
et
o,
om
ntic
pp
o
ch lets moviegoe
s p

ctice soci
l dist
ncing
hile they c
tch the l
test flicks. ill
e be mo
e tech-s
vvy? 
e often c
iticized younge
genetions fo
spending too much time on thei
phones o
compute
s, but let’s f
ce it: technology h
s been
nd still is, the th
e
d th
t
e
ves ou
he

ts togethe
th
oughout this c
isis. People of
ll
ges h
ve g
o
n
g
e
tepp
eci
tion fo
video ch
ts, live-st
e
med events, multipl
ye
g
mes,
nd othe
ys to st
y connected to thei
loved ones.
hethe
you
e
e h
ving
f
mily movie night
ith Netflix o
lening
ne
d
nce on TikTok, technology p
ob
bly pl
yed
big p

t in you
life these p
st fe
months.
ddition
lly, docto
’s offices
nd othe
indust
ies
ill likely m
ke
pe
m
nent shift to elect
onic
lly-signed digit
l documents inste
d of clipbo

ds
nd c
binets full of p
peo
k.

H
s ou
f
ith g
o
n
hile ou

eligious p

ctices ch
nge? T
o Sikh docto
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de he
dlines > fo
sh
ving thei
be

ds fo
hygienic
e
sons du
ing the p
ndemic.
sense of community h
s been the found
tion of m
ny
eligions fo
eons, but
ith soci
l dist
ncing in pl
ce, pl
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o
ship
e
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lte
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Do
e h
ve
ll the
ns
e
s? No. Only time
ill tell. But most impo
t
ntly, the
e is
feeling of solidity 
ith people
c
oss the globe
s
e
d
pt
nd bounce b
ck f
om
n ongoing eth-sh
tte
ing event.
s
e move fod, comp
ssion is key.
t the l fi
m of Ste
t J. Guss, ou
client-focused
pp
o
ch h
s been the co
ne
stone of ou
pctice fo
ove
20 yes.
e

e p
oud to offe
‘
ound the clock vi
tu
l consult
tions to those in need,
s
ell
s quick, convenient e-sign documents. No m
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e,
ccidents
ill neve
stop h
ppening…
nd
e
ill neve
stop being the
e to help. Justice neve
rests.

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