It has almost been 2 months since the shelter in place order was issued in San Francisco, California. I still remember the email I got from my school that all our classes will be online for coming 2 weeks and how it ended up being online for the rest of the semester. The shelter in place has been extended couple times since it was announced. Just like everyone else in the this situation, which is all of us, I feel anxious and am devastated by the destruction this virus has done to all mankind.

A lot has changed in these past two months. People have lost jobs, homes, people they love and countless animals have been abandoned. There have been many debates on whether the countries should open up or stay closed. Although the analysis and studies show that staying closed have helped slow down the spread of the virus, people have lost way too much money and are getting restless to get everything open up and running. However, how would you feel safe and imagine you would not get the virus when you start going out again, or how do you know that opening up states would ensure that there are no more cases of the virus coming up.

The return to normal means opening up the malls and looking at streets filled with people, even thinking about that gives me anxiety and stress. It will take a lot of time for people to just return to doing basic things like traveling in a train without thinking of being sick after returning to normal. There are so many people questioning even if things will go back to normal. I wonder if “normal” is even the right word.

How do you feel about things going back to “normal”? Let me know in the comments.

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