When Will Social Distancing End? Experts Say Coronavirus Will Spur a New “Normal”
It’s natural to wonder when life will start to resemble “normal” again, but no one is able to accurately predict when the current social distancing measures can be safely lifted, or, for that matter, when the COVID-19 crisis will be over. While individual states areon what the next few months of gradually reopening the economy could look like, there are just too many variables to predict the end with any degree of certainty.
Infectious disease experts do know, however, what the conditions at the tail end of social distancing will look like. Here, doctors explain what needs to happen before we rush back into society as we knew it.First, the rate of infection needs to slow way down before we can safely reel back on social distancing guidelines, says, a critical care specialist at Cleveland Clinic. “You have to reach your peak number of cases,” Dr. Khabbaza explains. “That’s going to be the most important point.
Once individual regions do hit a peak, the number of new cases has to consistently decline for a week or two. “That’s going to be the sign for theThen, expect social distancing measures to come and go.is one of the most aggressive forms of social distancing, but it’s not the only measure that states can use to curb the spread of COVID-19. Day-to-day life won’t instantly return back to normal the moment stay-at-home orders are lifted—that will be an ongoing process.from Harvard’s T.H.
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