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The daily commute. Catching a first-run film. In-person doctor visits. Standing-room-only concerts. Checking out a hot new restaurant.
These common everyday experiences are now fraught with risk as COVID-19 brought widespread changes in how we live, work, play, and stay healthy.
Once the global health crisis eases, which behaviors and lifestyle changes that have become the norm during the pandemic will stick with us and which will be erased?
Two years into the crisis, WebMD asked doctors, health experts, psychologists, and social scientists to ponder this question: What did we give up during the pandemic that most people won't return to doing, even when it's safe to do so?
Their answers suggest the pandemic brought many once-in-a-lifetime changes to everyday life that will become the "new normal" for millions in the US and around the globe.
In some cases, those changes were positive. For others...not so much.
At Work: Is Daily Commute Permanently Stalled?
For Jonathan Hyman, the pandemic led to a job change and the realization that career pursuits are about more than simply paying the bills and putting food on the table.
Hyman, an Ohio attorney specializing in workplace law, says COVID-19 has redefined the nature of work for millions of Americans and businesses.
