Opinion: In a pandemic, we are all travellers in uncharted territory

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Opinion: In a pandemic, we are all travellers in uncharted territory
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In a pandemic, we are all travellers in uncharted territory

Navigating social interactions has taken on the air of interlingual communication. How far apart do we sit? When we see each other, are we elbow-bumping or just waving? Is movie night still on?

These past few months, with most everything closed in California and the threat of police tickets looming for group gatherings or not wearing a mask, it was far easier to remain a hermit. But as lockdown rules ease across the continent and life creaks back to normal, the sense of cultural dislocation only grows. We are entering the uncanny valley of a postlockdown, prevaccine world.

There has been the cool skepticism of the sort one might expect from sunburnt beach bums and hula-hooping hippies, convinced, with a kind of religious fervency, that “positive vibes” conquer all. And then there have been the orderly, educated young liberals, respecting state orders. In that sense, the pandemic has only reinforced pre-existing norms.

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