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Talk about what you think the world will be like after the pandemic is over.

I think that it will take a long time for the world to go back to normal and I am not sure if it ever will. I think that people will become much more cautious of their symptoms and perhaps start wearing masks whenever they feel sick. Mask wearing is common in other cultures already, so it could also become common in American culture. I also think that it will take a long time for gatherings of large groups of people to occur. Events, such as concerts, will be postponed for years. People also have developed anxiety around large crowds due to the pandemic, so it will take a while for everyone to feel comfortable putting themselves in a big group of people again. The pandemic has introduced to us a new virtual world that we are now consumed in. We now use technology to communicate, learn, meet with others, and so much more. Although technology has always been a big part of our world, we have become dependent on it. Learning has now become completely virtualized, will younger students be able to transition to in person learning if they have only experienced online learning? We shall see. I also am concerned for the future of the arts. As a dancer who is majoring in dance, I am worried with how the arts will be able to survive through this pandemic. With Broadway closed until May and dance studios all over the country being forced to close due to loss of income, the dance industry and the arts overall is struggling. Performances are cancelled and it is uncertain when performances will be able to take place. Performances bring in money and without them the arts are not receiving the funding they need. I hope that once the pandemic is over, the arts can be celebrated in the way it deserves to be.