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Is the COVID-19 Era "PRESCRIPTION" Really The NEW NORMAL?
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| U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged people to wear face masks and acknowledged that it is difficult to correct earlier messaging that masks do not work for the general public. Source The White House |
Is the "PRESCRIPTION" really The NEW NORMAL? By JV Howard
Now that we have a President -Elect forthcoming on January 20th to lead us out of this consummate political and leadership morass let's take a well deserved deep sigh and consider our expectations going forward. It would be consistent to be optimistic if you believe the proverbial glass of life is half full but in reality it seems - during the last four years at least - the pitcher of ‘hearts’ has been empathy empty.
When we think of “contraindication” it is normally associated with a prescription of medication that has a serious purpose with warnings and include in the description what NOT to take with it - like alcohol or some other drug. By definition contraindicate means to give indication against the advisability of a particular or usual remedy or treatment. I'm applying the same principle of contraindications between drugs to normal and “new normal.”
The phrase “New Normal” is one we hear often and it is supposedly a remedy, treatment, or antidote for the ‘old normal’ which we can never return and falls under the category of old school. The ‘old normal’ represent life before George Floyd, COVID-19, Trump, lockdowns and before the untimely death of 300k plus Americans.
Much of the old normal appear to be part of a scheduled script. Let me explain; just as fall turned into winter, the sun sets and the moon rises, on schedule, so do the likes of a centennial COVID-19 virus that is supposed to happen once a century.
