The old economy was dead from the day we saw China spraying streets with disinfectant. Trying to keep it going will cost lives. Many more than if we rebuild the economy to the new norm.
‘Once upon a virus’: China mocks the US response to the coronavirus crisis with a Lego-like animation featuring a terracotta warrior wearing a face mask and the Statue of Liberty
What "new norm"? What the heck are you even talking about?
Right now, the new norm seems to be a bunch of people running around micro-managing our lives. A great new norm would be with us living in freedom, but teleworking wherever and whenever possible — a lasting effect of which would be less pollution in urban areas and freeways that don’t look like long winding parking lots. Individual businesses would adjust to new, more stringent social health norms using their own ingenuity, rather than government “guidance.”
Also, ISOLATE CHINA ASAP!!!