Experts say aggressive testing and continued social distancing will have major impact on day-to-day life until a vaccine is developed.
Once the immediate crush of COVID-19 cases subsides, epidemiologists say a"post-peak" purgatory lies ahead until a vaccine can be discovered and disseminated that would allow a return to normalcy.
Story continuesAssuming that the testing gap will be closed in the coming months, this is how experts foresee how the post-peak life could evolve: Which may make it difficult for many of those establishments to keep the doors open. “You’re going to see that the mortality rates of bars and restaurants is going to be very high coming out of this,” said Peter Pernicone, the owner of a 190-seat bar, The Elgin, in midtown Manhattan.
The fear: asymptomatic carriers could come from a part of the country where the disease is not contained and start a new flare-up somewhere else. RETAILThe nation's $3.9 trillion retail industry has been hit particularly hard, with many brick-and-mortar stores closed, and not all of them destined to reopen. Despite the boon for online shopping, 85 percent of the country's retail comes through those stores.
Many of those lost jobs may take a long time to return, but there will be plenty of hiring in the coming months."Obviously, the job sectors that will improve are grocery stores, pharmacies, distribution and warehousing and transportation because so many people are using them or shifting to online shopping," Kimberly Amadeo, U.S. economic analyst for The Balance, said.
GYMSWithin 24 hours of California's stay-at-home restrictions, CrossFit High Voltage owner Dan Crawley’s staff provided home exercise instructions for their customers. Days later, he launched online classes to keep his Burbank club’s members exercising. By the following week, he was forced to lend out his gym’s exercise equipment to justify the dues those members were continuing to pay. There’s just so long that kind of improvisation can work.
"Machines will have to be more spread out and wiped down after each use,” Murphy said."The virus is not in sweat, but there is a lot of huffing and puffing during a workout. Masks will have to be worn." But for now, MLB and other major American professional sports leagues remain in a state of limbo with their return uncertain.News that the lights on Broadway will continue to be out through at least June is not a surprise given how tightly packed the seating is in those theaters, which makes restricting seating to keep 6 feet distance between patrons difficult.
"When life does return to normal, there’s going to be a huge desire to have communal experiences again," said Phil Contrino, spokesman for the National Association of Theatre Owners. Contrino says some smaller theaters have found creative ways to survive, such as selling popcorn and concessions for takeout, and there has been a resurgence in interest at the country's small number of remaining drive-through theaters.
"I could foresee even a situation where they might offer two tiers — one pricing that you get to go onto campus and interact with the professors and another pricing level where it's all online, but you get the same degree," Amadeo said."That could open up higher education to more people by lowering the cost."
“There’s a common sense that everybody I know is deploying right now,” she said. “It’s not about the couple, it’s about the family, it’s about the community right now. No one wants to put anyone else in danger.”"The best thing that couples who are planning for 2021 weddings and beyond can do, is research vendors and book them," Jeffra Trumpower, senior creative director of WeddingWire, said by email.
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