How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond

Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by yread on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:40AM (#24234781)

Lots of good things: much lower rates of influenza and other respiratory infections; families staying close together; work from home becoming the norm helping the environment; less money and resources wasted on organized sports and other entertainment; me not having to have in-person meetings with my annoying project manager; lots of motivation for learning new stuff about biology/immune systems/virology. Of course most of these also have downsides. But the upsides are there.

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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:49AM (#24234845)

> work from home becoming the norm

It isn't though. It might seem that way to people in cushy software development positions in the valley, but I don't believe that is happening very many other places.

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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by yread on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:55AM (#24234893)

From my experience it is. Here in the Netherlands, just in the last few weeks I spoke with accountants, auditors, lawyers, scientists, sales people, even doctors (pathologists) and they all worked from home. I'm not saying that everyone works from home but that it became more prevalent, it's very hard to argue the opposite

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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by zxspectrum1982 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:21PM (#24247734)

How is "work from home becoming the norm" an upside?

It might be an upside for some people but it is definitely a downside for others.

PS: I've worked from home for more than 10 years, for several companies.

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