With coronavirus mutations pitted against vaccinations in a global arms race, we may never go back to normal. For the past year, an assumption – sometimes explicit, often tacit – has informed almost all our thinking about the pandemic: At some point, it will be over, and then we’ll go “back to normal.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-24/when-will-covid-end-we-must-start-planning-for-a-permanent-pandemic