SALT LAKE CITY — As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to remain stable in Utah and the U.S. while the number of vaccinations increases, many minds have started to wander toward what life will look like once the pandemic does finally end.
Natalie Gochnour, director of University of Utah's Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, said she's heard of essentially three possibilities for what post-pandemic life will look like: Life could return to pre-COVID-19 times, socioeconomic trends that were already emerging pre-pandemic are accelerated, or the world is completely changed after it's all over.
"I'd like to suggest to all of you that it's a little bit of all three," she said, during an online event hosted by Envision Utah on Thursday.