Do You Remember What Life Was Like?

This article first ran on SusanDavis.com

I can’t be the only one who watches footage of past events and get instantly horrified that people are close to each other. Right?

I know some feel my pain. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver showed a clip of food lines during the Great Depression and revealed his “quarantine brain” could only focus on the lack of social distancing.

If you’ve watched any amount of television — maybe all of it? — over the past few weeks, you have been constantly reminded by consumer brands that we live in uncertain times. That feels like an understatement, no? It is very, very certain that our times are changing dramatically and may never be the same.

As an avid sports fan, the changes are already apparent. It’s weird watching Korean baseball with no one in the stands, the least of which is that I’m watching Korean baseball in the first place. German soccer without fans isn’t too different most of the time, until a goal is scored and your brain waits for cheers that never come. If Bayern Munich scores a goal and there’s no cheering, did they really score?

June is shaping up to be a critical month for this country as we transition to, nah, let me choose a better phrase. It’s an important time for our economy and mental well-being as…