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I'm kind of split on this.

On the one hand, I think some changes from coronavirus really are here to stay. Dating has been pushed into the virtual world even harder than it was being pushed before, and I think that's here to stay. With that change (AKA love at first swipe) I think it'll follow naturally that people ask each other about their health more candidly. Why? Well I think it's a lot easier/less awkward to do so over text than it is in person. It feels more like an automated process than it could if you had to work it into conversation.

On an entirely different hand, I kind of think everything I've just written above is a load of bull shit. Coronavirus may have altered our world as we know it now, but I think the world tends to bounce back to "normal" a lot faster and more completely than people think. Yes, my mask feels like an extension of my body by now, but after a year or so when it's time for it to come off, will I ever go back? Will I really throw one on when I have a cough in the future? I'm skeptical, but I guess we won't know for sure until we get there.

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