Assuming it is going to end, and not just defeat declared and it becoming an endemic disease (it is unlikely the third world will get much of anything in the near future, and even if one of the presently growing list of variants does not slip past the defences then a nice one of those from there probably will) with cycles of this locking down and whatever half baked measures they can sell to quell the fear (assuming people don't just get on with it).
What would be good.
Has been nice to see work from home be more of a thing. Would have preferred to see it happen before now and not be foisted upon people but do or die I guess worked well. I have had remote options for most businesses I support for well over a decade at this point (actually meant I did not get any calls to create such things beyond a general new laptop setup, which I did remotely anyway as I have done for the last however many).
Remote school has been an option for... decades actually (see something like the open university in the UK) but
https://web.archive.org/web/20060903161443/http://ocwconsortium.org/ for a more developed online focused example (which is to say various top universities in the US putting full courses, including big boy science/engineering, fully online some 15 years ago. Something resembling a certificate is a newer thing in that, though the open university has issued recognised things for decades). Granted I am still shocked when I found out various universities prior to this were charging more for the remote stuff.
However long this is in now and masks are still basically a placebo for the types and efforts in use I see from people, though having actually taught people to use them in occasions that actually matter then I expected nothing less. I doubt this will change -- people have had many cars per household for decades now, still drive like morons and drive drunk and with that you can demonstrably kill someone very quickly, the rather lower risk that you are a carrier and days and days removed for a relatively benign disease for most infected... yeah lacks personal trouble/shock value really.
Has been nice to be able to not have to use my own hand sanitiser on those occasions I feel it necessary. Nothing in this world for free I know but was nicer than making it from whatever evergreen I happened to be passing when I needed something to clean my hands and did not have/want to use mine.
Universal basic income intrigues me but I have not seen anybody do it properly and instead it has all be modern monetary theory based nonsense at worst and debt fuelled at best.
What will likely happen.
None of that, or at least remote working options will be coupled with the worst excesses of office block setups or rented/shared office space.
Nice bunch of government emergency powers that they super promise not to abuse (but next guys are not them and thus free and clear of such promises).
Said same governments probably devaluing all the monies more than it already was and riding the remains of a lot of businesses, local economies and communities into the scene of the crash.
Nobody remembering what a bunch of clueless and self serving morons most governments are despite a very public masterclass in the subject. The unquestioning obedient sheep mentality even more so, and probably creating a nice feedback loop with the "I are holier than thou" set but those are at least amusing to wind up.
