Open AccessEditor's Note: Redefining Normal
Author(s) -
Sharon Verbeten
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.19.1.2
Subject(s) - new normal , phrase , history , covid-19 , philosophy , linguistics , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
I f there’s one phrase that sticks out for me about the pandemic, it’s “the new normal.” What exactly is that? Is it trying to come to terms with the way our lives have changed over the last year—for better or worse? Or, as it more likely should be, redefining what normal should be.