Lessons from Covid-19: Could a New Normal lead to better brains, bodies and societies?

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In the age of Covid-19, what is the new nor­mal? How many of us have been expe­ri­enc­ing the heady cock­tail of con­fu­sion, anx­i­ety, and even some sur­pris­ing moments of respite from our recent-past busy rise-and-grind, hus­tle cul­ture routines?

Our social media feeds are filled with urgent and often con­flict­ing imper­a­tives to change our rou­tines and to direct increased vigilance:

• don’t touch your face, wash our hands-don’t be obses­sive though;
• cov­er our coughs with your elbow-not a tissue;
• social dis­tance-with no inter­ac­tion, or maybe with some inter­ac­tion, just watch for your local busi­ness­es as you’re shel­ter­ing-in; and
• no mat­ter what, don’t panic—you should be scared, but please, stay calm.

–> Keep read­ing my new arti­cle, co-authored with Dr. Karen S. Rom­melfanger, over at Emory Uni­ver­si­ty’s Neu­roethics blog: LESSONS FROM COVID-19: COULD A NEW NORMAL LEAD TO BETTER BRAINS, BODIES, AND SOCIETIES?