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I suspect that in 5-10 years we will see a significant increase in allergy patients, even more than we are seeing now.

I am also afraid of the "fear of people" trait that we all have gained during this pandemic sticking as well. Before pandemic, me and my friends were able to just share a bar/cafe table with 5 random strangers and have a beer with them, nowadays it feels it is impossible for me to do something like that.

I'm happy that now I have valid reason to scream murder when random person tries to talk to me...

It won't last. Whenever restrictions have been lifted in Europe, restaurants and pubs quickly go back to full capacity. Right now in Italy and Poland, thousands of establishments have defied lockdown and reopened, and it turns out that a large number of local population was waiting eagerly to go out again.

> large number of local population

Wouldn't this observation be biased? The paranoid would know socializing is still not safe, and the reckless would think "Relax, it's just a flu", and so you'd see bars full but full of the reckless.

But many of the paranoid are paranoid due to social factors, not due to a reasoned reading of COVID data. So, once large gatherings of people return, the social pressure on the paranoid will be less and their paranoia will abate.

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