Return to normalcy, a return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920. Although detractors of the time tried to belittle the word "normalcy" as a neologism as well as a malapropism, saying that it was poorly coined by Harding (as opposed to the more accepted term normality), there was contemporaneous discussion and evidence that normalcy had been listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857. Harding's promise was to return the United States' pre-war mentality, without the thought of war tainting the minds of the American people. To sum up his points, he stated:
America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
Harding's position attracted support and was important during the 1920 United States presidential election, which he won with 60.3% of the popular vote.[3]
During the campaign, Harding addressed the issue of the word's origin, claiming that "normalcy" but not "normality" appeared in his dictionary.
Now our war with Covid19 is coming to a stance(end), what will be our new normalcy in all the spheres of life and medical practice?
Signs of dramatic changes are everywhere even in GP surgeries. The New York Times published an interesting report on how the work of GPs in London is being transformed by the virus. “We’re basically witnessing 10 years of change in one week,” one GP told the paper. “It used to be that 95% of patient contact was face-to-face: you go to see your doctor, as it has been for decades, centuries. But that has changed completely.” Before the virus, video appointments made up only 1% of annual appointments with British GPs and other practice staff. But the NHS has urged thousands of clinics across the country to start switching to remote consultations and has fast-tracked approval of digital providers to ramp up their offerings.
We are seeing a sudden increase in the webinars and online consultations. Many companies are providing these services to the doctors. We are surprised to see the sudden change that has taken place in view of Covid-19 based on the physical distancing slogan. This is the new Normalcy after lifting the lockdowns of covid-19.
