What will be some positives post COVID? Ability to work remotely more often? Cleaner work spaces?

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Lack of COVID, for starters.

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Hopefully, wfh will be more widely accepted. This in turn, could slightly cut down on traffic congestion and air pollution.

Maybe healthier eating as well. I haven’t had a meal outside of my own cooking for weeks. And I tend to cook healthier than I order. Dang nutrition information is on the packaging and hard to ignore when I grocery shop.

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