Beware going 'back to normal' thoughts – normal gave us Trump | Robert B Reich

Fatigued by the coronavirus and Trump, the idea of going back to normal is seductive - we must guard against it

Life is going to return to normal," Joe Biden promised on Thursday in a Thanksgiving address to the nation. He was talking about life after Covid-19, but you could be forgiven if you thought he was also making a promise about life after Trump.

It is almost impossible to separate the two. To the extent voters gave Biden a mandate, it was to end both scourges and make America normal again.