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Pandemic Paranoia and the New Normal

Listen as two graduate students commiserate about how much their lives have changed since the pandemic and the habits they maintain as a result of the pandemic. They start this clip by discussing how they continue to wash their hands and sanitize their cell phones have been habits that will stick with them even as the pandemic has subsided. The pandemic made them hyper aware of just how prevalent germs are in our daily lives and this is their new normal.

I have become so aware of germs and spit and dirt and I’ve become a little paranoid