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Nine months on, how well has this article by @DeclanBogue aged ?
[short thread] https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30989647.html
[short thread] https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30989647.html
When I hear talk of a ‘new normal’ I have no idea what that means. The word ‘Normal’ was only embedded in the English language in the 19th century. It’s origin is the Latin for a ‘carpenter’s square’. Is getting back to ‘normal’ the height of our ambition ? [2/7]
![When I hear talk of a ‘new normal’ I have no idea what that means. The word ‘Normal’ was only embedded in the English language in the 19th century. It’s origin is the Latin for a ‘carpenter’s square’. Is getting back to ‘normal’ the height of our ambition ? [2/7]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqjVL2ZXIAAK86M.jpg "When I hear talk of a ‘new normal’ I have no idea what that means. The word ‘Normal’ was only embedded in the English language in the 19th century. It’s origin is the Latin for a ‘carpenter’s square’. Is getting back to ‘normal’ the height of our ambition ? [2/7]")
Recently, at @BPS_DSEP conference psychologists shared views on lockdown. ‘New normal’ didn’t appear. Instead, the picture was one of complexity. Humans desire certainty. What we need to thrive - especially in a crisis - is psychological flexibility & social solidarity [3/7]
![Recently, at @BPS_DSEP conference psychologists shared views on lockdown. ‘New normal’ didn’t appear. Instead, the picture was one of complexity. Humans desire certainty. What we need to thrive - especially in a crisis - is psychological flexibility & social solidarity [3/7]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqjVuNqXUAA-e_h.jpg "Recently, at @BPS_DSEP conference psychologists shared views on lockdown. ‘New normal’ didn’t appear. Instead, the picture was one of complexity. Humans desire certainty. What we need to thrive - especially in a crisis - is psychological flexibility & social solidarity [3/7]")
‘Normal’ brought us this pandemic. It brought us climate breakdown.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-change-risks-infectious-diseases-covid-19-ebola-dengue-1098923/
institutional racism
https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1343791633142337537?s=21
and mental health services on these islands which aren’t fit for purpose. [4/7]
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/21/parents-struggle-to-get-help-for-mentally-ill-children-during-pandemic
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-change-risks-infectious-diseases-covid-19-ebola-dengue-1098923/
institutional racism
https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1343791633142337537?s=21
and mental health services on these islands which aren’t fit for purpose. [4/7]
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/21/parents-struggle-to-get-help-for-mentally-ill-children-during-pandemic
Dr Mike Ryan @WHO gave a stunning interview recently. He said ‘Health security is not an abstract concept’. Imagine a world in which National Security is defined primarily by Health Security. Where the wealth of a country is the health of its people [5/7] https://twitter.com/robohanrahan/status/1343511493694861312?s=21
Scientists, including psychologists, have led from the front during this pandemic. They have warned politicians over many years over the need for pandemic planning. Wise leaders need to realise an alliance across science is needed to #BuildBackBetter [6/7]
https://www.socialsciencespace.com/wp-content/uploads/Together-Apart-Uncorrected-proof.pdf
https://www.socialsciencespace.com/wp-content/uploads/Together-Apart-Uncorrected-proof.pdf
Each of us already has a ‘vaccine’ against despair which we have to guard every day. That is #Hope. In the face of crisis, our best approach is to focus our effort and energy on what we control. Our own choices can make a difference to life changes in 2021. #HappyNewYear
