On shaping expectations of "new normals" for living in a post-COVID-19 world

William Leeming1

  • 1Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, OCAD University, 100 McCaul St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1W1, Canada. bleeming@faculty.ocadu.ca.

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