This is when Fife Today readers think life will return to normal after the pandemic

Readers were asked for their views on when things might return to normal

Between one and two years is how long the majority of Fife Today readers think it will take for everyday life to return to some kind of normality.

That's according to the results of our online Lockdown Survey which asked readers 25 questions about how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped the lives, opinions and habits of people across the Kingdom – and what they’d like to see happen in the coming weeks and months.

In terms of what comes next and when everyday life will return to normal, 41 per cent of Fife Today readers who responded said they thought it would take between one and two years, with readers who thought it would happen in more than six years in the minority – less than one per cent.

Seven per cent thought it would come sooner, within three to five months, and 31 per cent within six to 12 months, while 11 per cent said there would not be a return to normality.

Across Scotland, 38 per cent of respondents said they thought it would take between one and two years for everyday life to return to normality, while 33 per cent were more optimistic, saying it would take six to 12 months for this to happen.

Just nine per cent think this will happen in three to five months, and only six per cent of respondents think it’ll take between three to five years, while ten per cent said that they think things will not return to normal.

When asked what they thought the likely outcomes of the coronavirus outbreak would be, the majority of readers in Fife said society placing greater value on key workers (53 per cent)

Other likely outcomes were greater funding for the NHS and communities coming closer together, which 52 per cent and 40 per cent of readers thought would happen respectively.

The least popular option was the country coming closer together, which just 13 per cent of readers in the Kingdom thought would be a likely outcome.

On a national level, a high number of respondents - 56 per cent - think society placing greater value on key workers, followed closely by greater funding for the NHS, which 54 per cent of respondents thought would happen post-pandemic.

Even the least popular option - “the country coming closer together” - was seen as a likely outcome by 13 per cent of respondents.

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