Long-term changes because of COVID-19

Will we ever really go back to "normal"?

Package thursday./// the coronavirus pandemic is changing life as we know it.

And even when the outbreak is finally over?

We will still feel its impact.

Kimt news three's raquel hellman joins us live in rochester to explain?

Raquel?xxx live right now?

I'm the heart of downtown rochester?

Right by mayo clinic's gonda building.

When i set all of my equipment up?

I made sure i'm practicing social distancing?

By making sure all the people walking around down here have plenty of room to stay at least six feet away from me.

While eventually?

Those extreme social distancing measures will likely be relaxed?

Researchers say there will likely be lon?

Term impacts on how we live our daily lives.

I'm going to have more on that in just a minute?

But first?

I want to get you the latest numbers from right here in olmsted county.

There is only one new case?

Bringing the total to 198.

While only one new case sounds like great news?

And that is the direction we want to be going in?

Public health officials want to stress that it is only one day?

So it's too early to say if this positive trend will continue.

127 of the cases are recovered.

The death toll sits at four.

We're bringing you the latest numbers every single day?

But what do these numbers really mean for you?

Doctor gregory poland?

A mayo clinic covi?19 expert?

Says this pandemic is going to change many aspects of our culture in the future?

Including wearing masks?

Like this one.xxx i think we very well may become a culture, that at least in the wintertime when there are so many respiratory viruses circulating, that they'll more readily where masks when they're outdoors.

He also says he thinks nursing homes?

Clinics?

And hospitals?

Including mayo clinic?

Will start to take more seriously the respiratory diseases that circulate every year?

Including influenza.

Live in rochester, thanks raquel.

Doctor poland also believes this pandemic will change the future of health care delivery.

We'll show you how it could change how you get your medical care tonight on kimt news three at six./// a potentially huge loss