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The Brian Lehrer Show

Reflecting on COVID Five Years Later

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Arts, Lerer, Radio, York, Wnyc, News, Media, New, Npr, Nyc, Bryan, News Commentary, Politics, Daily News, Public

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Five years since COVID upended daily life, listeners weigh in on the biggest societal changes brought on by the pandemic.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Listener supported WNYC Studios.

0:16.9

Brian Lair on WNYC, We have 10 minutes left in the show today.

0:22.0

On Monday, we're going to do a big segment on the five-year anniversary of COVID and all the changes that have come.

0:29.6

You know, we're right at that point.

0:31.0

So like five years ago, today was the last day of school in New York City and a lot of places before it shut down.

0:38.8

Right.

0:39.1

We're right at that five-year anniversary the Friday into the Monday.

0:43.3

So we're going to do a big segment on Monday.

0:45.9

But just to almost preview it as a prelude, just in our 10 minutes that remain today,

0:53.2

what do you think? I'm asking for your observations now,

0:57.4

what do you think is the biggest ongoing change to society that COVID has brought?

1:05.1

212-433 WNYC.

1:08.7

What do you think is the biggest ongoing change to society that COVID has wrought?

1:14.7

Obviously, there are many changes to our personal lives.

1:18.5

Many of us lost people during COVID, and that grief has certainly changed our lives.

1:24.3

The no longer presence of those people have certainly changed people's lives,

1:28.9

but so much else has changed. So what do you think is the biggest change to society that's still

1:35.4

with us five years later, 212-433-9692, call or text? And another way to get to it is what do you think has changed for the better?

1:49.9

It's okay if you think some things have changed for the better. And what do you think has

1:54.3

changed for the worst? For the worst. 212-33-W-NYC, what has changed most in society if you look back five years

2:05.5

and a week from today that you think is good or that you think is bad or that's just the

2:12.5

biggest, no matter what you think of it. 212, 433, WNYC, 212, 433,

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