I am on mute. You are on mute. We have all been on mute since we were told, a year ago, to stop socialising, stay indoors and work from home. And, after the initial shock and trauma, we adapted. With varying degrees of difficulty, we met the challenge of working at home.

We should not underestimate what we have achieved, both individually and collectively, over the past year, particularly against the backdrop of fear, tragedy and sadness that left none of us untouched. But, now that we have the road map “out” of all this, is returning to normal as simple as clicking the unmute button?

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