Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, it has ravaged the globe. In May of last year, Taiwan entered a Level 3 alert. During the pandemic, various aspects of our daily lives, including eating habits, transportation, social interactions, work patterns, and medical services, were significantly impacted, even leading to direct changes in lifestyle.

Although, thanks to the nationwide effort to control the virus and the large-scale vaccination campaign, Taiwan successfully lowered the alert to Level 2 in July, the recent surge of the Omicron variant has led to a worsening of the situation.

In the face of the rampant new variants, discussions about how to coexist with the pandemic have begun. What will life look like moving forward? Can we return to how things were before the pandemic?

Looking back at the past year or two, the "social distancing" that everyone followed to fight the pandemic has impacted various aspects of life. For example, being unable to go out for food led to cooking at home; gyms were closed, so home workouts became the new norm; concerns about physical contact increased psychological stress...

If we truly have to coexist with the pandemic moving forward, people will begin to step out of their homes and re-engage with each other. Does this mean that the concept of "social distance" should be redefined?

We aim to explore the changes brought about by the pandemic from various aspects of life, painting a picture of how life has been affected. Through this, we suggest a healthy "heart" distance, offering five essential lifestyle tips for pandemic prevention!