Is the New Normal really the New Normal?

So, I am beginning to live in fear. I have been following the media and reading articles, and I am starting to worry that we will forever be living in a pandemic, even after a vaccine is released. I am starting to worry that we will be wearing face masks forever, social distancing forever, and that things will never go back to normal. I am also starting to think that 30 years from now, we will look back at the times when we never had to wear a mask and that masks will still be required in the year 2050. 

https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/regional_news...

https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/killeen-...

This is so scary. I really am starting to think that we will be wearing masks forever. These "temporary mandates" are becoming more permanent from what I am noticing. 

I also predict that children 40 years from now will learn in history class while sitting 6 feet apart in plexi glass desks that people never had to wear masks until 2020. I also predict that schools will raze playgrounds and that recess will be done by giving kids activity sheets. 

Furthermore, I fear that when traveling by plane, people will have to go through a health control and will have to show a health passport which would be stamped before entering a different state. 

What are your opinions and thoughts on this? I'm living in fear.