No, life won't come back to normal completely. I think you will be able to quit using masks and gloves. Here in Sweden it is all voluntary and majority do not use and nothing bad happens. It is most people older than 70 who has died of Covid-19.
But the lockdowns in almost all the world's countries has created economic damage that will change the world for good.
This will usher in a new global financial authority that will demand worship and that everyone is marked with the mark of the beast or its name or its number.
Those who refuse will not be able to buy or sell. And the Bible also says that those who refuse to worship the beast will be sought out for elimination.
Revelation 13:5-8...and it was given authority to act for 42 months. And it opened its mouth in blasphemies against God to blaspheme his name and his dwelling place, even those residing in heaven. It was permitted to wage war with the holy ones and conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. And all those who dwell on the earth will worship it.
But according to Revelation 12, God's woman, that is God's worldwide congregation will escape to a place in a wilderness far away from the beast system.