Two points:
1. Human morale. In general, human morale has changed a lot since the coronavirus. All over the globe, people's lives have changed. We've had to change our social and daily habits. The number of deaths has really made us think about life and our mortality differently. We realize how fragile life can be.
2. The economy. I think we are heading toward a depression. The coronavirus not only impacted human beings' contact and connection with one another and our way of life, it has also impacted our world economies. A disruption in the economy, even for a short period of time, has lasting and rippling consequences, I think. We could rebound back to how things were pre-coronavirus but I think it will take some time to get back there. How fast we get there... I guess depends on a lot of things. For example, it depends on how savvy the governments are to make policies that will be good for the economies. Will they do what's right and fair and smart and stop bailing out corporations and super wealthy entities who don't even need the help, and will they stop crippling the 98% (average Joe's and small businesses) that make up the rest of the population? The 98% are the ones that actually get the economy going.
Concluding thoughts.
It's naive to think that life will go back to the way it was pre-coronavirus, in another 3-6 months. I don't think life will be the same for another 2-3 years at least. Better yet, our lives will never be the same after this, I think. We all, over the age of 5 years old, will remember this time for the rest of our lives.
Also, just because right now the economy is taking a hit doesn't mean that we as a society become stupid and lift the social distancing ban. Prematurely removing the social distancing ban is going to start the infection cycle all over again. The smartest thing the world can do right now is to social distance for another 3 months to a year. Let the friggin coronavirus die out before we open shops and breathe on each other again.
So many healthy people have gotten the virus and within 1-2 weeks, they have died. These people didn't even know a month ago that they were going to die just like that. The virus does not discriminate. If you're around an infected person, the chances of you getting the virus is very high. When you catch it, there is a likelihood that you could die. Why do you want to take that chance? This mother effer coronavirus is scary af. It's nothing to play around with. So, I think the best course for the world right now is to continue to social distance and let this virus die out. The virus will keep living if we allow it to jump from host to host.
Back to the economy. Economies around the world are impacted by covid-19. We could potentially go into a depression (it looks like it to me). But with regard to the U.S. economy, we have a lot of rich people with a lot of money. If these rich people decide on their own to do goodwill and to help out or if the U.S. government would be smart and come up with good and sustainable tax and economic policies, the U.S. economy can rebound back. Things don't always have to go to shit. Everyone, particulary the government, just has to be smarter. We erected people into government positions to be leaders for a reason... to make good decisions to save us, not to make dumbass decisions that will wipe us all out. Do better in November and vote for the survival of mankind, not for the dumbasses that will kill you and I. (Sorry. My thoughts shifted into a rant there. But really, if we had smarter people in government that made better decisions such as having pandemic/disaster recovery plans in place and having good strategies and brains to react smartly and timely to this pandemic, we wouldn't be in this predicament that we are in in the first place. OK. End of rant.) What I'm trying to say is, all around the world, we can rebound back from this dark time. We all just need to be smarter and vote for people that make better decisions for all of mankind, whenever we are asked to vote.
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