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Will the world be a better place?

Will lessons be learnt?

Will the world be a safer place?

Will the world be a more peaceful place?
 
Working from home will be encouraged more.

The company I work for has calculated it would've saved just under a million on rent per week on commercial rents. I see IT companies downsizing their commercial footprint.

Productivity has certainly gone up.

I like many have saved money on work commute.
 
Nothing will change.

As time will pass, people will return to the same route.
 
Nothing, we'll go back to being the greedy, selfish and self-centred people we've always been.
 
Long term impact is unknown as people tend to forget. In the short and intermediate term definitely see people and businesses becoming frugal.

Companies may start showing more urgency in moving towards automation and implementing remote working conditions.
 
People will go back to their normal routines and completely forget about this whole predicament.
 
Saj said:
Will the world be a better place?

Will lessons be learnt?

Will the world be a safer place?

Will the world be a more peaceful place?
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1. No, more laws have/will be introduced to curtail freedom, rights etc.

2. The UK government do not care for the public, they care for big companies and their own upper stiff lip friends.

3. No, viruses will be more common and also this will be a new tactic of global warfare.

4. The next 3 decades will be the worse in human history.
 
People will no longer look Chinese the same way and they will be facing racism for years to come.
 
My fear is that as soon as this is over, people go back to normal and forget what happened, why it happened.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Or just as important , build up their immune system. Eat healthy, excercise.

Do you know if there is a way to check how strong your immune system is?
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Exactly and the best thing for your immune system is a balanced diet and a good exercise routine, there's no need to waste money on unproven "immune boosting" supplements as I've seen countless patients do lately.

No there isn't a test, but diet and exercise will ensure your immune system is as strong as it can be to battle illness and infection.
 
Markhor said:
Exactly and the best thing for your immune system is a balanced diet and a good exercise routine, there's no need to waste money on unproven "immune boosting" supplements as I've seen countless patients do lately.

No there isn't a test, but diet and exercise will ensure your immune system is as strong as it can be to battle illness and infection.
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I feel the governments asking people to stay in are also not taking into consideration people inside will often start eating too much, bad food, not excercise as much, lack of fresh air will all contribute to the weaking of the immune system. I've not heard Prof Whitty discuss this or advise people of ways to boost their immune system. I dont ever eat microwave food, mcdonalds and most frozen foods in supermarkerts as they are often GM foods really hamper your immune system and also create other illneses.
 
Hopefully we the people of America wake up and realize having your health insurance tied to employment is a terrible idea, maybe Bernie's ideas will resonate with more Americans now.
 
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There are seminal moments in history and this def one of them. In my lifetime the Soviet invasion of Afg, the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, the fall of the Berlin wall, the Iraq war, the Arab Spring and this. The World has changed and economic cost will take decades to overcome and its main by products will be chaos and it is not too far fetched to say, a new world order will arrive.
 
One thing I hope that will change is the relationship with China. Countries need to stop trading with that horrible country and we need to stop buying products made in China.
 
The_KING said:
One thing I hope that
will change is the relationship with China. Countries need to stop trading with that horrible country and we need to stop buying products made in China.
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Trade shouldn’t be as imbalanced as its right now with Chinese but Chinese manufacturing is the only way American/European designs can come that fast into the market.

For quick progress of human civilization and tech Chinese manufacturing is a must..

CCP though should be warned.
 
Health and Hygiene.

Fear after any disease will be taken more seriously.

No idea how airlines will recover from this in next 5 years..

The Great depression created a very hardworking generation, I like the boomers as well, so hopefully people will learn more life skills to survive and consumer debt would be taken more seriously one can hope..
 
The_KING said:
One thing I hope that will change is the relationship with China. Countries need to stop trading with that horrible country and we need to stop buying products made in China.
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China have sent hundreds of thousands of kits and other equipment to nations such as Italy, USA, Spain, Iraq. Are you saying if we in the UK need kits in the next week , we shouldnt get them from China?
 
Nothing much is going to change.... perhaps societies and governments may take more measures to close themselves off from 'outsiders'
 
KingKhanWC said:
Thats not good but they have also been sending masks, medics and other helpful resources.
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Yes , might not be pharmaceutical but the world needs their manufacturing ability esp with Ventilators.. thats where Musk got it from quick order to LA. Italy should had done the same.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Thats not good but they have also been sending masks, medics and other helpful resources.
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Should we worship China for sending all the medical supplies?

The way I see it, they created this mess so they should clean it up as well.
 
Knowing humans, we are only liekly to keep finding more deeper lows of lows and be a disgrace... sad times ahead...
 
Agree with a poster above. People will not look at China the same way again. China’s stupidity will not be forgotten.
 
I think we as humans should kinda get away from meat in general and try to limit our intakes cause it's not the healthiest thing and also animals have same feelings as 5 year old human so it's just wrong on so many levels
I know it's radical but maybe we should think about it
 
I disagree with all of you. This will have a lasting impact on everything. It will take more than a year for normalcy to return. No one knows when this will end and how will this end. This will change how humans interact and their daily life. Will the world return to pre corona like normalcy? I don't think so.
 
Political correctness will be the key? As I expect the powerful will become more dominant, and the inequality will increase further. Smaller nations with their economic downturns, wont have any leverage and will be even more dependent on the big foreign nations.
 
KingKhanWC said:
China have sent hundreds of thousands of kits and other equipment to nations such as Italy, USA, Spain, Iraq. Are you saying if we in the UK need kits in the next week , we shouldnt get them from China?
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It's the least the pangolin munchers can do after shaking the foundations of the world economy and healthcare.

All goes to nought if they are still gobbling monitor lizards as I type and once this is over.
 
JaDed said:
Health and Hygiene.

Fear after any disease will be taken more seriously.

No idea how airlines will recover from this in next 5 years..

The Great depression created a very hardworking generation, I like the boomers as well, so hopefully people will learn more life skills to survive and consumer debt would be taken more seriously one can hope..
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Baby Boomers were born after World War 2 - 1946 - 1964. The generation that was raised during the great depression was the "Silent Generation" - 1925 - 1945.
 
Dependency on China has to be assessed by all countries .. in situations like these when China itself is impacted, there is no way countries can scale up their production to match the Chinese. Need more diversified trade relations.
 
The globalisation trend, with companies outsourcing their production and I.T., will come to an end. Governments will realise that, as shown by the shortages of ventilators, face masks and other hospital equipment, in times of trouble, it's every country for themselves.

Right now, Govts. are thrashing about trying to get hold of as many respirators and other hospital equipment as they can. But with a limited supply, they're all outbidding each other to see who gets them first. And of course, the outsourced production facilities are under the jurisdiction of the governments of where the production facilities are located, and not which countries shareholders owns them. So those governments are deciding who gets them first (eg Trump putting pressure on foreign governments, where the production facilities are located, to ensure the USA is top of the list of who gets them first, regardless of which countries shareholders owns the production facilities}.

"The U.S. Needs China’s Masks, as Acrimony Grows

Beijing has signaled a willingness to supply the U.S. as its outbreak spreads. Increasingly harsh language and logistical issues could make it difficult to reach deals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/coronavirus-china-masks.html
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" China’s Mask Diplomacy

By shipping medical supplies to European countries, China is seeking to boost its image as a responsible global leader

https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/chinas-mask-diplomacy/"
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This also applies to I.T. outsourcing.

I know a couple of people whose employers (here in the UK) have their office based employees working from home. But as of a couple of days ago they are having major issues working from home due to problems with their connections, logins, and other IT issues, with the India based IT Systems. It's because due to the Indian governments lock down, the Indian employees in the Indian call centres and outsourced IT departments, can't get to work.

All in all, governments will be keen to get their companies to relocate their production facilities and I.T. call centres back to their home countries, so that they are not under the whim of foreign governments.
 
KingKhanWC said:
I feel the governments asking people to stay in are also not taking into consideration people inside will often start eating too much, bad food, not excercise as much, lack of fresh air will all contribute to the weaking of the immune system. .
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And office workers and kids are encouraged to use screens as much as possible. Any idea whether that much exposure to screens is bad for eyesight?
 
For last few years, there has been this constant nudging in messages by media and global warking supporters that

1) Re usable plates and cups are bad
2) Individual cars are bad vs public transport
3) Wasting water is bad, no need to wash hands or showe for too long
4) Plastics are awful

Now with this virus, all those positions have reversed

Now
1)Public transport is bad and unsafe
2) reusable stuff is bad (apparently reusable grocery bags help transmit viruses)
3) wash hands for 30 seconds, notice how no one talks about a global water shortage anymore
4) Plastics are heavily used either in gloves, or other PPE material
 
KingKhanWC said:
China have sent hundreds of thousands of kits and other equipment to nations such as Italy, USA, Spain, Iraq. Are you saying if we in the UK need kits in the next week , we shouldnt get them from China?
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As long as we are in this mess, we should get all the help from China, as they are the ones responsible for this mess, so they should clean it up as well.

However, once the situation is under control and things start to get back to normal, all the countries in the world should boycott that bat eating, cooking dogs alive craphole country..
 
The_KING said:
As long as we are in this mess, we should get all the help from China, as they are the ones responsible for this mess, so they should clean it up as well.

However, once the situation is under control and things start to get back to normal, all the countries in the world should boycott that bat eating, cooking dogs alive craphole country..
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Its not only China that does that. Other East and South East Asians eat Bats, Snakes, Rats, Dogs too.
 
The_KING said:
People will go back to their normal routines and completely forget about this whole predicament.
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Most people will never forget and for reasons such as being made redundant or getting kicked out their house. Others will remember loved ones that they've lost.
 
The_KING said:
As long as we are in this mess, we should get all the help from China, as they are the ones responsible for this mess, so they should clean it up as well.

However, once the situation is under control and things start to get back to normal, all the countries in the world should boycott that bat eating, cooking dogs alive craphole country..
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Kind of reminds me of the people who think Germans should still be punished for WW2. China may have started this this but they've shown us that quick and strict measures will pull things under relative control and allow your economy to get back on it's feet after a few weeks.

Why should they have to help other countries when those countries are not even helping themselves. It took the UK over a month to enforce these measures and even then it's still not as strict as in China.
 
The_KING said:
They should be boycotted as well then.
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Wont happen but, i would hope they would recognize the damage that has been done to the entire world, and at minimum ensure that if it is proven that eating bats caused this, they would give it up.
 
prakash said:
I disagree with all of you. This will have a lasting impact on everything. It will take more than a year for normalcy to return. No one knows when this will end and how will this end. This will change how humans interact and their daily life. Will the world return to pre corona like normalcy? I don't think so.
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British culture will return to normalcy as soon as the pubs reopen

OTT dramatic post
 
1. House prices will drop
2. Hyper inflation followed by a previous of stagnation
3. A period of high unemployment rates globally
4. Some scapegoats but no one of significance
5. Major changes at the next general election in most countries - no way Tories will survive this in the UK
6. Some big talk but no major changes to health service at least in the UK
7. Huge businesses to collapse
8. Lots of new businesses to emerge but in "essential" sectors
 
This is a major reset moment. Globalization will be first hit. I believe more people who go back to their home country/towns. So urban expats will move back to their countries, whereas rural villagers will come back from the cities.
 
One good, if you can call it that, for Pakistan is that we had around 2000 ventilators up till now which is being increased to 10,000 in the next week or so and about 22,000 in the short term.
 
Only time will tell which nation and the leader will come out stronger. Resilience of a nation and leadership of head states will be tested. Heroes and zeroes will emerge.
 
Pakistanian said:
Baby Boomers were born after World War 2 - 1946 - 1964. The generation that was raised during the great depression was the "Silent Generation" - 1925 - 1945.
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Thats why the term ‘as well’ .. ..I didn’t know the label for their generation but knew for their children..
 
moghul said:
Only time will tell which nation and the leader will come out stronger. Resilience of a nation and leadership of head states will be tested. Heroes and zeroes will emerge.
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In that logic it would be dictators and in this way only China.
 
Watch the Eastern Bloc rise from the shadows.. likes of Poland, Latvia, Estonia, steadily growing economies will become tech hubs and production centres
 
Here are my predictions for a post COVID-19 world. Let me know what are your thoughts:

1) Work from Home would be common and encouraged as companies would eventually save more money in terms of office rental spaces.

2) Less cars on the roads and less trains/buses/public transit, specially during rush hours as more people work from home. That means very less construction and restoration projects and you may finally see less construction in the summer (specially for Canadians and those living in the north, as summer is a heavy construction season).

3) Daycare business would slowly become less and less.

4) At airports, apart from security checks there would also be health checks and screen checks. Hell, most likely all travelers would require doctor's certification to travel. That would become a norm while even purchasing tickets.

5) Everyone would be required to have a health checks at bars, restaurants, groceries, etc. before entering. This would be to reduce any kind of current strain that is going on in the area.

6) Joining Amazon, Apple, Uber etc. would be Zoom, and other related companies that specializes in virtual platform and meetings. I personally suggest identify such companies and buy their stocks.

7) Online groceries and delivery will become very very common. Some grocery chains would have to reduce their number of stores.

8) Malls will become totally extinct (they somewhat are already struggling).

9) Colleges and Universities would actually become virtual, and that would reduce the campus size drastically. Someone sitting in Canada can enroll to Harvard, Oxford etc. and finish a degree at home.

10) Rise of powers other than the current 1st world (USA, Canada, GB, France. etc.). This would be purely based on how quick they were to eliminate this disease and get their country back to work. Just like how the whole world can now see China has become a superpower overnight by dealing with this disease and eliminating it, while the rest of the world is struggling. It is even possible for them to get a vaccine and sell it to all the countries. Definitely there would be a power switch, because of a very strong health care system in such a country.
 
The timing of this couldn’t be worse , while I think we where on the brink there was still some hope that we would not get into a recession. I think we are in for difficult 6-8 years I’d not more . Expect everything bad which comes along with a recession .
 
The world will change. Globalisation is toast. Economies will change, cashless society, pensions, negative rates, negative yields, and a collapse in both commercial and residential property markets.

We are not even in the eye of the storm yet.
 
Yossarian said:
The globalisation trend, with companies outsourcing their production and I.T., will come to an end. Governments will realise that, as shown by the shortages of ventilators, face masks and other hospital equipment, in times of trouble, it's every country for themselves.

Right now, Govts. are thrashing about trying to get hold of as many respirators and other hospital equipment as they can. But with a limited supply, they're all outbidding each other to see who gets them first. And of course, the outsourced production facilities are under the jurisdiction of the governments of where the production facilities are located, and not which countries shareholders owns them. So those governments are deciding who gets them first (eg Trump putting pressure on foreign governments, where the production facilities are located, to ensure the USA is top of the list of who gets them first, regardless of which countries shareholders owns the production facilities}.




This also applies to I.T. outsourcing.

I know a couple of people whose employers (here in the UK) have their office based employees working from home. But as of a couple of days ago they are having major issues working from home due to problems with their connections, logins, and other IT issues, with the India based IT Systems. It's because due to the Indian governments lock down, the Indian employees in the Indian call centres and outsourced IT departments, can't get to work.

All in all, governments will be keen to get their companies to relocate their production facilities and I.T. call centres back to their home countries, so that they are not under the whim of foreign governments.
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Globalisation - or international trade if you prefer - has been a key engine for growth and wealth for countries like ours, and others like the USA. Would it be fair to say that now with a threat coming from rising enonomies in the east, it would make more sense for us to isolate and prevent them from gaining too much traction? If the dice is loaded in favour of China and India, why not pack up the board game and put it on the top shelf?

These countries are ultimately a threat to our living standards, and perhaps we should look after ourselves first?
 
Yossarian said:
The globalisation trend, with companies outsourcing their production and I.T., will come to an end. Governments will realise that, as shown by the shortages of ventilators, face masks and other hospital equipment, in times of trouble, it's every country for themselves.

Right now, Govts. are thrashing about trying to get hold of as many respirators and other hospital equipment as they can. But with a limited supply, they're all outbidding each other to see who gets them first. And of course, the outsourced production facilities are under the jurisdiction of the governments of where the production facilities are located, and not which countries shareholders owns them. So those governments are deciding who gets them first (eg Trump putting pressure on foreign governments, where the production facilities are located, to ensure the USA is top of the list of who gets them first, regardless of which countries shareholders owns the production facilities}.




This also applies to I.T. outsourcing.

I know a couple of people whose employers (here in the UK) have their office based employees working from home. But as of a couple of days ago they are having major issues working from home due to problems with their connections, logins, and other IT issues, with the India based IT Systems. It's because due to the Indian governments lock down, the Indian employees in the Indian call centres and outsourced IT departments, can't get to work.

All in all, governments will be keen to get their companies to relocate their production facilities and I.T. call centres back to their home countries, so that they are not under the whim of foreign governments.
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On the IT front I was in Chennai when floods happened and much more than this time work was affected then, guess what was done , BCP was put in a place and another city was added so it can take care in such situations.

Western world is not going back to paying so much money, the biggest threat to IT in India is automation and that is happening ,anyone that is not learning will perish.

ImHO Cost will always be the deciding factor not disturbance here and there atleast as much as I have seen ,that’s why automation has already made IT career in India not lucrative anymore and so many engineering seats are empty ,unlike 1991-2012.

Also connection logins am not sure how is Indian IT responsible in this case.. availability of resource to resolve issues yes..
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Globalisation - or international trade if you prefer - has been a key engine for growth and wealth for countries like ours, and others like the USA. Would it be fair to say that now with a threat coming from rising enonomies in the east, it would make more sense for us to isolate and prevent them from gaining too much traction? If the dice is loaded in favour of China and India, why not pack up the board game and put it on the top shelf?

These countries are ultimately a threat to our living standards, and perhaps we should look after ourselves first?
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Globalisation currently means having all your eggs in one basket. China is the cornerstone of global manufacturing and part of the main reason why markets are tanking is because the supply chains are effected.

China / India cannot survive without foreign money/orders but the West can emphasise on restoring their manufacturing base in the West.

The effect will be higher costs for the consumers in the short run.

Globalisation was the notion of opening up trade between countries, but has now morphed into a global system that has more than 1 single points of failure - the complete opposite of globalisation.
 
Technics 1210 said:
Globalisation currently means having all your eggs in one basket. China is the cornerstone of global manufacturing and part of the main reason why markets are tanking is because the supply chains are effected.

China / India cannot survive without foreign money/orders but the West can emphasise on restoring their manufacturing base in the West.

The effect will be higher costs for the consumers in the short run.

Globalisation was the notion of opening up trade between countries, but has now morphed into a global system that has more than 1 single points of failure - the complete opposite of globalisation.
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Chinese manufacturing was good while it lasted, gave us cheaper goods and some technical expertise to carry that out when the going was good, but at a price. Perhaps we were better off with the other type of globalisation where t-shirts and footballs were made in sweatshops in Bangladesh and Pakistan. At least those countries aren't going to be leading the race to provide our communication networks in the next few years.
 
JaDed said:
On the IT front I was in Chennai when floods happened and much more than this time work was affected then, guess what was done , BCP was put in a place and another city was added so it can take care in such situations.

Western world is not going back to paying so much money, the biggest threat to IT in India is automation and that is happening ,anyone that is not learning will perish.

ImHO Cost will always be the deciding factor not disturbance here and there atleast as much as I have seen ,that’s why automation has already made IT career in India not lucrative anymore and so many engineering seats are empty ,unlike 1991-2012.

Also connection logins am not sure how is Indian IT responsible in this case.. availability of resource to resolve issues yes..
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Disagree with the comments about I.T. outsourcing to places like India. Your comment "..... in Chennai when floods happened and much more than this time work was affected then..." is very premature.

The Western countries are being hit hard. Just look at the death statistics thus far in Italy and Spain. But far, far worst is yet to come. And all this with much smaller populations and far better health systems than the likes of India, Pakistan and other developing countries.

Even at it worst, the death rates per capita in the West are going to be the equivalent of a gentle breeze, in comparison to the hurricane (or cyclone as it's known on the sub-Continent) that is going to hit the likes of India and Pakistan, where entire generations of families commonly live together, meaning if one gets it, everyone in the household gets it.

It is estimated that anything up to 80% of developing countries population may eventually get infected. If those projections even come close to being accurate, for India, that's over 1 billion people. In such a scenario, even if there is only an absolute minimum 1% to 2% fatality rate, that's still 10 million - 20 million fatalities.

So please don't be naive into thinking that disruption due to floods (lasting a relatively short period in comparison) are remotely similar to the havoc that this epidemic is going to cause.
 
Yossarian said:
Disagree with the comments about I.T. outsourcing to places like India. Your comment "..... in Chennai when floods happened and much more than this time work was affected then..." is very premature.

The Western countries are being hit hard. Just look at the death statistics thus far in Italy and Spain. But far, far worst is yet to come. And all this with much smaller populations and far better health systems than the likes of India, Pakistan and other developing countries.

Even at it worst, the death rates per capita in the West are going to be the equivalent of a gentle breeze, in comparison to the hurricane (or cyclone as it's known on the sub-Continent) that is going to hit the likes of India and Pakistan, where entire generations of families commonly live together, meaning if one gets it, everyone in the household gets it.

It is estimated that anything up to 80% of developing countries population may eventually get infected. If those projections even come close to being accurate, for India, that's over 1 billion people. In such a scenario, even if there is only an absolute minimum 1% to 2% fatality rate, that's still 10 million - 20 million fatalities.

So please don't be naive into thinking that disruption due to floods (lasting a relatively short period in comparison) are remotely similar to the havoc that this epidemic is going to cause.
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Yes, I’m being hopeful about the situation but i understand what you are saying as well about the situation.
 
Personal hygiene will be at a different level!
 
Things may change in the short term after the disease but in the long term they will normalize to the way they were before.
 
The world is currently fighting two global pandemics: Covid 19 and Stupidity. Hopefully they'll find a cure for the former before the latter wipes us all out.
 
Preparing for a post-pandemic world

Politics, people and markets are similar in how they respond to crisis, from natural disaster, to financial slump, to the onset of war. The instinctive response is fear and uncertainty; followed by mitigation; followed ultimately by the search for renewal in the wreckage of calamity.

While countries around the world roll out emergency measures to respond to COVID-19, and with an estimated 50 million people in lockdown, few are actually prepared for what a post-pandemic world will look like - the demands it will make of the societies left to populate it, and the extent to which it will blunt the confidence and hyper-individualism that has characterised the 21st century thus far.

At the end of World War II, the need for a global framework based on shared values and interdependence rallied political and policy elites to the cause of a liberal international order. In the 70-odd years that followed, that framework was gradually eroded by the combined forces of globalisation, poverty and the unresponsiveness of mainstream political parties to local discontent.

Until a few months ago, it seemed almost certain that the resurgence of the political right from Brazil to Hungary, and India to the United States would unambiguously come to define the remainder of the 21st century. Autocracies would consolidate. Exclusion and xenophobia would dominate election promises; and events such as the European migrant crisis would further the logic for nativism and tougher rules on immigration and protectionism.

But will the pandemic, the deadliest since the Spanish influenza, change all that? Or will the neo-authoritarian character of the last two decades, culminating dramatically in Britain's exit from the EU, be immune to the indiscriminate, deadly spread of COVID-19, and the consequences of its universal reach?

While even the liberal global north takes drastic steps to isolate, quarantine and restrict the movement of citizens, in the long-term, the pandemic will likely demonstrate that a world without safety nets, cooperation and deep cross-border engagement is no longer tenable. Leaders and electorates will have to answer tough questions about why they were caught unprepared, and the sustainability of a planet dictated by climate deniers and political chauvinists whose ascent to power has been enabled by a tradition of misrepresentation, manipulation, and misinformation.

As a result of COVID-19, governments not just in Europe, but from Latin America to South Asia, have been forced overnight into solidarity and cooperation: coordinating international travel rules, sharing information about public health management strategies, fact-checking domestic news, and exchanging scientific expertise. Like the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Western Europe, governments will soon need to cooperate over fiscal stimulus and trade. That will be a big task for an international system that, under America's "go-it-alone" unipolar shadow, has been largely inward-looking, driven by a lack of disruptive innovation, and eschewed any real alignment of national plans or priorities.

Already, European leaders have responded angrily to the self-regarding unilateralism of President Donald Trump's travel ban on its European allies. Amid a scalding oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, oil producers are now being forced to discuss how best to stabilise the price of the commodity against a backdrop of the pandemic.

American legislators have called on the US to revisit its "maximum pressure policy" of sanctions on Iran that have hit the country's ability to import medical supplies. Tehran, for the first time in six decades, has approached the IMF to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak. In the Far East, members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have voted to donate their monthly salaries to help arch-nemesis China fight the outbreak. In response, Chinese social media quickly filled with gratitude for Japanese well wishes.

As the pandemic peaks, populists in power will inevitably face a credibility crisis. Many, such as Donald Trump in the United States and Narendra Modi in India, were sufficiently adept at dealing with emergencies geared at otherising a convenient enemy, immigrants in the case of the former, Muslims in the case of the latter. But in the pandemic, there is no visible, ethnically identifiable "other" to strong-arm. Populists will face criticism for their inability to effectively respond and contain the spread of the disease. It is for this reason, perhaps, that Indian Prime Minister Modi hurriedly turned to technology by holding a videoconference between heads of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member states this week. But the fact remains that India under Modi's authoritarian spell spent the last five years working against regional integration, instead ratcheting up neighbourhood tensions, including a lockdown and Internet shutdown for eight million people in the disputed territory of Kashmir.

Finally, in China, where the outbreak began, and where the rules against social media bloggers and activists are strict, even the Communist Party has been forced to realise the costs of restricting the flow of information in tackling the outbreak, and the countervailing power of social media and the digital public sphere in daily governance.

Will COVID-19 trigger global political change? There are two reasons why it might. The first is that unlike "shocks" such as war, earthquakes and famines, pandemics do not discriminate by geography or human identity. By nature, pandemics are inclusionary, rendering borders futile, and requiring global responses that are inclusionary in turn. Secondly, unlike other security crises that preceded it - the Cold War, 9/11, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria - governments will be unable to use the spread of Covid-19 to silence opponents, since it will be harder to label criticism in these cases as disloyal or unpatriotic. This will make regimes vulnerable to leadership change, and offer an opportunity to marginalised political parties to innovate.

For democracies and autocracies alike, COVID-19 will ultimately be a moral reckoning in the conduct of foreign and domestic policy, as nations' ability to grapple with the challenges of inequality, climate change and social mobility will stand exposed for all to see. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has already called on the global north to write off the debt of vulnerable countries. Whether or not that happens, government functionaries will certainly be held accountable for lack of regulation, commitment to social equity, and sufficiently deep cross-border engagement that preceded the disaster. And if and when the storm subsides, new norms will likely be needed to dictate how states behave with each other.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/preparing-post-pandemic-world-200325132809404.html
 
Test lover said:
The world is currently fighting two global pandemics: Covid 19 and Stupidity. Hopefully they'll find a cure for the former before the latter wipes us all out.
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The problem is that stupidity is coming from many people in power and in authority.
 
The mass plan that the US/China/Russia/Israel/India /Saudi have made to take over the planet and destroy other nations will be slowed down for now. They will have to spend more money on their people for a change and stop worrying about conquering the world or landing a footprint or shitprint on Mars.
 
The_KING said:
As long as we are in this mess, we should get all the help from China, as they are the ones responsible for this mess, so they should clean it up as well.

However, once the situation is under control and things start to get back to normal, all the countries in the world should boycott that bat eating, cooking dogs alive craphole country..
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It will be difficult to control what people can and cannot eat in various countries.
 
I will be stockpiling on some good quality masks once they become publicly available. The next pandemic could be far more deadlier than this one.

Closing wet markets is one thing but there is another potential and far bigger danger lurking: Bacterias becoming immune to antibiotics due to their overuse and abuse. Once that happens it's game over.


In a post Covid-19 world we should pay more attention to scientific literature warning us about potential upcoming dangerous as a result of our own bad habits. Just as they did regarding wet markets and everybody chose to ignore it.
 
Some countries may use this to start wars with other countries.
There are even reports coming that the US may be starting a war in Oraq.
 
At least until a vaccine is developed, air travel would be a mess. I am not sure how countries would stop transmission unless everyone is tested when flying from one country to another.
 
I don't know about others, but I am planning to buy at least a dozen N95 masks after this pandemic is over.

I may also buy some survival kits. We live in an era when people do all sorts of stupid things and everyone should be prepared.
 
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