What the year 2020 has offered so far?
- Economy
- massive drop in GDP in nations across the world
- blue-collar jobs, manual labor vs. white-collar jobs
- job losses; fear of losing job or contract
- companies going bankrupt
- uncertainty
- Mental health
- rise in suicide rate;
- Students
- graduating students; job hunting
- virtual classrooms are not as engaging as in-person classrooms
- lack of facilities (Internet connection, laptop) to attend virtual classroom
- Senior citizen
- risk of contracting the virus
- vulnerable age group
- Healthcare
- adequate healthcare for all
- diligence and strength to deal with fatigue and workload
- Youngsters - may they have wisdom and patience to deal with the crisis
- Government
- prudent crisis management
- Conspiracy theories, fake news
- biological warfare;
- Environment
- fire in Amazon rainforests
- wildfire in California
- wildfire in Australia
- Riots and protests
- anti-abortion (Poland)
- Black Lives Matter, racism (US)
- anti-lockdown (Berlin)
- Samuel Paty, terrorism (France)
- ease in tension between Israel and the Middle East (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
- rise in tension between US and China
Is the collapse fast-approaching?
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