Thursday 29 October 2020

2020: Full Throttle

What the year 2020 has offered so far?

  1. 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 
  2. Mental health
    • rise in suicide rate;
  3. 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
  4. Senior citizen
    • risk of contracting the virus
    • vulnerable age group
  5.  Healthcare
    • adequate healthcare for all
    • diligence and strength to deal with fatigue and workload
  6. Youngsters - may they have wisdom and patience to deal with the crisis
  7.  Government
    • prudent crisis management
  8. Conspiracy theories, fake news
    • biological warfare;
  9.  Environment
    • fire in Amazon rainforests
    • wildfire in California
    • wildfire in Australia
  10. 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 it time to quit?
Is the collapse fast-approaching?

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