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My opinion is yes, we will see a different world when this is over but when that will be is anyone’s guess. It’s not off the table that there could be a second wave out of China or more likely Italy or Spain if we can believe that the Chinese have seen the last of of it but to be fair officials are watching very closely as the Provences get back to work.
I don’t think we’ll come out of this unscathed though regarding the fear and trauma experienced. I’m thinking of the psychological effects of self-isolation and when people go out the 2m rule at supermarkets mainly and the fear of touching a contaminated surface. There those who’ve had to cope with spouses and/or family members die alone. The effects on front line medical staff. On top of that there’s the obvious economic factors. I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose your income so suddenly through job loss albeit HMG are paying out 80% of wages with a ceiling re earnings..£2500 a month I think. I’m not sure how the self-employed will fare but many businesses will go to the wall. Even now incidents of domestic abuse are rising sharply as families are confined to small places. We don’t all have plenty of house room and decent-sized gardens and pleasant locations to take the government-sanctioned walks in. It must be awful living in a tower block.
The economic fall out is going to be severe. 10 years of austerity ending then this comes along with the Treasury borrowing massive sums. It’s a case of ‘as you were’.
On the bright side look at the co-operation with industry in making oxygen delivery equipment. for patients Mercedes Formula One team and JCB and Dyson. We certainly have very clever engineers. I’m hoping that we can all reconnect with each-other after this from the hitherto ‘’me-me-me society and the isolationist position taken by so many countries...Trump comes to mind and appreciate that international co-operation as experienced with China..eventually, after the initial outbreak could not be kept out of the public domain leads to a better world. Wishful thinking..?..probably.
There was talk that the Chinese leadership were going to stop these wet markets from operating..they have done it before but not properly and they re-appeared . There is hope that they will also stop the consumption of wild and endangered species including the so-called traditional medicine trade in such creatures and tackle hygiene conditions too but I despaired when I heard today that consuming bear bile is a cure for COVID-19.
I really hope that those reading this will open these links.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...nt-bear-bile-cages-animals-asia-a9429116.html
https://www.worldanimalprotection.o...MI56umnv_C6AIVlfdRCh3klwGiEAAYASAAEgI8H_D_BwE
