![]() ![]() Even though a strong memory of the crisis will persist, the world will have changed less than one might think. In time, a new normal will have been reached. Harder measures to curb fake news and foreign information operations will become a standard procedure both during normal and crisis times. However, at the same time, governments are more aware of the need to manage the public’s perceptions. The post-Corona world will have learned a lot more about the value of factual reporting. Local production and all related technologies will have gained speed. You can read more about COVID-19 impacts on climate change from Ecobio.Īlso, as the normal times have returned, there will be increased discussions about repatriating vital supply chains, e.g., of the medical industry. ![]() Several complex issues need to be dealt with simultaneously and a rapidly emerging crisis should not change the larger picture of priorities, like climate change. The global pandemic may have shown to way to curb climate change people can live without unnecessary travelling, even the holiday kind.Īt the same time, in the world after Coronavirus, nations should have learned that they cannot worry only about one thing at the time. The trust in the ability of the USA to act, on the other hand, will have been further eroded. The world after is a place where China will most likely have proved that it can shoulder the weight of global leadership, at least by giving an example. This is an important lesson that needs to be relearned by every generation. ![]() Socially, however, the COVID-19 will have shown us that as societies, we still can absorb shocks. Politically, the outbreak showed that countries first and foremost are looking after their own security and well-being, hence decreasing trust in the various multinational organisations and pacts. It is critical that we learn from such pandemic and advance our societies to become stronger.Economically speaking, Corona will have expedited and deepened the expected economic downturn in many countries. Third, the pandemic is a clear reprimand to discard the mantra that privatization of healthcare delivery system is the solution in favor of viewing health as a public good that needs to be managed and executed by the state and its public sector, be it national, sub-regional or local. Second, the COVID-19 pandemic has cautioned us on the need to (re)invest in basic, many may consider naïve and simple, public health functions such as sanitation as well as transparent national and global health monitoring. First, there is need to shelf-away the hitherto practiced doctrine that global crises and problems are confronted through local responses. We argue that three realities need to be genuinely addressed for building a post COVID-19 order that has to be amply equipped to deal with the next global crisis, as well as the ones on-going for decades. ![]() The global economic fallout is also unprecedented as the flows of goods and people got severely disrupted while lockdowns hit the transport, services and retail industries, among others. The pandemic has also inflicted serious damages on global and regional governing political structures to a degree meriting a revisit of their own raison d'etre. COVID-19 has infected hundreds of millions of people across the globe. ![]()
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