Post 14: the consequences of the current health crisis

We are living a crisis. A sanitary crisis which as spread worldwide.
And 204,431  have died of the disease, (the coronavirus known as well as the Covid-19).
Due to this disease a lot of countries are in lockdown.
According to this information, human beings had to change their way of living. They no longer can travel, exit their home. Today we are going to ask ourselves in which way the coronavirus is infecting our lives and manner of living. We are going to see that the coronavirus as an impact on many systems and activities created by human beings like the politics or sports.

The first impact that we are going to talk about is in the economy. If we take the example of a seller, we can noticed that he has known a fall of his clients because in many countries the people are in lockdown, and they can't buy as they were buying formerly the seller's products. So in order to gain money the sellers have decided to increase the price of goods, services and commodities to a level much higher that is considered reasonable or fair. This consequence is called price gouging.
But because we are humain beings we have needs, for instance we need pharmaceuticals supplies and food. And that might be a problem. I explain myself, due to the Covid-19 people are buying a lot of antiseptic gel, paracetamol or any medicine that can treats any sickness. So the world has known a supply shortage of pharmaceuticals.
Otherwise, since the 2008 financial crisis the Covid-19 has been the biggest decline of the stock market. We can justified that with for example firms that no longer produce, so this leads to a decline of commercial trades.

The second impact that we are going to talk about is in the events. Due to the coronavirus all the events such as global conferences, events across technology, fashion and sports have been all cancelled. For instance, the Soccer International European competition has been postponed. Also the JO have been postponed ton next year.

The third impact would be in the political world. But we are going to see that it hasn't only bad consequences.
Firstly, we are going to talk about China. Then the bond between China and Italy and finally USA.
In China, some provincial level administrators of the communist party of China were dismissed due to their bad decisions in the handling of the quarantine efforts in central China. So they are half responsable of the death or the unwealth of the people.
The epicentre of the Covid-19 is in Wuhan in China, so logically it is the country which firstly lived the outbreak. It also means that is the first country which have overcome the disease. Doctors in China are the best to know how to handle the disease, and that being said, they have told the doctors in Italy how to manage to take care of the good wealth of the population.  Even if Italy is a country in which the Covid-19 have stricken the most in Europe they now have more knowledge on how to handle this disease. So I reckon that it is a good consequence in the way China has showed
solidarity. Finally in USA, Donald trump said to his people that the coronavirus will not affect the people in the United States, which is a lie because they have many cases of death or unwealth of the people. Will he be elected again for the next presidential elections?

The fourth impact would be in the education. Schools and Universities have closed. According to UNESCO, on march 25, 165 countries have closed their educational infrastructures, infecting over 1,5 billion students worldwide. This leads to a change of the manner to give classes. Now teachers and students are connected via internet and they communicate like this.

Finally, the fifth impact would be the unemployment. The international Labour Organization predicted  a 6,7 pour cent loss of jobs hours globally in the second quarter of 2020, equivalent to 195 million full time jobs. They also estimated that 30 million job were lost in the first quarter alone, compared to 25 million during the 2008 financial crisis. In march 2020, more than 10 million American lost their jobs and applied for government aid. This leads to a decrease of the economy and also the people who find themselves in this situation are now surviving with the little that the government gives for buying the necessary. Like the food and the pharmaceuticals. But for example in Spain the government doesn't give money for the people without an employment and that being said a lot of people are starving and maybe seek.

To conclude, we, human beings have to change our way of living. We are dependent of the coronavirus And we are living a big crisis that has an impact in our modern society. But when we will overcome this disease will we be able to have more careful with the food we are eating or our hygiene?