I know
that most or even all of the people are pretty sick of Corona news but that is
the real news out there with global outbreak still peaking in almost all the
countries of the world save China (doubtful?!) and it has really upended the
lives of all people including yours truly. Although I can work from home but
most people in the restaurant and hotel industry and who deal with face to face
interaction with people are getting laid off right and left. All over the
world, Governments are initiating lock down of their citizens not to venture
outside their homes if it not essential and the devastation of the business is
being mitigated by the immense amount of money the governments are thrown in to
save businesses and jobs. All talk of fiscal responsibility has been thrown of
the window to help all kinds of people deal with this virus financially.
Even if
this virus completely vanishes in a month or so, life will not come to
normality anytime during the summer. This Virus has transformed the lives of
human beings all over the world. Take for me as an example, my office had
started to implement at least once a week to work from home and I was on the
fence and taking it lightly as I was used to commuting to work, but with this
virus, I am working from home and loving it since I am saving tons of money and
also commute nightmare. This will definitely change how employers perceive work
from home and how the employees will take advantage of being productive from
home. I am working more hours but I also know that once I log off from my
office server, I can just literally walk to my sofa or bed without worrying
about commute. Also you will start to see lots of people wearing face mask even
if this virus is somehow controlled. It will take a lot of time for people to
be comfortable going into theaters and coming in close contact with people, and
also the airlines will have a hard time making people accept social distancing
as the travel industry is based on people cramming in one places like hotels and
resorts. I feel for the people who are unable to work from home due to the
nature of their industries and who have been laid off as I myself have been
laid off three times previously so I know how it sucks. Despite governments
massive efforts to help people with their financial needs, there will still be
a lot of people who would not get the required help as every industry is
hurting right now since many places are shut down to control this virus. With
the best technology in places, even a vaccine for this virus is going to take
anywhere between 12 to 18 months, although people of various countries are
trying to come up with their localized and home grown remedy to escape from
this virus. The one main problem is that instead of coordinating a world wide effort
to control this disease, it seems that every country is now working to keep non
citizens out of their countries and shutting their countries in order to
control it. Although it has become a small world due to Internet and travel but
when it comes to seeking sanctuary from this disease, the only way countries are
fighting this is to shut down their countries from outside influence. It is a
sad state but this is the reality that is being practiced all over the world.
