Good news is we are going to come out of Covid19 lockdown, some of us may be sooner than later....
The economic situation is such that In many parts of the world people have started saying " Rather we may like to opt for the option of dying due to Covid19 rather than dying out of hunger". No work means no food for many.....
So how the life would be post Covid 19?
What are our learnings ?
I came across few articles by reputed media houses like The Forbes and The Guardians..... which appear to be logical & interesting !
A few more interesting articles out there with some logical explanation.
The reality is that Covid19 is here to stay... yes we will have medicines/ vaccinations... We had several Virus attack on human beings in the recent past. But Covid19 being widely Pandemic in nature has taught us many lessons at this point of time when we have advanced science, technology, Research Labs all across the globe...
(1) There are 1 millions virus in wildlife... but human has discovered and studied till date is only a Dozen and that too only after attack on human beings..... so perhaps a lot more research need to be done proactively ....
(2) Social distancing is going to be the new norm.. How to Greet your friend/ Relative - no more Hand shake nor Leg Shake... Make Gesture Namaste 🙏 or show thumbs up 👍, or a Sign of victory✌️, Smile or laugh 😊😀... Or whatever sign you can think of at a distance of 2 meters.
(3) Sneezing and coughing in open/ public places could be taken as an offence. So always keep a handkerchief or a tissue paper with you.
Frequent Hand sanitizing would be more frequent as people would be more conscious about it...
(4) People would like to Stay at home in self quarantine mode if he has a flu attack....to ensure he doesn't spread to his family members , friends colleagues.
Employers to permit Paid leave for such employees.....
(5) People would Avoid business trips /holidaying which calls for travelling by Air especially long haul...in most business cases people now would make use of technology Video conferencing, zoom, and using many more such apps, whatsapp, etc,
So the Tourism, Hotel, Airlines industry likely to be affected....
(6) Work from home with computers, Laptops, iPads, Smart phones, Video conferencing is going to be the new norm- It was seen that many companies mainly IT Services, Engineering Design, Consultancy, Health care consultation on line, productivity was not affected due to complete lockdown during Jan- March quarter. They achieved targeted revenue and profit even by working from home...
Result is less requirement of Cars to travel to workplace... So Car manufacturing and the Auto components manufacturing and Auto dealership industry likely to be hit....
(7) Even if 20 % people work from home, the city transport system such as.Metro rail, Buses will be less crowded.....
Lesser requirement of such coaches.....
(8) Uber and Ola car providers may not survive!
People would hate to travel with such hired cars which gets used by multiple people in a day...for fear of virus contamination....
(9) Big hall Cinema theatres, multiplexes may be wiped out .... People would now prefer to watch movies through internet, Netflix and with help of large screen TV sets...
(10) Growth of Malls , Supermarkets, Crowded restaurants will be affected.... People may like to avoid crowded places by travelling in crowded public transport system....metro rail, bus .....
It will give rise to a dozen of on line E commerce companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Walmart, Shopify... etc to door deliver all house hold goods right from Vegetables, Groceries up to all electronic goods....and even packaged food.
(11) All nations would like to be self sufficient in personal protection equipments such as Masks that filters virus, Sanitizers, Ventilators , Health care systems.... Including manufacturing of medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients....
Pharmaceuticals giants like Abbott, Glaxo, Sanofi, Roche and Companies like 3M making PPE ( personal protection equipments) likely to grow rapidly.
(12) Overall, due to the change in Life style and human behaviour, less movements, less transport, less air travel, overall energy requirements will reduce considerably...
Oil producing Countries OPEC like Saudi Arabia for its survival need to sell crude at 90 Dollars a barrel as against 20 dollars a barrel at present which is not likely to go up considerably.......
(13) Due to low growth of malls, multiplex, supermarkets, office spaces, commercial space requirement will automatically come down..... Real-estate industry may be hit...
(14) Many parts of the world people are changing their eating pattern... More and more turning in to vegetarian, vegan....avoiding meat meaning less land space for animal/ bird farming..... lesser green house gases ....lesser deforestation due to less land requirement.
On othe other hand slower growth likely for industries like Poultry, Dairy, animal husbandry, fisheries....
(15) Many people are now reluctant to have pets at Home ...
Rather a new concept is coming up, there are permanent shelters homes coming up.... You can adopt a pet and leave it at the pet-shelter .... You can visit week ends or at your leisure feed the pet, stay with it for some time in the park....pay a monthly maintenance charges to the shelter home...
So what all we are trying to do indirectly in all most of the above change in our behaviour?
Allowing more space to the planet, to the nature, using less fossil fuels, producing less energy, less air pollution, less water pollution, less green house gases,helping to lower Global warming and allowing the planet to heal. But it is at the cost of overall world economy ...mother nature perhaps wants us to reduce the pace, lower the growth of economy and at the same time wants us to live happier and healthier...
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