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March 2020 when covid virus spread in our country that caused a couple of months of a total lockdown. Many people lost their job and others are now investing in crypto and joining some campaign just to earn money and continue living. Last month of March this year 2021, finally, there are already a vaccine and many Frontliner's are now vaccinated.
But why this time the number of Covid positive in our Country are increasing with new variant of Covid Virus? It seems that this pandemic has no end...There is also another lockdown. It's so sad and difficult!
What will happen to us and to our economy?
Do you think this virus will not stop?
What about in your Country?

I think now, much better to stay at home and focus on crypto rather than trying to find another job which is very impossible at this moment.

It will definitely stop, reduce or not have any effect on human beings just like any other virus that existed. For example HIV and others were also deadly but with vaccination and drugs for them, they became the new normal like covid-19 is. The vaccine for covid-19 will be improved on as the future come.

I think you may be living around the Europe or other continent that is not Africa because in Africa and Nigeria, there are no emergence for now and no lockdown. The government is just managing existing cases and few newly contacted, and they are vaccinating the people. In Nigeria, the number of deaths from covid-19 is very little compared to number of identified cases.

In the UK, things are slowly starting to open back up again and the death rate is drastically plummeting from vaccine rollouts (with 45% of the adult population being vaccinated afaik).

This will be seen in many more European countries (once their policiians stop commenting on things that they don't have the necessary education to).

Poorer countries may have to wait on receiving vaccines but most of those countries shouldn't have many new cases if they go into lockdown for a few weeks and require people travelling there to be vaccinated (2 doses of the most expensive vaccine are still cheaper than tests - at €30.90).

I think the wealthier countries should be providing for other countries at some point too as most have overbought (the UK bought at least a billion doses for a 66 million population)...

People have been resilient throughout history, some viruses heavily effect the young who might have a bit more strength to fight it off. Covid happens to heavily affect those over 60 years old. We're into the second year now of living with Covid and some say it may even have been circulating around October 2019. The speed with which multiple vaccines has been produced is a great thing and will really help the world get back to normal - it's just the gearing up needed to protect 7+ billion people is huge. Bill Gates has been talking about viruses for many years and clearly stated they were the biggest impending threat to humanity, shame he didn't take a bit more action to prepare for them with the huge funds his charity sits on. Give it a couple years and everything should be back to normal, hopefully the injuries it causes can be cured through time.

Second attack of covid start in our country (Bangladesh). This time its really much more dangerous now than previous time. We are getting the highest covid patient everyday. And its increasing day by day last day we heard 50+ people die in a day which was the highest number in a day ever. But daily we are getting more affected person. And now maybe we are going to face another lockdown situation. This time it might be more hard than before. Can't understand when it will be vanished. It is becoming more dangerous, more powerful than before. Please god save us from this.

Not only in your country, the same thing in my country has also experienced an increase in new Covid-19 cases even though some have been vaccinated, I would not think this virus will disappear, has been vaccinated, it's the same but what keeps this is ourselves from moving must be limited.
In the economy, we cannot imagine because the government has also overcome this for one year after this pandemic was implemented in the real work system, now it is more difficult financially, the more difficult to prevent the only way is to survive in whatever way you can.
I've been in the crypto sphere for a long time so now the focus on this trade and investment is to survive as long as this virus persists.

I think we're living in the same country where lockdown is always the government's choice to survive the pandemic which makes lots of people, as well as the economy, suffer. One thing that worsens that situation is the corrupt government that we have. They're hiding the vaccines that were donated by rich countries. They also chose a brand of vaccine with only 50% efficacy just to cut something for their own pockets. Things are getting worst here not just because of the virus but because of our selfish government that doesn't want to distribute the vaccine which is supposed to be given to their citizens.

It's probably due to the mass testing that's happening. When there's no mass testing, there will be no recorded cases but because of it, the records are making it higher and the response of the government is a bit delayed due to it.

The lockdowns doesn't really give a good effect to a country's economy and many livelihoods  are stopped and those people that earns from payday to payday are the ones who are suffering.

I don't know your country of origin, but I think most countries will experience the negative effects of the pandemic, governments have taken different policies to combat the effects of the pandemic at the present, but the thing is that most of such policies have negative repercussions in the later time, and the economy will definitely bear the brunt of them, there have been incessant printing of money, borrowing, etc to see that the economy still stands, but the likely results of such will be inflation and hyperinflation, there's still dark days for the economy imo. As for the virus, it'll definitely not just disappear, but with vaccines already in distribution, the virus is definitely going to be controlled.
I don't think so, as long as lockdowns have been lifted in your area, the most productive decision will be to get a job or grow a business IRL, there are risks concerns with Bitcoin and crypto and it's never a 'safe haven't, plus in as much as it's still a volatile network, it's unwise for it to be your only source of income.

The sad part here is that the covid virus last for a year and still the government doesn't have any good actions on it or maybe we can also blame the people on why the covid is still spreading and it is because of the lacking discipline of the people. We cannot just blame the government if we ourselves are not following the rules and regulations.
These virus will stop let's just be disciplined and follow all of the guidelines of the government and the health organization in order to stop the spreading of virus.

Ofcourse it is much better to work from home as it helps to weaken the virus and ofcourse lead to increased efficiency rate at which work is being done; but the truth of the matter is that no everyone can work from home, we have doctors, pharmacies, truck drivers, light delivery etc The government are already taking charge of the economy enforcing covid 19 compliances and also offering grants to support individuals and companies depending on where you stay.

I do think the virus will be over soon; if you can get the vaccine, get it and also use your mask and sttay safe

Of course Covid-19 will stop in due time but right now, we are still struggling to fight the virus even if we already have the vaccine that means, vaccines are not fully effective and of course virus is still here continues from spreading which is still possible to get even if you vaccinated already. There’s a lot of improvements since then but its still not enough, hoping that it will end soon.

If finding a job is hard for you and you think this is a big risk, crypto is even worse. I'd happily recommend anyone to invest in crypto, only if I knew it wasn't filled up with shitcoins and P&Ds. Even Bitcoin has a way too high volatility. It could literally turn your living conditions from decent to homeless within hours.

The pandemic situation is probably going to slow down but after a while the news of a new, more deadly strain wouldn't surprise me anymore. Just expect the worst and pave your path from there on.

Why would they do that and what are they gonna do about the excess numbers of those vaccines? Maybe they are planning to make a research about it to improve in the future because I think they were planning to make an adjustment if this covid cases would continue to evolve and make a new variant of virus again.

And for OP, I don't know where do you live but I think this lockdown is just a temporary safety measures to stop the prolonged contact of viruses if the numbers of covid cases rise.

Any remaining version of the virus weakens the efficacy of the vaccines. If they don't offer other countries the opportunity of getting vaccinated then they'll end up with another pandemic and we'll be back to January-May 2020 all over again.

As a metaphor, Europe was being engulfed by an uncontrollable fire that a bad actor sent by sea on a ship that was unstoppable. The fires in Europe have now burnt down to the glowing embers but what remains is a fire in let's say Russia. If Poland accidentally transport a twig from Russia, our embers could reignite and produce another uncontrollable flame.

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We don't know anything yet with what countries will do with their spare doses. I could imagine the UK has an interest in keeping Indian's economy healthy - UK companies are trying to do a hybrid migration there and some have already moved less complex operations - and China have an interest in some African countries so those may focus their efforts there to start with.

New variants are appearing each new day and even though vaccination has started, it's happening very slow. The vaccines' efficiency isn't guaranteed too, because there are people who were vaccinated, but developed the disease and died or almost died anyway. It's still a mistery and I don't trust the media's excuses at all.
Economy is already broken and hospital spots for infected people are lacking. Lockdowns end, but after some days or weeks they start again. We are living in this cycle right now and I don't know if it's going to end soon. The best everyone can do is to look for jobs on the internet. This way you are protected against the virus and vaccines' collateral effects.

I think the lockdown will have consequences for other sectors, especially the country's economy. especially if the export-import is still enforced, I think it is still very risky to spread the virus. I think maintaining public health and changing social behavior can be a solution

Vaccination has reduced infection rates by 90% to 95% in countries such as United Kingdom and Israel, where the Western vaccines (Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer) were used, and more than 50% of the population received at least one dose. So you can't really say that the vaccine efficiency is guaranteed. Already we are seeing the impact in these countries. On the other hand, we have countries such as Chile which are seeing hardly any progress despite the mass vaccination campaign. They made the blunder by opting for the less effective Sinovac vaccine, and are now paying the price for it.

This covid just forced us to implementing the new normal. It's force us to be more creative to survive in hard situation. It's just changed the way we socializing, work, and earn money. The more and more people jump into crypto or any other investment instruments because they can't earn money like before and look for other solutions.

Soon or late, this covid will end. Or in the worst case, it stay forever, but we're used to it have the vaccines just like flu, mers etc.

It's going to stop just calm your horses. Idk if the new vaccine is effective on the new strains found, but it'd only be a matter of time before a vaccine for that specific strain is found. As for more and more cases being found, well in my country (PH) it is indeed showing such results, though really it's just the mismanagement of the population imo. I've never really seen that whatever action they were doing was that effective after all. As for other countries, well, it should either be the cause of mismanagement or just that no testings were really done in the first place, and now that it's being done, I suppose infected ones are popping out here and there now.

Well, best bet now is I'd actually avoid having Bitcoin as a main source of income. Probably an investment sure if you have the spare funds for it, but if not? I'd suggest looking for a stable or a short-term way to profit. Investing shouldn't really be done as your main source of income, especially if it was a last resort type of things.

I assume that you're from Philippines.

The reason why we're still on ECQ after a year and after the vaccine arrived yet there are still surges of COVID-19 cases, it is because of our Government lack of actions, they don't even have a plan on how risk management, like on how to properly solve this case except lockdowns.

Let me explain this, lockdown alone won't solve the problem, because if they are also just going to wait for cure, putting up a lockdown and then letting people go out again doesn't make any sense at all, I meant lockdown won't cure the virus, isn't it? the spreading could be lessen but the point here is to cure the virus. I hope you're catching up.

Well, you might say the vaccine is the only cure for it, sad to say it is not if it the Government did the right thing from the start like putting up a total travel ban like what New Zealand did. They don't and didn't need any vaccine because they know what to do from the beginning, in short they are prepared.

TyIn my country, this time covid attacked severely and the number of deaths is increasing. Vaccines are giving to step by step but the government can not give vaccine majority of the people yet. The government announced lockdown and stop many purposes but affected are increasingly rapidly. So pray to Almighty to escape from this situation.

I think this is similar to how a currency strength relates to imports and exports? Of so, then yes, a lot of wealthier countries might see exports diminish if people are instead able to buy stuff (temporarily cheaper) from other countries.

Import deficits are generally considered bad for countries and there aren't many that do it (the UAE, Japan and the UK are examples).

Right from time I have always been interested in jobs that are remote, and that’s the kind of job I have been doing all this while. And even when the coronavirus thing started, staying at home wasn’t a new thing to me because I am mostly at home working except days like Saturdays and Sundays that I can have sometime out just to chill and rest and look around, but other days I am just locked up and working lol.

Aside all these, we don’t have any lockdown here in my country, we have been in any since last year that we last we did it, and I think we went for lockdown about six times or so, last year, but this year there haven’t been any, except the month there was some kind of protest.

The new strains of COVID-19 virus is likely much more difficult to contain, especially the efficacy of these vaccines. The old strain is much easier for these vaccines to contain, but not the new strains. The common symptoms of old strain are simply fever, difficulty in breathing and loss of taste and smell. The new strains are somewhat even more challenging because symptoms can be in a form of headache, skin rashes, diarrhea, conjuctivitis, aches and pains, sore throat and discoloration of fingers or toes. It means to say that the nasal swab test is no longer effective.

In the Philippines, we are now averaging around 6,000-10,000+ daily cases (15,000+ is the all-time high in a day) because of the new strain (especially our very own Philippines COVID variant). In the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus, they are now reverted back to ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine), the strictest form of quarantine.

In my city, despite that we are under the lowest level of quarantine, our daily case average are rising from zero to single digits, to around 15 to 50 daily cases. Today, we have 50 new cases in the city and it’s not good. It’s because of the new strain of virus, the slow progress and lack of vaccine supply, and the overall complacency of the citizens because of it.

I certainly believe that herd immunity is still a long way to go and I don’t believe the pandemic will be over this year.

^^^^ Virus undergoes mutation, once it is inside the human body. The pandemic is going on for almost one and half years now and so we can expect new strains emerging. And many of these strains will be more contagious and lethal. The largest number of these virus strains have been reported from countries such as Brazil and South Africa, which mismanaged the COVID 19 crisis. Now because of their mismanagement, the entire world is suffering.

And the most worrying aspect is that now Asia is also getting severely impacted. During earlier waves, the most severe impact was restricted to Europe and Americas.

I think that is because people are bored with the current situations, which so many government regulations prohibit them in the crowd. I heard that the new variant of the Covid virus is more dangerous than the old virus and it can spread fast than before, but I do not know about that. The economy in all countries is trying to rise by applying strict health protocols regulations to reduce the number of infected people from the Covid. I am sure that the virus will stop sooner or later, but we need more patience. The situations in my country almost the same as what happens in the other country. The government and all element trying to work hard for that.

I can relate to those people who invested in crypto again due to pandemic period because of shortage in budget due to salary is not enough. After a year of being inactive from late 2018 to early 2020, I decided to retrieved all the accounts that I can retrieved. Happy to say I did it. It also helped me a lot to save money.

Number of positive cases rises due to government was not that strict on the last few weeks. Many people go out and having fun without following social distancing especially if you're a commuter on a public vehicle, and not wearing the facemask and faceshield properly. Transmission becomes so easy. Even though some were vaccinated, larger number of people as of now does not so we cannot expect that positive cases will not be lessen its number that fast. On the other hand, hello ECQ again I hope this will help to stop the transmission without suffering from hunger especially those family who needs help the most.

Now this is the problem. People are tired of all the lockdown measures (it has been more than a year) and at the same time more dangerous strains have emerged. At least a section of the society would now refuse to obey the restrictions, because everyone is tired of lockdowns and social distancing. And this will make the situation worse. To add insult to injury, only a handful of countries (such as Gibraltar, Bhutan, UK and Israel) have achieved their vaccination targets.

I think the vaccine will work even if the new virus arrives as long as it's still a coronavirus type. Indeed, the vaccine has been coming but the distribution and the vaccination process need a proccess. Like in my country, there is just few people who has vaccinated.

Also, it is just not about vaccine but our suggestion as well. If our suggestion is bad and we are afraid against corona virus then it will be useless even you have been vaccinated. At least, the vaccine factor will make our suggestion is good so as we can work and can do anything as usual.

The economic situation will change depend us, seriously we need money and we have to work to get money right? But, since pandemic came most companies have decided to dismissed most of their employees and this is what will make the economic situation destroyed.

Things are also improving in my country, governments did the right thing by making a priority to vaccinate the people that were at the most risk of getting the virus, now that those people are already receiving their first or second dose then the number of deaths where I live are going down dramatically and this is a good thing as it it will permit the economy to be allowed to function once again and many jobs that were lost could be back as well.

The pandemic seems to be gettting more and more worse in countries with poor health management in consideration with the new variant that seems to be spreading much faster than the first one we had. Since lockdown is taking place once again, expect the worse with your country's economy. It would keep on going down as many company and even small enterprises shut down due to the command of the government. Maybe it will calm the rapid growth of the cases but the consequence would be clearly shown in the economic growth of the country. Amidst having plenty of vaccine all over the world, it is still evident how powerful the virus is, let us keep on hoping that this would come to an end soon.

The difference is HIV is sexually transmitted and therefore fairly hard to contract. Covid-19 is an airborne virus and easy to transmit from person to person. Covid is likely to be like influenza, perpetually in the population now that it's made the jump to humans. It is not likely to be defeated, it mutates too quickly and spreads too easily to be eradicated like smallpox and polio were.

The spread continue to become worse due to some countries lower down their restrictions and also their citizens didn't follow some simple protocols si if people will not listen on advisory then ignore it well expect this figures will climb up since the new variant spreading so fast. Hoping to see the vaccine will fastenly given to the people so that we can possibly have a good immunity to this disease.

This will stay for long time and vaccine is only one way to slow it down. As there are mutations one after another, the vaccine available may not address each variant that will arise. But yes, just like other deadly virus in the past, this will be like endemic to worldwide. And right now, what we can do, is to take care of ourselves as much as we can. In terms of source of income, look for alternative options that can generate you money, like selling items that you don't need, tend your garden. Live minimalistic. Find online jobs or tasks.

I agree. Even though there are already vaccines invented and injected to some people,  Still the virus is still spreading quickly. Given the fact that there is now a new variant of COVID-19. And many people are still not confident with the efficiency rate of the vaccine,, that is why many people are still hesitant to take the vaccine.

Let’s just hope that this pandemic will end and we can go back to our normal life. So our Economy can recover from the damages and people can get back their jobs.

People have been resilient throughout history, some viruses heavily effect the young who might have a bit more strength to fight it off. Covid happens to heavily affect those over 60 years old. We're into the second year now of living with Covid and some say it may even have been circulating around October 2019. The speed with which multiple vaccines has been produced is a great thing and will really help the world get back to normal - it's just the gearing up needed to protect 7.5+ billion people is huge. Bill Gates has been talking about viruses for many years and clearly stated they were the biggest impending threat to humanity, shame he didn't take a bit more action to prepare for them with the huge funds his charity sits on. Give it a couple years and everything should be back to normal, hopefully the injuries it causes can be cured through time.

I believe you could find multiple opportunities based on crypto to earn for your living. Because, there are a lot of possible earning opportunities you could find in crypto space which are including trading, mining and article writing. I have seen many people are still hiring for writing about crypto as only very less number of people are aware of crypt space and having good writing skills.

For WFH, crypto must be a right place. By analyzing the current market trend of crypto and how many new people are going to join here because of WFH, I am very much sure that this crypto markets will not find any short-term bearish also unlike how it was in March 2020.

It is wrong to assume that the virus affects only those who are aged 60 and above. The newer strains are proving to be extremely lethal for the younger age groups as well. Brazil is reporting a daily death toll of close to 4,000 and a large part of that is consisted of people in their 30s and 40s. And a large number of young people who have recovered from these new strains have to live with permanent lung damage and other issues.

The Coronavirus epidemic has taken a heavy toll on people around the world, especially students. Educational institutions have been closed for the first year in a row in the history of the country.  Hope to be back to normal soon

The claws of 2021 are more terrible than 2020. It was not apparent to understand that so vastly would change suddenly. I guessed the vaccine would protect us from its terrible feature. But no, that's not happening. On the contrary, its level is boosting. The signs of its manifestation have also altered and are spreading very quickly. I am imploring that I have forfeited a lot and do not want to lose. Now save me, Lord.

Yes, this new variant or whatever we called this virus now, is realy much dangerous no longer the senior citizen but all the age
brackets are now suffering.

What I mean is unlike before where majorities are those who are over 60's now from where am I it's in any bracket and the hospital
here are all fully loaded, lots died outside the hospital waiting for their chance to be admitted.

Unfortunately that's true, there are some in UK as well but thankfully they are dropping in numbers and not dying that much. I think it is quite important how a nation approaches this subject, some just ignored it as much as they can, there were even places that didn't had any mask mandate or any lockdowns just let people do whatever they want, literally just let people do anything they wished, and that is why I believe we are in a situation where some nations have worse numbers.

Whereas some nations cared about it, did a lockdown as quickly as possible, carefully just kept people in their homes while only allowing grocery store stuff and that is why I think it is quite important that how nations approached it was the decisive factor. Now it is young, eldery, even children get it and that is why I believe it is going to be quite tough fight but at least we have vaccines now which would be a great help.

Well, since day one, the oligarchs are controlling how each country’s economical status in their favor. So they can keep their power as enemies are expensive. It is just sad how the world works and how humans do what they do. It really is hard to believe that the virus really is existing as if you observe by your own eyes and experience, you will never see even one in your circles die with this virus. I feel bad, anytime I see people suffer without and justice. I guess it is what it is, we just had to go with the flow.

The pandemic may end but the virus is not going anywhere, it is likely that from now on we will have to be vaccinated against the virus and its many strains forever, now this may be depressing but it is probably one of the best outcomes we can get out of the whole situation, so we will need to learn to live with the virus from now on, the economy will slowly recover but it will take years and even then that is not a sure thing as the debt levels governments are in at the moment put the whole economic system at risk.

You don't need to live with the virus. If you are vaccinated, then the chances of getting the infection is very low. And even if you get infected, it is almost 100% certain that it won't be symptomatic. Vaccination is the answer to this crisis, but unfortunately the pace of inoculation has slowed down over the past several weeks. And another issue is that the vaccine supplies are mostly going towards the rich nations and poorer nations are struggling to get adequate supplies for themselves.

With the things the government has put in place for their citizens to be free from the covid-19 virus, that is causing damages to the country. Since many people has started taking the vaccine in the country, show that covid-19 virus will soon end for people to have full access to their business activities in the country.
During the pandemic where bitcoin price was massively increasing in the exchange market, that was causing economy to collapse and other people to loosed their job at the moment.

This pandemic virus can be stopped, I just notice that those numbers that we have heard or watched on the news about the increasing numbers of cases in a pandemic are some lies, doctors keep on including another patient into the cases of covid virus list, I don't know the reason behind it but this is true this is happening because I have a neighbor who died because of heart attack, he has no sign of having the virus but then the doctors have given a letter to the relatives of the person who died about the Covid patient, unfortunately,y my neighbor is not that good at understanding English language and just signed a signature. This is really alarming I don't know why they keep on doing this thing.

To destroy this mentality, we have to teach the future generations about making a society that isn't ruled by greed but by compassion and logic, if we want the old ways to die, we have to stop it by not taking anything with open arms all that we learn, remember that they aren't teaching the things that will overthrow their seat of power.

Somehow in my area even though the spread of the virus continues to increase, in fact there are still companies that are active and even continue to open job vacancies, it's like there is no problem about Covid. I realize that at least a new variant of the virus has been found and the vaccination that is done gradually will still need more time to complete. So yes, even though this pandemic seems to have no end, I personally feel that life is running normally and the economy looks fine because in my country there is no impact caused by this pandemic all as normal.

In my country, it's like normal. Even though the Covid 19 virus is still there, and cases of people infected with this virus are still there, but in our country, there is no lockdown. But we are still required to adhere to health protocols such as using masks, carrying a hand sanitizer, and washing hands first before entering the office area and shop. People in our country are too bored at home all day. Even many have not believed anymore with the Coronavirus.

Well, it might not be a bad idea to stay at home and to go into Crypto currencies with all that you have, but some people really have high paying jobs and it will be difficult to match that with something like Signature campaigns and Alt coin trading.

It will be nice if Crypto currencies could create a whole new employment section in the job market, because that is what most countries need now, but then Bitcoin will have to be regulated to be accepted as a currency and not simply as a commodity. ( A lot of retailers have to bypass current legislation by using Payment processors for Bitcoin payment and that is not what Crypto currencies need now)

It will also be risky to go all-in on Bitcoin or Crypto currencies, so I will advice people to study other new skills.. whilst they have the time and to open a backdoor for new work opportunities.  ;)

If they can not follow the regulations to have social distancing and follow the governments' rule, I am afraid that can trigger the new case of the new virus everywhere. People can not do anything except follow the rule and always take care of themselves in a crowd. I hope that the vaccine can cure people of the virus and the pandemic can end soon.

Don't underestimate Covid-19 because for me it is indeed dangerous if it hits us, but still grateful to still be in good shape by God so it's still safe.

With some job vacancies now the company needs more because they want to improve in their performance (maybe), but of course it won't be that much and it will also be selected according to the health protocol rules, therefore with a new virus, it reminds us we have to keep our fitness because with this can work more safely without risk.

Even though it has been one year still in the country's economy, it is still under control, meaning that the government will definitely maintain the atmosphere with the pandemic and other activities by working.

The reason why they are doing that because they don't have any more choice but to reopen their business and start to make money to survive this whole pandemic that seems not gonna end soon. The only option they have is to be safe always by obeying health protocols by the Government and always sanitize themselves to avoid the virus as much as possible, but the risk is still there of course.

Mostly of the countries that decided to reopen their economy again are those third world countries because they need it for their country to survive as well as their citizens.

in Serbia, they are opening everything soon, seems its doing good with vaccines. Also there are different variantes to choose vaccine. 500k people are vaccined so far

maybe the vaccine supplied in your country is not enough or the vaccines effect is slow and that makes you think that the cases is continued but give your government more time to accumulate more vaccines and for the effects of the vaccine to take place and you will see that the cases are going to stable and decline .
 at the moment if its not needed , we shall stay inside  .
its possible to find a job online if no one is working in your family .

The virus will definitely stop, no doubt. We have been through much worse disease and after all, humankind is the winner. However, do not lower your vigilance and protection because other diseases can come and create another contamination.

The vaccines are being produced with an astonishing speed. Soon, western countries will be full of vaccines and then, other parts of the world will receive the cure

The government of my country works very well in containing the Virus. There were still many cases but after all, the businesses and the country's strength have recovered remarkably. Moreover, the people willing to listen to the government so it is not hard to impose quarantine.



No, it is not hard. Many of my friends have already found jobs during the pandemic. They move from traditional face-2-face job to remote job, which is more versatile and effective. Change your mind, raise your knowledge are things that can be done to upgrade yourself to become more valuable. Then, jobs will come and find you

Coronavirus is already on the rise, especially among people under the age of 60, but the death rate is higher in people over the age of 60, but we are reading that the epidemic of coronavirus will affect all parts of the world.  The lockdown has begun to take its toll on the socio-economic aspects of the country, so at the moment we will help others as much as we can and hopefully get rid of the epidemic very soon.

It all depends on how fast we can get more vaccines produced. Israel already reached herd immunity, UK is expected to do so in the next weeks. The more people are vaccinated the higher the chances for our countries to go back to normal. There are already 10 vaccines being produced around the world. We should just determine the most efficient one and mass produce it in every country.

yes no need for 10 if 9 of them is not effective to cure covid but one strong vaccine is enough .
 they should set aside thier business first because we are on a serious condition and health should be prioritize for now .
 but theres another problem because many are scared to get vaccinated , this could be the reason why vaccination are not mandatory to non company workers and reason for the continous case of covid

That is the most dangerous part, there are people who do not believe that it exists and that is very dangerous. If you know nobody in your surrounding that had a bad case of corona virus or even died from it, you are not going to care about it at all, there are so many people keep saying "it is just overpowered flu" and they do not realize how much more overpowered it is.

I have seen a friend of mine, quite young fella as well he is 29 years old and he is a professional athlete and he was so bad that he couldn't sleep properly for 4 days straight from just the coughing part, I am not even getting into how tiresome it becomes and how he had fever and how powerless he felt and do not get me started about breathing. I always believed in corona and I always took care of myself but after seeing that I realized maybe I should not even leave the house because that looked horrible. Anyone who sees something like that will double their precautions for sure.

On the Covid-19 stopping, I don't know what to say about that because so far, there isn't much focus on a cure. It almost seems like the rest of the world  has given up on the possibility of coming up with a cure. All that is sort after at the moment is vaccine. To see a way of preventing further infections and how the rest of the world would be able to live with it. The Covid-19 virus is here to stay and immunity at the moment seems like our best chance of fighting the disease. The best hope for your country should it be that, it devastated your country's economy,  you all need to keep a strict adherence to Covid-19 policies. That way, should there be any damage at all, it would be very minimal.

Its part of our common sense that we should really stay away into someone whom we do see that they do have those symptoms.Just let those people who dont believe
that corona virus is real and still being too hard headed until they do make out regrets when they get infected.Now that the situations become worst then i dont
believe that people would just ignore this thing specially now that numbers are fastly increasing as the day goes by..
If people wouldnt mind off these warnings then we would see some second wave of lock downs.

One problem is that it spreads asymptomatically, so you can't just avoid anyone who "has it" because you don't always know who has it.  And another problem on top of that is that it's the people who don't believe Covid is a problem who are continuing the spread in the population, so you can't just say "let the people who are stupid go get infected then."  The problem is that they're then spreading the virus to others and the longer it's swirling around, the more it mutates. The great fear is it will mutate in a way that we can't protect ourselves with a vaccine and then we'll be in much deeper trouble.

Obviously you can expect mutations as the virus has infected more than 100 million people till now, and has been around for almost one and half years. We failed to contain it within the initial months of the spread. Now every nook and corner of the planet is infected and new strains are being reported from these places. One thing to note here is that the most lethal and contagious mutations are being reported from countries that has mismanaged the pandemic. I am talking about Brazil, South Africa, Mexico.etc.

It is the same in our country, number of positive cases are increasing everyday because people are stubborn and the government officials are chilling right there corrupting the money allocated for this pandemic. They are the one who make things worse and doesn't care about the people.


There are people who are doing everything just to have food on their plate but the opportunities are small especially for those people who don't have any idea about cryptocurrency.

Mostly people don't have knowledge into crypto currencies let's say yes most of people are trying to find their job outside because of no one support them for their daily needs like foods everyday in my country when they say they will give some of help to poor people it's like they corrupting the money or foods they giving you can't please those people who really wants to look for a job just to earn money to feed his family even though there are lot of cases in here like they don't even think about it because of his family seeing them suffering too much because of this pandemic.

Let's not overhype the role of cryptocurrency during this pandemic. Cryptocurrency can provide passive income for a few thousand people, but that is a minuscule amount when compared to the world population of 7.5 billion. But overall, I have to say that this pandemic has accelerated the adoption and acceptability of cryptocurrency, since a lot of people are open to doing online transactions now. Many of them find cryptocurrency suitable for this purpose.

The lockdown imposed by the government resulted in many people losing their job, and consequently almost all sectors are affected, starting from fear, the health and economic sectors have also been seriously affected by Covid-19.
This crisis situation is a strong impetus for us to continue to does something so that our economy remains stable. One of the ways we can do are investing in crypto or join in several campaigns to get money to ease the burden of life as long as covid is not over.

I think it the understanding of the people that lead to the increase cases of the Covid-19 because most people believe once the vaccine is develop theres no need for practise good hygiene, using the face mask and social distance whereas the capacity of the vaccine is still not certain.

The pandemic is not end but most people believe everything is over that's why there's increase in number of the covid cases and if people are not careful the next lock down phase will be more difficult than previous.

If there people are not careful the pandemic issue will badly affect the economy.

The covid come and it will also go but we need to work with the health workers to free our nation from the pandemic.
The issue of the covid-19 in my country is decreasing.

Staying at home won't solve the issue of the pandemic if people still dont practice the required hygiene

I'm not sure how you're going to focus on crypto If you don't have enough money to buy Bitcoin nor have a knowledge to day trade. Realistically, you need to find an online job to sustain your daily necessities and If you can make enough spare money, you can invest it with Bitcoin in long term.

Covid has been so tough for all of us for more than a year now and vaccines' effectivity has been in doubt because there were some claims of death after the shot from the vaccines.
Now, If you want to avoid being vaccinated just don't work in any government or private company offices , because they will soon implement a mandatory vaccinations for the employees. Work from home instead, not all of us knew how to trade. So, focusing in crypto might not be ideal for everyone.

Several vaccines for COVID-19 have already been invented in Russia, all of them have shown their positive effect. People who have vaccinated themselves do not experience any side effects, and one vaccine automatically protects against multiple strains.
Consequently, many people have been vaccinated, and the country is already coming out of quarantine, which cannot be said about other countries.
Russia does not interfere with the purchase of its vaccine, but because many countries have a wrong opinion about Russia, they refuse to buy its vaccines, thereby exposing their population to this virus.
Everything would have ended long ago if the countries could agree, but this is probably a utopian thought, to think that someday the world will become united and friendly with all countries. Politicians cannot govern properly, and ordinary people suffer from this.

If you aren't earning a lot of bitcoin, I don't think that it is a good alternative for a job. Plus, bitcoin needs to be accumulated and it is not advisable to spend it as soon as you get it becausw you could be missing out on big profits.

Covid in my country is worst because of the government and citizen, many people are violating the protocols and some people are ignoring the pandemic, but the worst here is the government. And I think that it will take another year to complete heal all of us, until they find the good solution or vaccines.

Btw crypto in our country is known and spreading fast because of this lockdown, some other people are don't have jobs, others are working from home and find some alternative earnings just like this.

Yeah, the one thing that is constant in all the mismanagement is it is conservative politicians in these countries that sought to undermine containment efforts by riling their supporters up into a frenzy over lockdown measures, vaccines, or social distancing and masking.  Brazil and the United States are two such countries where having bad leadership from conservative, anti-science politicians have cost tens of thousands of extra lives.

As for the effectiveness of vaccines, I would like to say the following: no vaccine guarantees one hundred percent effectiveness, and no vaccine guarantees immortality and getting rid of other diseases that a person has. The main objective of vaccines is to reduce the incidence of coronavirus and, as a result, to reduce the number of complications and mortality among the population. Therefore, we should not pin unrealistic hopes on vaccination, but we should not underestimate the importance of vaccination for curbing the pandemic and returning to normal life.

Well-said. Vaccine should not be treated as the ultimate savior or the only answer to this pandemic we are experiencing. Also, the after effect varies from one person to another and most of them are not covered by this vaccine research and trial programs as they have limited time and resources. So in my opinion, they can't answer all the questions that will arise upon implementation of the vaccine program. This is just to contain the virus and at least limit the infection.

Not only your country Ill think most of country has doing that violating the protocols so that's why there are some people affected by corona virus. I know the situation in each our country but we need to stop and follow the protocols than ignoring them because these will be our safty if we want to stop corona virus.
Actually we are lucky that we know about this crypto because if we are suffered lockdown we can take some earning from crypto we can buy some things or foods through online using crypto.

There are two factors here. Different types of vaccines are available and they have efficacy ranging from 50% to 95%. Since the efficacy is not 100%, there is always a chance of contracting the COVID 19 infection even after full dose of the vaccine. But the advantage with those who got vaccinated is that even if they get the infection, it will be mild or asymptomatic, unlike the case with those who have not undergone vaccination.

Those who are joining Bounty campaigns are usually regular forum members and had just return  being active here because of the covid attack.
You Know why? because yourcountry has too many Hard Headed people that don't follow the health protocol so that means the spread will continue and
it is not the vaccine to answer the cases but we as People who will follow the right way of living so this covid will never spread more.
Actually it is not staying inside your House but how you will manage to prevent from being infected and becoming a  roots of spreading.

It was the same for my country at first, the country was lock-down and things where difficult but even before covid-19, I understand most youths in my country where already involved in crypto trading and during the pandemic lockdown it just went full scale I guess/
Though even with the continue cases in other parts of the world, my country has since return back to normal living with people going around their businesses with little attention to the pandemic because there is Hunger in the nation and the government are not really helping the situation though some level of vaccination are going on but like I said earlier, people have already decided to live their life's regardless and I hope this pandemic would be controlled to a great degree sooner.

Yeah.. I have seen the same pattern from all around the world. Some people (mostly the youth) no longer care about wearing masks or maintaining social distancing. They seems to be having a false belief that only middle-aged and elderly people are vulnerable to CoVID 19. But this thinking is wrong. The new strains have a much higher mortality rate among those in their 20s and 30s. And this is the main difference between the earlier waves of CoVID and the current wave.

I do not really believe that there will be any companies that would create "fake" vaccines that would hurt people, maybe some of them are better than the others that's true, some of them could be as low as 10% helpful and some could be 90%+ helpful, that could definitely happen, but I do not believe about the fake vaccines.

Russia is working really hard to make this happen because their economy is not doing awesome at the current minute and with the right vaccine they will be capable of both getting their economy back on track and they could even sell their vaccines and usually governments buy these vaccines and governments have more money than any company, doesn't matter if you are apple, you are tiny compared to what governments have, you can combine google, facebook, amazon, tesla, apple all together and it is tiny compared to most nations (most) and that is why Russia's plan on creating as many vaccines and producing as much as possible is really a great idea.

The situation is become more tough right at the moment on South Asia .The suspected patient  are  increasing badly here .The economy of here are surviving and it will not able to recover soon .

I can say right now its not gonna stop right now .I actually not understand, is the vaccine really fighting against virus ,if it is why the  virus spreading such a quickly .Hope we will get a good news soon
I am a Bangladeshi and the situation is here are more serious .The patient are increasing daily who are suspected by Covid -19 .The Govt . are taking different kind of step but nothing work with that .God knows where we are falling .
Its really tough to find a new job right at the moment .We are lucky that we are on in the crypto world but thinking about them who are really poor and surviving this moment badly .Hope almighty will help us .

As history taught us, pandemic never ends in just a matter of months nor a year. It takes years to eventually put a stop into this global threat. All we need is a Taiwan like government, Israelis kind of Vaccination and self social distancing with atleast minimum health standards (wearing a surgical mask, washing your hands frequently or applying alcohols) and probably by the next 2 years, all will be well including economies of those tragically hit like the Philippines, Mexico and the rest of the world.

There will be no end to the discussion on the Covid issue and we don't know when it will end even though vaccinations are ongoing, in a situation like this many people feel a dilemma with the pandemic situation.
Many people feel a dilemma because they also need income to live in uncomfortable situations because they are afraid of getting infected, and inevitably have to go out to make a living in a different way and even though they still follow health protocols there is no guarantee that they will not be infected.
Most people easily provide input or ideas to minimize the number of infections but in reality it is not that easy because different circumstances force some people to continue earning a living in uncomfortable situations.
and there are also those who feel bored because the pandemic has been going on for so long that it has finally ignored health regulations, and all are in a situation of dilemma and what to do.
Although this vaccine is still running, it still hasn't reduced the number infected.

Pass twice time Ramadhan still pandemic and my country not available for every one back to their village, so sad more than two years pandemic still not ended and have new virus show every day. Will be this pandemic just for business only because when some one want to hospital for check healthy always get positive covid 19 in my country, bad result when some one die like get an accident but hospital make procedure with positive victim.

When Covid virus begun last 2020 up to the present it is certainly a lot people and all over the world got affected by this virus, and all countries also got affected their economy as well due to a lot of the people's too became jobless as well, but even is like that this pandemic will come to an end of course and of course we are closed to that things, just lets us be patience while we wait, just for now lets do the proper procedure of the protocols needed to prevent this virus.

Humanity is not the first and not the last time faced with such a problem as a pandemic. The fact is that the world is as global as possible - international flights, communications and tourism - spread everything quickly all over the planet, so we got what we got. But look how quickly you started to deal with this problem? There are already a number of vaccines out there - choose yours. I already got vaccinated and forgot about this problem. In my country, infection rates are on the decline. All this has become an incentive to return to cryptocurrency and new ways to make money without leaving your home. This will only benefit all of us in the future. Cheer up, everything will be fine!

You are probably living in a developed nation and that is the reason why you are so confident about the vaccination scenario at your place. But in the vast majority of the developed nations, not even the highest priority groups have received the first dose of vaccine yet. And this new wave has made things more complicated, as the young people are increasingly getting hospitalized due the infection. On the other hand, infection rate has gone down by 90% or more in developed nations, where the vaccination drive has achieved its target.

As far as I know the protection that the vaccine is going to give you is going to be limited and it is going to last only for six months to twelve months, maybe I am mistaken in the information that I have but if is correct then that means that we will need to keep getting vaccinated for the foreseeable future against the virus, that is not such a bad outcome as I have said because the vaccine not only protects you from getting the virus but in the case you get it the infection is going to be not as bad as it could be, which means that we can get back to our daily lives.

Initial estimate is that the immunity from the vaccines last 12 to 60 months (1 to 5 years). Since the vaccination has just started, the accurate numbers are not available and these are just estimates. The mean value would be 3 years. I think that much time is more than enough to vaccinate the 60% population (which is required for herd immunity) and to contain the pandemic. Hopefully by the second half of this year, the pandemic will come under control.

I don't think that all the records of Corona viros are legit, because I heard many issues regarding the manipulation of data of covid pandemic even they dont have enough evidence to support their statement but I think they were correct, and maybe that is the main reason why we can't ever seen the chances if this pandemic has an end or it will last forever until all people in earth will die because of losing their job and the reason why they can't provide their needs.

This is big blessings for us as crypto currency users that we can provide our basic needs because of crypto currency but how about the other person who have not enough knowledge to work in the crypto currency, they're going to die if this pandemic is not going to an end just like our world economy its also going to die soon and this situation look like going to the end of this world.

Maybe we're in the day that we need trust is the only one who created man and Earth, and we surrender our life to him for whatever happen we have the right place to live in the other life after this life.

Personally I think it is a good idea that we have so many vaccines, many have different technologies being used in them so we do not really know what the long term side effects are going to be in the health of the people, if we only had one vaccine that worked then that means that every single person is taking the very same risk but with so many vaccines in the case one turns out to be a long term risk for the population at least only a small amount of those people got that vaccine, so it is important to think not only on the short term but also on the long term.

Well.. I don't think that we have that luxury. Right now, around 8 vaccines are being used by multiple nations (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Janssen, Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSino). There are a few more, such as the ones from Bharat Biotech and Vector Institute that are being limited to usage in a single country. I have no problem in inoculating everyone with the same vaccine. But the problem is that we don't have enough doses to do that. And even with 8-10 different vaccines, only a small part of the world population has been completely vaccinated till now.   

It's the same in my country. Solid lockdowns, to which, in principle, everyone is already accustomed to. Probably the hardest part is over, because this is the third stage of quarantine measures over the past two years.
Most people are used to it. However, every day I learn more and more news that one of my friends or loved ones has got a corona. The third wave is not otherwise.

It's just that this pandemic came quite unexpectedly and the world was not ready for such a scale. Therefore, the development, and most importantly, the production and distribution of vaccines need time and money, as well as, oddly enough, political will. When faced with such a threat, there is still a political squabble about the distribution and production of the vaccine. The world will certainly defeat the pandemic, but it will take time for the necessary number of people to be vaccinated, and in the meantime we will have to put up with the inconvenience and hope for the best.

Political interference during the COVID 19 pandemic has cost lives. For example, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has refused to approve the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, just because of political issues. The vaccine has been proved to be having 92% efficiency, but for now the Europeans are being forced to use the vaccine from AstraZeneca, which is having an efficacy of only 62%. Similarly, the Indian government refused to allow Sputnik V for so long, before approving it yesterday. But a lot of lives could have been saved, if it was approved earlier.

This can still come to an end sooner or later. It is just that there are still certain difficulties being faced on controlling the number of cases by implementing health protocols to somehow manage the rise of the infected individuals by the virus. Also, the vaccines created are still not that perfect to be stated although it have already been proven to have high efficacy rate at some point but still side effects will not be avoided depending on the immunity you do have in your body. Along side with this pandemic is expected that the economy will be compromised because of the number of workers or individuals being allowed is lessen. But we do just hope everything will be settled once and for all in no time.

Here in our country, we are still struggling with the impact of COVID-19 since last year. We have lots of people here who doesn't have a job and our government are problematic how they can aid the people who are in need and unemployed.

We are still adjusting and adopting even the vaccines came up, we cannot see the changes or the effect of vaccine. It is not yet safe even if you have your COVID vaccine shot because there are cases wherein someone has vaccine yet it was still infected by the virus. The vaccines are still in its trial phase even though they tell the public that it was 100% done with the testing, but I doubt.

in my country the number of people infected with this virus is increasing every day. Government data shows that more than 5k people are infected each day. even after a vaccine was found, the pandemic has yet to show signs of ending. more than one year has passed and the virus has made many people lose their jobs.

that is not a good idea, not everyone knows crypto and not all countries consider crypto an alternative economic center for society.

Real work in another sense secondary and primary needs are prioritized, if you do not work outside, can you eat crypto, and who: grows vegetables, offices, fishermen, hospital administration, wheat and so on as the main food and who sells and who buys, if everyone stays at home, the world is destroyed you can't eat crypto, income beyond the main foundation for human survival, including government facilities.

I think covid is over, work outside is better than you should stay at home, however, health protocols should also be prioritized.

In the current state of humanity, cryptocurrency is not a panacea. Most people are looking for alternative earning opportunities and start their own business, which can very easily adapt to the current needs and conditions that quarantine and coronavirus give rise to. I believe that in many countries people have changed their views on what is happening and made the right choice, making money on what is relevant today, as well as legally, which are not subject to government prohibitions.

Just be patient. Vaccination has shown excellent returns in countries such as the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States. So you know how to defeat this pandemic. The only issue here is regarding the supply of the vaccines. In most of the developing nations, less than 10% of the population has received the first dose of the vaccine and only around 1% to 2% have been completely vaccinated. But the situation will change in the second half of this year, when the supply will become available for the third world nations.

we need to start living with covid virus. it will eventally pass

i agree with you. People should take more siriosly this situation and take care on themself.

Correction: supply is already available to most of third world countries. Regardless of corruption levels they all realize it's necessary to take measures and they do take them, even if it's not to full extent (which is changing fast, too).

whether or not it depends on the ability and willingness of each, based on my recent experience, some of my friends who have experienced economic problems due to the pandemic have felt the many benefits of cryptocurrency. I have warned that the risk is quite large, so only invest what you can afford to lose. Moreover, we are currently in a bull run, so it can be a pretty good side job.

on the other hand, a pandemic makes us more creative in taking advantage of business opportunities. making snacks, handicrafts, and other hobbies that can generate money, very well to be used in a small creative economy.

I see no significant changes with the discovery of many vaccines, still this year there is the spread of the corona virus. And this is very bad
for economies around the world, especially in my country a lot of people have lost their jobs. The government has also tried its best to provide
all assistance to the citizens so that the economy can recover. But things are getting worse now and only the strong will be able to survive.
Therefore I suggest using our skills to survive. If our expertise is in the crypto world, it is better to focus on making money from cryptocurrency.
Even though the results obtained are not too large, but as long as we can meet our daily needs, why don't we do it, while waiting for the economy
to recover.

So sorry but in my country there is no much effect of the virus, we have resumed activities and companies, market, churches are now open no more restricted movements, I think with time the effect of the virus will be less in your country and I heared a vaccine is out so maybe it might be of help. since  the effect of the pandemic is still strong in your country and movement is being restricted making jobs to be scarce its better to look for better opportunities online to earn money for a better living, and I also think it's an opportunity for you to learn new things, you can devote your self to become a good trader with this time you are indoors it will surely pay you off.

Covid 19 is a sad situation. In my country we have also faced it as you describe it, except for the investment of cryptocurrencies either through existing or new businesses. Even I do not see a great impact from them, only a small presence in some commercial establishments in the main cities of the country.
The virus is becoming more contagious due to the new strains that are emerging.

After seeing the current situation, I wonder how China has managed to keep the virus at bay? while there are many nations trying to lower the number of infections.

3rd wave is close to its peak. Number of daily infected are close to January 2nd wave peak of 800k in January. Right now it only matter how many citizens are vaccinated. Some countries like Israel are safe. I dont understand Europe China and Russia exporting vaccines. EU exported 107 million vaccines and spend 100 million. China and Russia have even less vaccinated but still export them to other countries. It seems all 3 countries have big hearth.  I am sure world will never forget that.

That is honestly a mystery; because the country where this pandemic had originated controlled without any big losses in both economic and lives wise. That is really surprising and also triggering lots of questions. But the WHO team who visited China in recent times for the examination of origin of virus, has cleared all the doubts about China.

In my country, p2p trading is likely affected because of covid 2021. But people who are not dealing on fiats are still buying and selling without any hesitation about spread out of corona virus.

Even here in India we have exported almost 80 million doses of the vaccine. The opposition parties are not happy with that and have organized protests. But they need to understand that since AstraZeneca owns the patent and IP for the vaccine, the contract obligations (to export vaccines) need to be honored. More than half of the doses produced in India is still marked for usage inside the country, and therefore we should be happy about it. The case with Russia is different. There seems to be an oversupply of vaccines from the three manufacturers (Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona and CoviVac), but the citizens are refusing to get vaccinated.

Preventing the covid 19 virus inevitably requires methods for its complete elimination.  However, if it comes too late, it will continue to slaughter people around the world.  covid variations constantly attack humans.  The vaccine has been produced and supplied, but it is not yet an option for complete removal.  Government needs time, and people need jobs.  It's terrible to think about this.  If prolonged, the country will die of poverty.  Bitcoin and crypto will be the opportunity to change the situation.

The problem with the supply of the vaccine is something that is slowly improving as the pharmaceutical companies find ways to improve their production and also the most affected group by the pandemic, the senior citizens, begin to receive the vaccine, another good factor is that the United States is reaching a vaccine wall in which most of their citizens are going to be vaccinated already and the companies located in the United States finally are able to begin to export their vaccines to other countries.

Regarding the Astrazeneca vaccine, in many people it has caused thrombi, and they have caused death in some people, I have seen that some recently vaccinated or vaccinated people are attacked by the virus and it kills them, so the efficacy of the vaccine ceases when a new strain mutates or develops because it is more aggressive than the old one.

If it is a virus genetically manipulated by humans, which has been accidentally planned or manufactured, I know that the virus has similar and alternative strands of HIV, because the virus reacts against HIV drugs, if the vaccine represents injecting a minimum of covid-19, we would be injecting very minimal doses of those chains, I do not know if the vaccine is worse or not, but there are many things that do not fit me personally, even those people who do not get vaccinated are not in any way more protected? because they may have the appropriate defenses in their body against the virus.

Vaccines are making but it a horrible place in most countries. Even the lockdown is going on. By 2021, it has become even more threatening. It can be deadly and spread quickly from previous corona virus. So everyone has to conserve everything from being aware.

Of course, those who still have work like those frontliners, fisherman, farmers, etc... should continue to work as usual but those who lost their job because of pandemic and has difficulty to find a new job should better know about crypto and focus on it to earn income while waiting for the covid pandemic to end. It's hard to venture outside in today’s era when it’s very hard to find work and most businesses have closed or otherwise laid off workers.

Truly, all we can do is to pray and have hope in God and our "politicians" that they don't play the same dictatorship card they played last year. It still gives me chills to the spine when I remember of being caged due to covid and it felt horrible since it expanded for months. But, as we know about psychology, once we know how an abnormal situation becomes normal, we are less likely to be traumatized by it again, because we have seen the end of it once, and I'm sure we won't feel that much trauma if we have to go through (God forbids) such situations again!

Anyone who was traumatized by the lockdown is being overly dramatic. And if you're "traumatized" by that more than millions of people dying from the pandemic then your priorities are off.  The governments should have compensated people more for being in lockdown to ease the financial burdens, but that in no way excuses the conservative opposition to the actions needed to get the virus under control and stop transmission and mutation that's going to prolong the pandemic and kill millions of more people.

the most painful thing was when I couldn't go back to my hometown. last year's eid al-fitr was the worst of my life. I agree with you that this pandemic is capable of making anything abnormal become normal. maybe some people will continue to think this abnormal is something normal...

Festivals are turning out to be super-spreader events and you need to avoid it. Here in India, the second wave started after the Holi festival. Before that we were having on average less than 10,000 new cases per day. And yesterday 260,000 new cases were reported in India (despite some states not reporting their numbers because Sunday is a holiday). Festivals can be celebrated next year as well. So for the greater good, I would suggest everyone to skip these festivals this year.

The conservatives were also responsible for some extent, but it will be wrong to put all the blame on one section of the society. When the pandemic was first reported in China, the WHO initially claimed that human-to-human transition is not possible and there is no need to suspend air travel from China. If the air travel was suspended immediately, then in all probability the pandemic would have got contained in a matter of months. The country that got affected after China was Italy, where travelers from China were responsible for the spread of COVID 19.

While there is covid, our country can't be back to normal. There will always be social distancing, there will always be threat. We can help stop this virus even though there is still no sure cure to this if we maintain cleanliness, wear facemask and ofcourse social distancing. In the country I belong, I say there are people who does not follow the protocols. Yes some frontliners and Government employees who are already vaccinated but people who are not vaccinated are still greater in number so positive cases will not slowdown that easy.

Agreed with all this. But do you know that CoVID 19 is less dangerous in countries that have a low level of personal hygiene? Some of the experts are saying that the mortality rate from CoVID 19 is much lower in India and the South Asian nations, because the hygiene levels are low and the population has almost constant exposure to flu-virus. However the second wave of the pandemic is affecting these countries as well. Still the mortality rate in India is around 1%, while that in Latin America is almost three times that.

Right here in the Philippines, there are still people who can't live without mass gatherings. So all they have to do is to conduct secret or private mass gatherings like birthday parties, seminars, business meetings and so on. I have seen them doing that, as they choose their own personal happiness than the crisis that we're in. They just don't mind about the virus, thinking that they are so complacent that they don't get it despite the mass gathering.

Unfortunately not every nation has their own vaccine, which means they get their hands on any vaccination they could get, and it is not easy because not only it costs insane amount of money when you are buying two for each citizen, but there is also a limit, nations who produce it haven't really done it to all of their own citizens so how could they start selling to other nations. Sure there are a bit, but don't expect Pfizer to start selling 100 million dozes every day, or Biontech to be 100 million sold overseas a day, those are not possible just now.

I still believe that we are doing better than expected, I was fearing it will get worse and worse and worse, but by the looks of it vaccination really helped, and all we need is time, it is going to be bad few more months, but I believe start of 2022 will be period when we are finally mask free and going out without worry (hopefully of course, I am not a doctor so I am just guessing).

The covid virus still exists in several countries, most countries are still quite overwhelmed by this virus, more and more new variants have emerged of this virus, some say this new variant virus is able to attack the digestive system which damages the body's organs.  But even so, some people think that Covid is a flu disease so they think this virus has been around for a long time, and now they are not too panicked so they can live life as usual.  However, the existence of Covid does not actually have an impact on public health but is very damaging to the economic system of a country.

There is no single reason behind the reduction of coronary infections A number of issues have played a role there, it must be said vaccination is not the only reason because a very little part of the world as a population has been vaccinated so far the fact that social distance and hygiene rules have worked in some countries is well proven. In some countries hard immunity or mass resistance against corona is also being created in the United States and Brazil for example a significant portion of the population is already infected with corona a large part of them may not have come under the test.

Even in my state, less than 50% of those who are eligible for vaccination has received at least one dose. There is a lot of propaganda going on against the vaccines, both in mainstream media and the social media. They are mostly bein spread by the opposition parties. And this has resulted in large number of new infections among those who are not vaccinated and additional deaths. A few cases have been reported among those who have undergone vaccination as well, but such incidents are like exceptions.

During the initial phases no one took the virus seriously and that is the reason why we are in such bad state now. When the vaccine production began, many of the countries initially refused to enter in to production agreements. So the manufacturers scaled down their plans to produce large number of doses. After the second wave, there was a dip in the number of infections and many of the countries around the world thought that the pandemic was coming to an end.

If conditions remain the same as this, I think one day there will be natural selection, where the strong will survive. because we know a lot of people ignore health protocols. Moreover, human needs run continuously, so health protocols are very necessary as long as we interact with other people, and in other places

It is not the "strong" who are surviving. Those who can afford the vaccinations are surviving. Richer nations such as the US and the UK have vaccinated more than half of their population and there the death rate has decreased. On the other hand, more and more people are dying in poorer nations such as Brazil and India. So it is not the "strong" who are surviving, but the "rich". And then a disproportionate number of deaths would be among those idiots who refuse to obey social distancing and mask wearing protocols.

As for me, the most realistic forecast is from 3 to 7-10 years, the following will happen:
- contamination of the rest of the population
- the appearance of mutations
- attempts to "catch up" mutations with new vaccines
- vaccination of 50%-75% or more of the world's population
- the formation of partial natural immunity in humans
- the emergence of not a vaccine, but drugs that will treat the sick
- a drop in infection rates and, of course, the death rate from Covid
- It is possible to transform Covid19 from a pandemic virus into an analogue of "seasonal" with comparable rates of morbidity and mortality with "classic" seasonal diseases

I'm still afraid of vaccinations, about the news about the symptoms after being vaccinated. and in my country some people don't believe in corona. they are doing their usual activities, even though the economy is not as stable now

If you still have a problem with vaccination, then nothing can be done about it. More than 1 billion people have been vaccinated till now (either completely with two doses, or partially with one dose). If what these anti-vaxxers were claiming was even remotely true, then our streets and pavements should be full of dead bodies. In my country, we are using two different types of vaccine (Covishield from Oxford/AstraZeneca and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech), with the third one (Sputnik V) to be available later this month. Out of the 124 million doses administered here, less than 0.01% have reported any adverse reaction.

The virus has drained the world economy. Even vaccines cannot contain disease well because the variants have evolved into other forms. I found that European and American countries are less capable of controlling the disease than Asia, although Asia has a higher population density and is underdeveloped in terms of economy and technology.

Asian countries have adopted technology to control the disease through the use of mobile apps, camera systems, and tracking of infected people combined with isolating infected people.
Countries need to take action to end the epidemic to get economic activity back to normal.

Cash flow is freer now because they are unable to invest in real business due to the epidemic. Cryptocurrencies will be a more vibrant and accessible environment than stocks or Forex.

and nevertheless, we come to the conclusion that the only distributor of coronavirus in every country is a person. it is because of low discipline and low social responsibility that the behavior of many people threatens the lives of others. of course, we blame the government for the bad economic situation, but only by tough measures the government can tame the disobedient people.

It's going to be stopped, look at Taiwan, Mongolia and other clear cases on covid. They are very disciple to manage this cases without any burden and I do feel like if people actually leave their ego and just follow the protocol, we should have been clear since months ago.

But guess what, their egos and their trademark "my body so it's my choice" bullshit makes them suffered by their own actions.

Well, the government is responsible for making any action to prevent the virus but the fact is that the people do not want to give up their freedom to stop the virus. So the awareness of the citizen is also very important. Low education, delusion, or arrogance can make a disciplined country on a verge of an outbreak. For instance, India (an Asian country of course) is suffering the biggest contamination ever since the beginning of the pandemic because of the false belief that they have reached "Herd immunity". People do not want to skip any religious activities, and the latest Hindu festival causes thousands of new cases.

Actually, you can easily access any broker or exchange during the epidemic. There is no boundary or prevention. I've been trading both forex and crypto for many years, even when covid 19 appeared.

In countries such as Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam there seems to be a natural immunity to the virus. In Taiwan they have reported only around 1,000 cases till now. How this is possible? And Thailand and Vietnam are not isolated island nations, and yet they seems to be immune to COVID 19. Vietnam has reported less than 3,000 cases and they have a population of close to 100 million. Same with Thailand as well, who have reported just 43,000 cases. Now compare this to a country such as Indonesia in the neighborhood, which has reported 1.6 million cases.

It depends on their own leaders, I see countries like Vietnam that the prevention is immediately controlled and their people always trust the leaders. As for India in recent days I have felt like they are losing control as they let the disease spread again.

Don't know the situation in India, but I guess it is not very easy to implement containment measures in a country of 1.4 billion, especially when there are large internal migrant movements. From what I have seen, the virus spreads through air, and containment measures are only partially successful. The only real solution available is to vaccinate as many people as possible. And that is a problem in countries such as India, which have huge population.

Vaccinations are great. I have one question. Each country is developing its own vaccine. Yes, someone will buy it from abroad, but how to determine which vaccine is better. I understand that there won't be much choice for me. Whichever vaccine my country proposes, that I will accept, but the fact, that there is no one standard and it's scary.

It's not like you have hundreds of choices. Around 8-9 different vaccines are available globally, and the availability in your country depends upon the permissions given by your government. As far as I know, in none of these countries the vaccines are available in the open market. They are available only through government approved centers, where there is a strict eligibility criteria. And regarding the efficiency, almost all of these vaccines have completed Phase 3 clinical trials and the results are openly available in medical journals such as The Lancet.

People are always stubborn with their ideas when they put too much faith in religion. They paid the price for their behavior during the pandemic.
If you say that a low level of education causes the disease to spread more quickly, then you are wrong. Many highly educated people still make mistakes and act incorrectly. It can be said that a pandemic has shown how people in all nations are acting. I've seen Americans struggle not to wear masks. hmm ...

The epidemic creates conditions and opportunities for people to buy property at good prices, but in general, few people do so because they have to take care of their lives and families. Making a deal in person and at home crypto or stock or forex manager seems easier.

Did you know that in my country there are still many who have not been vaccinated. It doesn't mean I don't want to because I live in the interior where the majority of the population still live in one area. all must be in the vaccine. does not demand the possibility that all will inevitably be in the vaccine

At the end this is a decision that each person will need to take by themselves, fortunately it seems vaccination is not going to be made mandatory so you have a choice, if you are in a relatively good health and you are young then the chances you will develop severe symptoms in the case you get the virus are very low and you could decide to not get the vaccine and this is not going to have an adverse effect on your life, but for those with bad health and which are old they do not have too much of a choice as the virus is too dangerous for people like them.

I don't think a crypto-centric society is going to work, if all of us in the planet ditched their jobs and instead invested in crypto, the industry will be oversaturated, which will cause severe poverty and starvation for people who aren't able to invest their money in crypto. Regular jobs will depreciate in number and worth since people deem crypto investing and mining much more profitable than your average 9-5, so people will be caught in a deadlock where they can get themselves a 9-5 only to be paid dirt cheap, while also not able to invest their money on crypto because the industry is oversaturated already.

Nothing can be done, because the vaccine manufacturing units are working with limited capacity. Even here in India, we are facing a severe shortage of the vaccine doses, despite being the manufacturing hub of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Now the government has even given permission to import vaccines from abroad, which would have been unthinkable a few months back. If this is the case in a country which manufactures huge amounts of the vaccine, you can imagine the condition of the other countries.

Low education is just one of the main reasons causing the outbreak. As I mentioned above, there are delusion and arrogance too. The americans are living in the fantasy that Covid-19 is just a myth and they have to pay the price. Many articles said that many patients even in their last moment, they still do not believe the existence of the virus. Such a shame

Yes, they admitted that they lost control of the verification of new strains and could not control the situation. I really feel that their nation will really suffer difficulties in the future if the situation cannot be controlled.

Also, as a person who has just traveled from Vietnam, it is truly paradise on earth. And I'm glad I went over there, and saw people talking about this country again.

The vaccines can fight the variants, the problem is that the logistics of the vaccine is slow and people are skeptic about the vaccine even though there is nothing to worry about. My country did the same thing although it is only a city wide because the national government is incompetent

In our country, cases of covid positive still rise even though there are vaccines already because most of the people treat the situation normal. According to news, covid is air born but children and other minors who does not go to school are on the street playing without using face mask, on shopping malls strolling, or on a stay cation. At public market, social distancing is not always observed. Close contact always takes place due to not all stores or transportation does not support online payment.
Economy this year will continue to rise due more offices are now open on the provinces who are not in lock down, and work from home setup is enforced to more restricted areas.
Covid will remain like other bacteria or virus out there but due to vaccines, it will be less harmful.

The problem is that there are not enough vaccines to inoculate everyone. We are in to the 5th month of vaccination, and only around 925 million doses of the vaccine has been administered so far. In order to vaccinate everyone, we need around 15 billion doses. So even by the end of this year, only a small minority of the world population will be vaccinated against COVID 19. And worse still, those who got completely vaccinated (with two doses of the vaccine) may need another booster dose after 12 months.

Not just the quantity but also the logistics seems to be another problem for the vaccine rollout. If we continue to innovate and have all the countries do their thing and become competent, I am sure that we can make the inoculation much more faster, we can't do anything about it, if the government is incompetent with the vaccine rollout then we as their citizens are screwed.

Logistics is a problem because the mRNA vaccines need deep-freezing. The vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech needs to be stored at −70ºC. The Sputnik V vaccine also needs to be stored at -18ºC. The developing nations may be having the facilities to store the vaccine at such low temperatures, but we can't expect the poorer nations to have tens of thousands of such deep-freezers. And it's not just storing. Transporting the vaccine at such low temperatures can also be a problem.

hopefully this condition will be over soon and we can breathe free air and be able to travel with the family, hopefully the corona virus will disappear soon

In India, the number of new infections had decreased by around 95% by January-February 2021. A lot of people thought that now it is safe and therefore went out for vacations. And many of these people who went for outings in March returned home infected with the Coronavirus. I personally know the story of one of my colleague's cousin who died of COVID 19. He was only 30 years old. He went out for a small tour with his family and got infected. The entire family was infected. The other family members recovered, but he died after 3 weeks of illness.  I am located in the Southern part of India and here the infections are yet to peak. But when I talk to my colleagues in Northern India, almost every one is either infected for COVID 19, or taking care of someone who is suffering from it. The situation changed here very rapidly.

You need to make a choice. Either wait for a few months, to breathe fresh air, or to risk infection now.

It will surely stop, every problem have their solution, the main problem here is that the virus keeps on spreading because there are still a lot of people who need to work, need to go outside for some reason and etc, any by that some are now implementing the social distancing which is really hard to implement in some other instances, the solution of the government for this is total lockdown but the problem for this solution is not really working because a total lockdown would be really hard for those people who don't have saved money to sustain their needs, I am hoping that they will think some other ways to kill this virus so we can go back to the normal days.

See it's obvious that bitcoin will keep on accelerating till infinity but corona virus will be eliminate if proper adequate measure is taking for the eliminations, so from my perspective coronavirus can't affect cryptocurrencies more especially bitcoin, because the virus don't have anything to do with bitcoin, because observing look down of coronavirus people will use such opportunity of been alone or been at home to mine bitcoin and also trade any coin of their choice, so relating these to 2021, corona virus has subside it's rate in different countries, even in my domain no one discuss about Corona again because it has be eradicated, and people are following the precautions of corona in order not to be contaminated.

I certainly hope that this virus will one day leave the world. For example, Small pox and Polio have left the world. People all over the world will be able to breathe in the open air again.

In my country, like yours, public life is disrupted by the second wave of Corona. Every day new records of death are being made. Low-income people are living inhumane lives due to lockdown. Many productive establishments have closed.  Thousands of people are becoming unemployed.

im not sure, if vaccine will guarantee 100% from virus. and the best think to do is stay save, always wear mask and anything for ourself.
and the fact, after you have covid, and get well, you will have covid immune that make you stronger. the problem is when people have congenital disease, or strong disease, and the older.
crypto can be a good choice to make money without leaving the house.

What is the point in asking this, when the vaccine manufacturers themselves are not guaranteeing 100% protection? All they are saying is that the vaccine will lower your chance of getting an infection (ranging from 50.4% for Sinopharm to 97.4% for Sputnik V), and then even if you get the infection the vaccine will help you to recover quickly. Here in India, the vast majority of the COVID 19 deaths are being reported among the non-vaccinated groups now.

I wonder how the condition is in the country's rural areas. I think unhealthy lifestyle like you see among cities and towns dwellers around the world could actually be contributing alot to the spread of the disease. There are poor rural dwellers adopting such lifestyle thesedays. Rural people typically should be depending on natural foods (no GMO) they produce and also work hard to produce them. Unfortunately, this way of life has been abandoned by lots of rural dwellers who are too attached to unhealthy lifestyle of city/town dwellers.  People need to live more with nature with moderate level of safe/good Man-made technology.
The current lifestyles is contributing to alot to problems this world is facing.

I agree.

Incompetent Government makes it even worst, even the vaccine that other countries are receiving is not even effective at all compare to other countries. I don't even know what's gonna happen next because of the Government's poor actions towards this pandemic problem. I'm from the Philippines and the Government here only knows one "cure" for the virus, which is lockdown.

We've been lockdown for 1 year already and still counting, doesn't change anything. Therefore I don't know why they are still insisting that it is the only way to defeat the virus. God help us all.

In South America, Covid-19 has caused havoc in the region, in Venezuela provisions have been made to put the population of a so-called 7x7 system, 7 days of flexibility where activities are partially open and 7 days that only hospitals and supermarkets are open , the number of infected is large, but I think that the most serious country for now is Colombia, every day it is worse, in Bogotá there are only about 196 ICU beds available, according to the mayor says that there are still two weeks left for the maximum peak , but the rate of infected continues to grow, in fact they are asking for help from sister countries, including Venezuela and Ecuador.

The most remarkable thing is that Colombia is presenting a tax reform where taxes will rise, and this has people dissatisfied and very angry, apparently they are falling into the same mistakes in Europe, for not letting the economy fall they suffered one of the highest rates of deaths due to the pandemic, for now I think it is best to put the economy aside and dedicate ourselves to finding solutions to the pandemic, apparently the vaccines have no effect, the variants of the Brazilian, American and Indian strain are present And radically, this for Colombia is getting very bad. If there is no life, there is no economy, this is a good time to think about moving money in bitcoins, cryptocurrencies to avoid leaving home and doing everything digitally.This information I have extracted from the Caracol TV channel, it gives the news red hot, but it is better this way.

At this point, I can't argue against the lockdown measures. Even here in India, many of the states have re-imposed lockdown restrictions. As long as the majority of the population is not vaccinated (which is not going to happen in this year for the developed nations), certain lockdown measures will be in use and there's nothing that we could do about it. And as you mentioned, the Chinese vaccine is proving to be very ineffective. But vaccines from other manufacturers are not available in good numbers.

There is no end to this thing until whole world gets immunised with the vaccine. Its bit complicated that how things are working around the globe. I mean country like India is too much populated and even production capacity of 5-6 manufacturer can not fulfil the requirement. Even though they try to run 1000's of campaigns then also it will take more than a year to immunise even half of the population in India.

So it is worry some that they will have good chance of setting back their economy any time sooner. Sadly, the crypto will help everyone in this bad times but India, a country which is severely affected by the virus can not think about the external income sources like this due to the emergencies that they are going through.

Since some countries discovered covid-19 vaccine, it seems things are getting better to those countries that implement the vaccine to their citizens. Many people that lost their job during the pandemic later involved their self on cryptocurrency which is really helping them to make profit from their Investment. Investors are now back fully to their investment since government discovered the original vaccine to their people in the country.

Here in my country, (I won't say the name) the government bought millions of vaccines from China and somewhere else, and out of nowhere the rate of getting infected dramatically dropped. And now the government is locking down anyone who even coughs twice and making them buy the vaccine.

As a person who was strongly against lockdown and has caught the virus 2 days ago ;D , I say it really really to most now that it's totally worth every lockdown to prevent this virus. It's an extremely painful situation, now it's subjective and many people are asymptomatic, but the symptoms are so very painful when they show, I had tremendous breathing problems, stomach ache like hell, 105°F fever for three days, couldn't sleep. Now health is restoring and am feeling good but I am not setting my foot outside the house for next two months atleast ;D

Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? We've seen similar examples from Israel and United Kingdom that vaccination has been effective so far. That's our only way out of this pandemic. Vaccines have been effective in diminishing many infectious diseases in the past and it's our only weapon to fight Covid-19.

Unfortunately, most European countries are way behind in their vaccination program, I hope that this situation changes throughout the summer.

We have a different story about the implementation of vaccine in my country.The society didnt believe on the government with the vaccine. So, they rejected to be vaccinated and they told to others that this is just conspiracy. Covid is Hoax. How bad the condition in my country, right? This is why, there are many patients because of infected the Covid-19 at my country. The case is still high although vaccine has been spreaded to the society. School is still closed, and the students become more stupid.

That's the scenario in your country. In my country similar is the situation and people aren't ready to believe in the vaccine, because many people died after the vaccination. There is fear about the vaccine, but to withstand the ongoing worse situation people are crowding to get vaccinated. In reality there is much shortage of vaccine and the government isn't in a state to agree it and take necessary steps.

Since the rollout of the vaccine in the world, some countries already experience the new normal setup and even they have been vaccinated they still need to wear facemask since the probability of being infected by the virus is still there. In my county, the number of confirm cases is still at peak where the various variant continue to spread all over the county applying again the lockdown after a year. People now be confident to take the vaccine because of the continuing spread of the virus. Our government needs to quickly purchase and make some agreement with the manufacturers of the vaccine since most of the supply of the vaccine have already purchased by the rich countries and it takes some time before it arrive here. Hope that the situation continues to get better.

Currently, disease outbreaks are strong in Asian countries, notably India and Cambodia. These countries are on the brink of collapse when there are thousands of new diseases every day. With the current situation of epidemics, the world has partly pushed back the epidemic, but many countries are still fighting against the epidemic. This is a virus that can spread extremely quickly and its consequences are very heavy.
The epidemic is declining, as public awareness increases with government diseases in preventing epidemics and the multiplicity of vaccines. I think in a few years the epidemic will be completely extinguished, but the risk of it coming back remains.

This is 2021 running and the covid-19 is still alive. There are many places on the world where lockdown is running. I am from a third world country named Bangladesh where we are in Lockdown now and the virus is spreading rapidly. Everyday is breaking it's previous record and many people are getting died due to affected of that virus and can't get proper treatment. The shortages of hospital, oxygen and so on are also responsible for getting death here. One of my close friends already got affected 4th times from the very beginning to till now. So it is very dangerous that can kill you. So staying at home will be better for us and our family as well.

It seems India will lead 3rd wave. More then 345k infected only yesterday. Over 2 million infected in last 2 weeks. And the the peak is only expecting to happen. Next two months will be definitely extremely bad for India.

Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking? Although, it's a quite common phenomenon here too, you see these conspiracy theorists all over Facebook and social media, posing as specialists or Mr. Know-it-all.

A recent study had shown that Greece is the second country after Nigeria to believe in conspiracy theories about Covid-19. I'm not sure about the sample they used, but it's quite sad nonetheless.

Study's source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/survey-uncovers-widespread-belief-dangerous-covid-conspiracy-theories

Surely after a few years this Covid issue will end but the cause of this will always be remembered by our generation. The impact on the market and the amount of individual that got affected by this is too much to not be forgotten. Asian countries have covid issue bad and I lived in Philippines and how the government assess the situation isn't optimal unlike other countries. They corrupted all the funds that should be allocated for the Covid funds. They rather let the private companies to shoulder all the cost for the vaccination of the each individual and citizen of the Philippines.

I live in Brazil and even after the vaccine reaches hospitals, the number of infected people continues to increase and new mutations appear. Our country is currently broken and we have a horrible president and a population that does not seem to know that we are in the middle of a pandemic, in short, the future will be cruel.

Unfortunately, accidents are unavoidable when it comes to such a large scale of vaccination, because the vaccine may have contraindications that the vaccinated may not know about when the vaccinated person's readiness for vaccination is checked on the basis of his words. No one will arrange detailed medical examinations for the vaccinated person, because many more people die from the epidemic itself and the medical aid agencies do not always cope with so many patients. Also, let's not forget the banal information wars between the medical companies themselves and the states that stand behind them, for the market. And bad news, as you know, very often sells better than good news, sowing doubts in the souls of the population.

I am not much surprised about the situation in Brazil, because the president Jair Bolsonaro handled the crisis in a very incompetent way. A part of the blame should fall on the citizens of Brazil, because they elected someone who openly supported the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and extermination of indigenous ethnic groups. They thought that only the indigenous tribes would suffer if Bolsonaro is elected as the president. They were wrong. Brazilians irrespective of the ethnicity are suffering now.

That's so bad, may I know what is the brand of the vaccine which is spreaded by your Government? Because, last week my mother is forced by the government to be vaccinated. In my country, the vaccine that is spreaded is Sinovac. When I read what you wrote, that makes me feel worry to my mom. I really hope that everything gonna be okay soon. Although, we have found the vaccine but Covid-19 still infected many people in every country. This is really bad.

Sinovac is really useless. There are rumors that they manipulated the clinical trials, in order to achieve the minimum (50%) efficacy needed for approval (Sinovac claims to have an efficacy of 50.4%). Countries such as Hungary, Serbia and Chile have primarily used Sinovac vaccine to inoculate their populations. But in none of these countries, a noticeable reduction in the number of new infections is being noticed (despite vaccinating close to half of the population in each case).

That's a quite low efficacy, but a bold claim to make too, is there any valid source for this? Isn't Sinovac a Chinese vaccine? I think Pfizer and Sputnik seem like the safest and best options out there.

That's only what the official reports are saying. Unofficially I would say, atleast it's 10 lakh cases per day (even excluding those who aren't testing). In my city only, it's estimated that 4 cases happening every hour. Myself got infected 3 days ago (actually tested positive, probably got infected way earlier). It's really saddening to see such a second wave and there's also that oxygen unavailable problems everywhere. Hopefully everything restores for good. This is going to be such a bad year again.

12% received one dose in Brazil. That is way to low to have any impact. Many more already had covid. So immunity have bigger impact. Without vaccines and immunity situation would be much worse. I know things are bad right now, but at least there is hope. I dont see Brazil can be hit with 4th wave. So this is last one. It just need to be fought and win the battle.

That's way too low to have any effect at all, it's not any better here either. A decent percentage would be at approximately 50% in order to start showing the first positive effects. Countries like the United Kingdom and Israel are a true example of how the vaccination program should be running.

Not only do I see Brazil as a potential for a new wave, but I also know that, if it comes, the country will collapse. In several cities in the country there is a lack of basic things like oxygen and medicines for intubation (sedatives, etc.), in some cities several people died from lack of oxygen.
https://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2021/01/25/documentos-mostram-que-mais-de-30-morreram-nos-dois-dias-de-colapso-por-falta-de-oxigenio-em-manaus.ghtml (https://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2021/01/25/documentos-mostram-que-mais-de-30-morreram-nos-dois-dias-de-colapso-por-falta-de-oxigenio-em-manaus.ghtml)

We can't really say "useless" can we? I mean even if we are talking about 5% better results, that is still 5% better results. Do not get me wrong, I do not believe anything that comes out of China and I believe it is pure propaganda by the CCP and they are acting like they are the first ones to show a true vaccine so that they could get a bit of love after all the hatred after the virus spread started from them, and even as a person who do not like CCP I have to be honest and say that unless it is proven that they did it purposefully, there was nothing they can do, these type of things start anywhere, and unless it is totally useless and just water in that vaccine (Doubtful, clinical trials were made on it all around the world) it is obvious that we can't just call it useless.

Once again, other vaccines look obviously much much better, specially biontech which looks incredibly better, but this doesn't make sinovac useless, it just makes it less helpful but still a bit of helpful.

Yes, I wouldn't say it's useless either, but if there was a better option that could be used, why not use it? Besides that a few weeks ago I thought I read an article that Sinovac was indeed "less" effective than the others, so the Chinese themselves ordered several million doses of other vaccines for their vaccinations, does this make sense?

Only 2%-3% got completely vaccinated in Brazil and it will have almost zero impact. Another 10% or so got one dose of the vaccine. But in most cases this is the Sinovac vaccine and as users have already pointed out, this is a less efficient vaccine and the impact won't be visible before the second dose. So there is no guarantee that Brazil can't be hit with a 4th wave, especially when multiple mutant strains are getting reported from that country.

I also think that Pfizer and Sputnik is the safest and best to use for covid vaccination. I really don't have trust for all covid vaccines from China. Also our country already experienced the bad effect of the Dengvaxia vaccine from China before but it was not for Covid but also killed a lot of children's lives. Scary to take and vaccinate covid vaccine from China.

Pfizer has refused to provide vaccines to third world countries. They have reserved 99% of their vaccines to developed nations such as the United States and Canada. Pfizer has provided limited doses of the vaccine to some of the third world nations, but in return they are asking for draconian guarantees. And as far as Sputnik V is concerned, they are really struggling to cope up with the demand. The good news is that their facilities in Argentina and Serbia has started producing the vaccines and by next month tens of millions of doses will be available for export.

It was really sad to read the news about the epidemic. About these days, I have friends who are studying in India, and they say that there is like real hell, lots of people are dying. My friend shared that the situation in India is much worse than reported in the media, my friend said that the sense of prevention here is very poor when people are not wearing masks and crowded, indeed, when I looked at their crematoriums, my fear was still not over. There are many people saying that vaccines are made from cows' fetuses, and their religion does not allow them to vaccinate, I don't know if that is true, I have also heard of a new variant in India there is a very fast transmission rate and even if their prime minister has vaccinated twice but is still infected, pray that India will overcome this epidemic.

From what I heard from my relatives in India, a lot of fake propaganda is being spread. There are Whatsapp audio messages going around, which claims that people who get admitted to the hospitals get their organs stolen and they will never come home alive. Actually these sort of malicious messages have caused more deaths in India when compared to the infection itself. A lot of people believe in these rumors and they refuse to go to the hospitals. And in many cases they end up dead due to low Oxygen saturation.

And the data released by the government suggests that more than 94% of the cases among the 60 plus age group are reported from the unvaccinated group.

The campaign to raise funds for the Covid-19 pandemic fund in India was launched by Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal, who has already been joined by Buterin donating 100 ETH and 100 MKR totaling more than $600,000.Balaji Srinivasan, former technical director of the Coinbase crypto exchange, also joined the campaign. I think the aid to India will only expand because there

In India, the Covid case is getting worse and some say it is like a monster attack is happening, therefore an intense donation campaign is being held there for the help needed and of course with the funds collected now it may not be enough but with generous donations. I can see what's going on there and it is a little bit of concern if we take a look at some of the being about Covid-19 being in India.

Even some of its citizens are now traveling to several countries to avoid it, but some authorities have banned it because they don't want this virus to spread.

This is not a sure thing, the laboratories are making those claims without research and as such we cannot trust that the current vaccines can fight the variants, I hope that is the case but we need scientific studies proving this is the case, anyway I can understand why people are nervous about getting vaccinated but taking into account the low mortality rate of the vaccines and how this compares against the mortality rate of the virus itself then to me this is an easy choice and I will get vaccinated myself as soon as I get the chance.

Yes, India is at its worst destruction. Everywhere it is termed as second wave of covid-19, here it is mentioned as tsunami of covid-19. The deaths were happening as it happened during the tsunami. No precautions were taken, and that's the major reason for such a worst situation. The government is keen in winning election and organizing election rallies. Several footages show the death of covid-19 patients. Such things should not happen to anyone, because they know they're dying and none were able to do anything other than cry.

Most of the rich people of the country were taking private jets and flying to different countries. The private jet for rent has increased during this time, and rich one are ready to pay anything.

Everyone is blaming the election commission, but I don't think that they have done anything wrong. The worst situation is being reported from the states of Maharashtra and Delhi, where there was no elections. In states where elections were conducted, the situation seems to be under control (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam.etc). And regarding the celebrities, most of them have by now escaped to countries such as Maldives and the UAE. These people are mostly deaf to the suffering of ordinary Indians.

The case in India reminds us of the importance of adhering to health protocols. Cultural rituals that occur in the Ganges are proof that we must be aware of this virus. many people do not believe it, but for those who have experienced it, I think will have another story

Here in our country where crypto is not easily afforded by someone, they would rather risk themselves to find a job than dying from hunger in their home. Opportunities to earn online here in our country can't be achieved by anyone yet so many people still need to go out to earn for their families. Even if there is an opportunity, poor people usually pick the quick rich schemes which is obviously a scam. I am a person with comorbidity and it's been a year since I last went out from our house. It's not clear when this pandemic would end but I hope in 2yrs or even before I die this is gone so I can finally go out like the way before. I also hope no wearing face masks when things go back to normal.  :D

I have just moved to a country where people still say heaven is the present, because they already have effective measures to prevent translation, which is Vietnam. However, in recent days when I read the news about the epidemic situation in India and countries near Vietnam, I am really afraid of the impact of this outbreak. I think the problem is still everyone's awareness of how to fight the epidemic, the best moment is to raise awareness about epidemic prevention and vaccin.

Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies gain billions in profit from vaccines, as bad as it may sound, they prefer selling them to developed countries that will provide them with a guaranteed return. A perfect example of that is India, one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines (the AstraZeneca is produced there if I'm not mistaken), is facing huge shortages while the vaccination program is going downhill.

Source about India: https://www.thehindu.com/data/covid-19-vaccination-rate-falls-sharply-in-mid-april-in-india/article34401369.ece

As a resident of India, I can say that everything was going smoothly here, before the Americans banned export of raw materials that are essential for the production of the vaccine. It disrupted the vaccination program (not only in India, but also those in other countries which were dependent on the vaccines that are manufactured in India). The ban on export was removed only a few hours ago, after many weeks of negotiations between the Indian administration and the Biden regime. But a lot of damage was already done by time this issue was resolved.

From what I have seen, a section in India are very quick to blame their government, but they are very careless as far as social distancing or wearing of masks are concerned. Everyone wants to blame the authorities, but at the same time they are not adhering to the protocol. Those who blame the government right now are the very same people who criticized it when the lockdowns were imposed. Every single issue is getting politicized, both by the ruling party, as well as by the opposition. All that said, there are a few states which have handled this crisis really well - Odisha, Assam and Tripura. These state governments have worked on the ground, rather than indulging in blame game. And the worst handling of the crisis was done by tje states of Maharashtra and Delhi.

The fact is that vaccination should be effective, they save a person's life, and not just to make a mark that vaccination has been carried out. That scientists from Germany and Norway conducted studies, and their results were the same, which confirms that it is astrazeneca that is the reason that patients who have been vaccinated have problems with thrombosis. Of course, it later became clear that this problem is not massive and is associated with the immune system of the person himself, individually. But nevertheless, there is a danger for the elderly and it is because of this that the United States imposed a ban on the vaccine from India.

Congrats to your country for having this smooth things now , Because the recent news i Watch is that In India there are burning of bodies in public from the Covid19 death victims.
And Good to know that America is now removed the banning so you can move in favor of the vaccination.

At first I thought that the COVID-19 pandemic is making the crypto and blockchain industry going from bad to worse, but it’s the other way around. In every dark situation, there’s always a light. I am always looking on the positive side of the situation, especially the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yes I have experience getting depressed during the lockdown. I was stuck at home for 2 straight months between mid-March to mid-May, never got out because only one representative per household has his/her name on the quarantine pass. What I did is that I am desperately looking for a gig or anything that could make me money while staying at home, and good thing that crypto gave me so many opportunities until now.

Despite the boredom in my routine because of no mass gatherings, curfew and tight travel restrictions, I am still blessed to be in this industry. I don’t know where would I be without crypto and blockchain. I could be once again relying on my parents and sisters if I didn’t maximize my talents in the crypto and blockchain, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I missed traveling both locally and overseas, but I know one day we are going to be COVID-free again. Herd immunity is all we need and get inoculated with vaccines.

currently, there are still quite a lot of cases of this corona virus and it is increasingly worrying that a vaccine has been found, but there is no change at all, the virus is getting stronger and more spread everywhere, of course, you can see in India which is getting worse, of course now looking for a job is more difficult. and having a greater risk of contracting this virus investing in cryptocurrency is the best option for now because the higher bitcoin price will make the market more passionate for investment as well as more people entering.

They have removed the ban on raw materials, but we don't know when these shipments will arrive here. The red tape and bureaucracy means that the impact won't be visible before June. Here in India a lot of black market activity is going on. Some of the hospital staff are stealing oxygen cylinders and essential medicines such as Remdesivir, and then selling them to organized cartels. But the situation is quite bad. Yesterday for the first time, the daily death toll was more than 3,000.

The reason why the cases are growing exponentially is due the mutation present in virus genome, these mutation increase the infectivity rate of virus along with total death count per day globally. But some sigh of relief is that many vaccines are showing good response against Covid19 and the pandemic might end in few months.
This pandemic definitely affected the economy on global scale and many third world countries are the verge of collapse and if the situation continues like this for a year or so than it will impact the world as a whole. 
 

Mutated strains of the virus are wrecking havoc all over the world. First it was the P.1 strain from Brazil, that was causing 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day in that country. Then came the "double mutant" strain in India (B.1.617) which is said to be 300 times more contagious when compared to the original strain. This strain (B.1.617) is believed to be mutant strain of another mutation, which was originally reported from Kent in United Kingdom. The good news is that the vaccines seems to be effective against all these strains.

I began to hear that the epidemic is spreading to countries in Southeast Asia, and if not mistaken, today Vietnam has also recorded new cases of COVID-19. I have heard about the situation in India, to be honest, their consciousness is poor, so the current situation has occurred, and I believe that bad things have not stopped for them if they still keep their viewpoint. Not only that, but I pay more attention to the countries of Southeast Asia, and especially Vietnam, whether the waves this time affect their lives.

Added by hard headed beings who can't even stay at a minimum health standard distances plus preventions, no doubt that this would affect more and more people. Vaccines aren't even convincing that these can prevent you to have COVID anymore but rather save  you for certain death.

I agree with you that despite the fact that we are in a rather difficult situation due to the coronavirus and other quarantine measures, people must be able to adapt and the service market is not going anywhere. People used to face various epidemics and viruses, but in the end everything always returned to normal. Perhaps now nothing will return to normal as before, however, it is worthwhile to understand that medicine does not stand still and one day we will be able to defeat all viruses at the expense of a universal medicine. Perhaps this will not happen in the next few years, but in decades, which means one way or another in the future, things will return to their usual foundations.

Feels soo frastrating right now. In our country covid second attack becomes more dangerous day by day but people still not aware. Well we can't blame people too because they are working people they can survive if they work regularly otherwise they might be dead in hunger not covid. Ramdan gives some relaxation but for kids eid is a festival they need new dress needs money. A day of festival for Muslim is like a silent day for us. Feels soo much frustrating because have a dream to full fill but this second pandemic ruined the full plan. Hopefully we can get out from this situation a Very soon. And have lots of prayers for those who is infected by covid. Recover soon guys. :-*

It is really so frustrating.Covid -19 has been rampaging the world since early 2020.Schools, restaurant and any place of gathering were closed also in my countryand as a result many lost their means of livelihood.The Condition have improved but just a bit and with the vaccine we can expect to see better changes even though it is going to take much time not as we all expected it to be.

The one that is suffering so much is India with infected going up to 200k in just a few days, there's a scarcity of Oxygen and people are dying every four minutes, there's a system failure in India right now in addressing CoVid, the positive news is the world is nor helping India to fight back by supplying basic needs like Oxygen and medicines.
This second wave and the new variant are very dangerous.

Still with the foundation of this catastrophe, India is in trouble right now as we keep following the news everyday.  Vaccination is only a temporary solution, it takes time to find other methods.  I think the economy will get very badly worse from the consequences of covid, and we are still taking a toll and seeing each nation's economy continue to go down.  Bitcoin, and crypto will therefore be the "savior"

I cannot understand such a country with such a high GDP income and such poor awareness, I also understand the gap between rich and poor in this country is too large. Admittedly, the awareness of the people of this country is very poor about the way to fight the epidemic, I don't know who this mistake should be blamed on, but maybe we can't help it any more now than hoping for them will soon pass this wave.

Sadly this is true. Even among my friend circle, some of the individuals went for tour outings and excursions last month saying that the pandemic is under control and they are feeling suffocated because of staying at home for so long. And in one case, the individuals came back infected and spread the infection to the members of their housing society. And I was going through the pictures uploaded in FaceBook. In none of the pictures I could find anyone wearing a mask.

this is an incident that I think is a dilemma. where on the one hand they have the belief that they must hold a cultural ceremony, on the other hand they are faced with a pandemic that is prohibited from congregating. and in the end what was feared happened too, we can only take a lesson from this incident

A few people were arrested yesterday for spreading rumors over Twitter. But when there is an organized campaign to create panic through social media platforms, there is hardly anything the cops can do about it. Some people are saying that it is the black marketeers who are behind these rumors, while some others claim that it is the work of opposition party politicians. Anyway, hundreds of people have lost their lives due to these baseless rumors.

The bad news about Sputink-V is that they are engaged in systemic data forgery. Brazil refused to use it, the reason - the national pharmaceutical regulator declares serious deviations from the declared standards in the trial batch of the vaccine. Slovakia also - the pharmaceutical regulator of Slovakia said that the drug that the country received differs from the one for which the data were provided (and even then not in full). Registration of the drug is faced with a problem everywhere - Russia does not provide all the necessary data or falsifies them ... Well, the "cherry on the cake" - statistics from Russia, which was published without thinking much: in comparison with January-February 2020 to January-February 2021 mortality in Russia grew by 30% (it is still easy to find on the official websites). At the same time, they officially claim that there is no increase in mortality from Covid and seasonal diseases, there is no answer to the question of the reasons. But the answer is most likely that in December 2020, active vaccination of residents of Russia began, thereby Sputnik-V. Then draw your own conclusions ...
And from the point of view of logic - what do you think - if people constantly manipulate data, lie, falsify data, try to slip something incomprehensible instead of the promised drug, systematically do not provide detailed research data - does this cause any suspicion in you? Would you do business with such people?
Answer yourself honestly :)

That's the exact problem that my country is facing right now besides being incompetent, there is no storage facility that is going to cater the right temperature and the only ones don't even meet the exact number. Transport to provinces is problematic but it can be managed.

more and more cases of death in India, and they have to queue to arrange funerals. the point is their mindset must be changed about the corona virus. all sectors are affected by this pandemic

I'm more concerned about India's deteriorating state and it is true that they are lining up to bury the corpses affected by the virus. I also saw information in 2020 that the Indian population did not really believe and care about Covid-19, many restrictions were made by Indians such as not wearing masks.

There still a virus spreading in my country but you can see that there is still a difference in how many people are getting infected compared to before. We cannot help them realize or understand that covid is dangerous and can cause deaths but the infected ones can be cured even without the vaccine. Let's pray for india that they will overcome the pandemic.

More recently, India reported good results in the fight against Covid and positive vaccination results in the country, as well as a low incidence rate. Although I was a little surprised, I was sincerely happy for India. But reality turned everything upside down very quickly. Probably the abundance of positive news lowered the level of control, people seem to have lowered the level of protection (at least many took off their masks), plus they did not restrict the celebration of the Festival of Colors in March this year. Then a period of accumulation of a critical mass of carriers and now an explosive growth in morbidity and mortality. This is a very expensive example of the fact that Covid should not be joked about, and his deadly capabilities should not be underestimated. And only provocateurs who need chaos shout everywhere - "do not wear masks", "do not adhere to quarantine", "do not get vaccinated", "do not observe restrictions" ...

As we know the distribution of the vaccine has not been equitable with rich countries keeping most of it to themselves and when we add that many governments were unwilling to buy a product that it did not yet existed now they are finding out that if they want to buy the vaccine now they are still buying vaccine that does not exist as the current supply is already bought up, this is making that in some countries things are really hard and the best example of this is India.

I agree with the unfair distribution of vaccines to all countries, this is one of the reasons why until now the spread of COVID-19 has been so difficult
to stop. Even rich countries do get more vaccines, poor countries really can't do much, considering that vaccines are now a promising business for
the pharmaceutical industry. Because the demand is very high, then the pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines definitely prefer to distribute
them to rich countries, who do have the money to buy vaccines at a high price.

It is not just the distribution of vaccines. Here in India, the topmost manufacturer of the vaccines faced enormous difficulty in production because the Joe Biden administration placed an embargo on the export of raw materials that are needed to produce the AstraZeneca vaccine. The rich countries acted very unethically. On one hand they refused to supply the vaccines to poorer nations, and on the other hand they sabotaged the vaccine production in these countries.

The same is the case in my country, Covid has not yet been handled. Even though the vaccine has been distributed, it has not been able to completely stop it.
If many people want to learn about cryptocurency and want to invest some of their savings, I am sure that unemployment will not be this much. Moreover, most of the people in our country have the principle that people who work are people who go out of the house in the morning and come home in the evening, even though that thought is a thought that is left behind.

I hope that COVID-19 will pass soon and all sectors of the economy will recover again.

If it is related to the problem of vaccines, the US government should be able to provide a different policy, this will make the Indian people
disadvantaged. Even though the COVID-19 problem can be handled properly if all countries can help each other. But if we look at the fact
that rich countries act unethically, then the problem of COVID-19 may be a prolonged problem, especially for poor countries. I and those of
you who are just ordinary people are really annoyed to see this situation, but there is nothing we can do.

It is not just the raw materials. The US government had stockpiled 10 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which they don't intend to use. They have refused to export this stockpile to other countries, saying that they need it for their own country as "reserves". I don't understand the logic, as the United States is mostly using vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. They may never use the vaccine from AstraZeneca, as the efficacy is low.

So who really helps in treatment in India? Is it possible that the US is keeping the AstraZen vaccine for future reserves because it is feared this will result when the outbreak comes quickly? I know now that the world is critical in terms of aid, including India, which is the most severe, even I saw the news on some local TV, it was very sad to see the death was so high that it was scattered everywhere because no one was able to accommodate it, even oxygen was very limited when this outbreak hit so fast in 24 hours.
A one-off aid only from donations that are often made to raise funds there may help a little of what is needed.

it's really sad to see a corpse lying around waiting for peakaman, hopefully there is help for this disaster, where we have to apply health protocols, and also have to prioritize our own health using masks, love our lives

As far as I know, the vaccination program in the United States doesn't use the AstraZeneca vaccine. They are doing the inoculation with three other vaccines - Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. The stockpile of 10 million doses of AstraZeneca is lying in the deep freezer, just because they want to keep it as reserve. And IMO, this is a very unethical thing to do, as most of the developing countries around the world are facing a chronic shortage of vaccines.

COVID-21 is more dangerous then the COVID -19. And its the 2nd wave of corona virus. Many countries are affected from this virus. And India country is also one of them. But China's vaccine is suitable for this virus. It kills the virus and make anti bodies for virus.

Here in philippines, more and more people getting infected and almost thousands of people are infected everyday. Government here lack some leadership, funds and political brains. Philippines now have billions of credits to other countries. Hope we overcome this pandemic.

The number of infections are rising, all over Asia. The governments are really helpless, because there is not much they can do to slow down the spread of the infections. The new mutant strains are wrecking havoc all over the world, and with people avoiding the social distancing protocols, things are really getting bad in the developing nations. Virus is mutating now, and we never know when we will get a strain that is more lethal and contagious than the existing ones.

It is tiring and worrisome at the same time during this pandemic crisis. For a year, it seems like there's no progress here in our country. There's a high increase in unemployment rate and a lot are still contacting the virus despite the consecutive lockdowns and quarantines imposed by the government.

In our country, we're under MECQ again. Majority have coped up already. Some people already entered the business industry, some invested on stocks, bitcoin, and real estates. People have found a way to survive and provide for their daily needs. However, it isn't always the case. Some people are still left behind and are still suffering from poverty.

Frontliners are already tired of the repetitive pattern which didn't worked the first time it was imposed. I think by proper addressing the pandemic, this crisis will be gone. We just need a proactive leader that has a strategic planning in order to succeed the fight against the virus. The battle should be lead by the medical professionals and not politicians since in the first place, it is a battle of science.

If this pandemic will continue over the next years, we'll be doomed. The economy of each country will slowly collapse depending on their tolerance of course. I think we can adapt, but with reservations because immunity isn't guaranteed to everyone.

Why you are promoting the Chinese vaccine? I have already posted about this in the Politics sub-section of this forum. Chinese vaccines have a single-dose efficiency of only 3%, when compared to 73% for the Sputnik V vaccine. A lot of countries trusted the Sinovac vaccine and spent billions of $$$ in purchasing them. Morocco, Turkey, Hungary, Serbia and Chile are among them and all of them are now regretting their decision. The 3% efficacy hardly makes any difference and people who once got this vaccine can't be inoculated with another more effective vaccine.

according to the news , Philippines has thousands of infection daily and not Almost.
lack of political leadership? your president is one of the best nowadays , don't blame the president but only the stupid countrymen because of them being ahrd headed.
All countries has also credit to other countries and not only philippines .

when covid 19 gone from the world and we can do anything or go anywhere because during have covid 19 any activities stopping and never have planning for travelling again, many countries not give access to their country because covid 19 still have make less activities. How ever very bad situation when covid never ended in the world.

We cannot prevent it if we do not do it ourselves, it will be very difficult for this Covid-19 case to disappear from the earth if we continue to carry out prolonged crowds, of course, the virus will spread from many crowds in various countries and the government will not be able to prevent it that tight because their need is to travel to get something, therefore all the efforts of the government have been done. The thing that needs to be realized is ourselves, how to implement health protocols in terms of any activity to prevent this from spreading.

I am only concerned about the incident in which we cannot do anything in India, hopefully, God can remove from these many cases.

From what I have heard, China has reported no deaths from COVID for the past 2-3 months. If China (with a population of 1.4 billion) can do this, then what prevents the other countries from containing the spread of this virus? Vaccination may take at least another 1 year to contain the pandemic. We need some other measure, such as another round of lockdown. A combination of mass vaccination and lockdown measures should do the trick.

This is something new for me, that the US government has stockpiled 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine,  even though they already
have Pfizer and Moderna. This sounds cruel to me, because it is not wise to do this. Whatever the reason, the American government should
help poor countries, especially in a pandemic situation, each country must help each other. Because COVID-19 is our common enemy.
Hopefully other developed countries will not do the same as what the American government has done.

They are just playing with people's lives and it looks as if the lives of poor people doesn't matter to them. US was the mastermind behind the move to block IP/patent waiver for the COVID 19 vaccines. Else the developing nations would have produced vaccines on their own. They have taken a very negative role, by blocking the supply of raw materials and hoarding vaccine doses which they don't need. On top of that, some of the US-based pharmaceutical companies have used this opportunity to make tens of billions of USD for themselves.

Here in my country vaccine are already coming. But yeah just like you said it's like the pandemic has no end. But one thing is for sure this pandemic will end. :)

It is such a shame that commercialism has taken over the pharmaceutical industry because even if the number of vaccines was the same if we distributed those vaccines in a more effective way the deaths that we will see because of the pandemic will be a lot lower, we know that the people that are most susceptible to die because of the virus are old people, if we had made an effort to try to give the vaccine to those people all over the world the pandemic will still be in place but now the number of deaths will be very low.

I completely agree with u. Manage yo capital, never invest all yo funds in one niche. That's the main rule

We need to be grateful, because due to Covid many people work from home, this is why the new Altseason has come.  so the pandemic does not always cause harm, only how do we react to it

Don't be selective. The work from home option is not available for everyone. The blue collar workers are still working from their offices and they don't have the luxury that the white collar workers enjoy. And you can't really say that a pandemic which has caused 3.2 million deaths and tens of millions of hospitalizations had some positive aspects as well. Even those white collar workers who are working from home will suffer from low salary growth, due to the economic impact from the pandemic.

Luckily for those who still have a job even though they have to work at home and get a salary, but not for factory workers and the like, they have to lose their jobs because of Covid which is very detrimental to many people and the middle and lower class.
and the government didn't think about it because it caused the number infected with the virus to increase, because those who lost their jobs had to keep fighting and inevitably had to leave their homes to earn a living, because they had no other choice.

This is the reason why I am saying that further lockdown measures should not be implemented. Lockdowns have a disproportionately negative impact on the poor people. During the initial stages, lockdowns had to be implemented to make the medical sector prepared to handle the pandemic. But now the pandemic is more than one year old and there is no need for such preparation. Let the citizens take proper precautions such as social distancing and wearing of masks, rather than going through lockdowns.

There's probably something wrong with if you're implying that Covid isn't that bad because it MIGHT have sparked (or assisted) the new "Altseason". Should be also be grateful for the million of cases and deaths worldwide? I really hope you acknowledge what you just said and reconsider.

Come on member, are you so serious? Yes the covid-19 situation triggered working from home but do you really mean it that the pandemic did not always cause any harm? If you say it triggered the altcoins season, that maybe true but how % of the world population know about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies? The virus had caused so much harm to the world mate.

I found it interesting that when reading an article that talks about the pandemic, many people in the world have considered migrating to the digital economy, they are more focused on it and have a great acceptance, in fact they have put some surveys where a large number of people agree on measures that point to the digital, perhaps as a measure of protection against confinements, here are the results:


It was a considerable population of approximately 15,000 people, it is something representative, for its part Master Card is also about to launch its payment processing through its platform:


Source: https://ambcrypto.com/how-has-the-pandemic-changed-the-way-people-view-btc-eth-xrp-and-other-cryptocurrencies/ (https://ambcrypto.com/how-has-the-pandemic-changed-the-way-people-view-btc-eth-xrp-and-other-cryptocurrencies/)

Just doesn't make any sense. Altcoin season was bound to happen, as new users were entering the cryptocurrency sector in huge numbers. It has nothing to do with the pandemic. BTW, how many people are working from home now? A majority are still working from their office locations, or out of work. I don't think that the pandemic has resulted in anything good for the cryptocurrency users. On the other hand, it resulted in a delay in the rally, which we were expecting after the 2020 block reward halving.

When we had about 13 cases of covid-19 March last year the country went into total lockdown in order to quickly stop the spread of the virus and as a result many people lost their means of livelihood.Poverty and employment was also on the rise but this year around things have improved more and we are no longer under national lockdown .But the effects that the virus had on the economy is still there and we are yet to recover even though cases in our country have drastically reduced and the vaccination exercise is going well with many people getting vaccinated daily.

The lockdown method give positive result but some people aren't discipline enough to comply this. I think the best way is by maximizing online transactions in our daily life. I think government should make a company that will do all product dellivery, every retail business should create an online shop on e-commerce. It can make new big job vacancies. Maybe this pandemic will end five years later.

If this pandemic continues, of course the country's economy and even the world will be even more impoverished, because not everyone is ready to face this pandemic, both in terms of food stocks and money during the lockdown.
For the pandemic that is currently hitting this will be exhausted like the country of China, on the condition that the government and society must comply with all health protocols.

The 2021 covid virus is a disaster for the whole world. Currently, the mud has become stronger. The number of people who get sick and die is a lot. The world economy is severely weakened. Countries must close their borders, prohibit circulation between countries. Unemployed people are very many. This is a terrible thing.

Because a some of greedy people take advantage of the current pandemic for profit. And businesses related to the pharmaceutical industry are
now very lucrative, no wonder commercialism is ubiquitous. Even though the condition of several countries is very worrying, especially India,
where the number of deaths is quite high. I really hope that the vaccine can be distributed evenly to all countries in need, but the reality is
very different.

I'm not so pessimistic. Still, let's hope that the epidemic will end in less than five years, or at least will not be as dangerous as it is now. I think that by the end of next year, there should already be serious progress in combating the spread of the pandemic, because the vaccine-producing countries will already have to cope with vaccination in their own countries and start helping with vaccination and vaccine production in other countries more seriously. I also hope that the problems with the mutated versions of the coronavirus will be solved by this period.

Pfizer in particular is treating this pandemic situation as a once in lifetime opportunity to make tens of billions of USD in profits. Check this:

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/company-news/pfizer-latin-american-vaccine/


In return for the collateral, Pfizer want the governments to surrender their military bases and gold reserves. Can it get any more exploitative than this? I understand that they invented the first mRNA vaccine against COVID 19. But blackmailing poor countries and asking them to surrender the state properties is pure blackmail and unethical behavior of the highest order.

5 years is too much, some countries are already in the vaccination phase and almost half of the people are getting vaccinated. I'm pretty sure that it will end probably next year or 2023 if most of the countries have already vaccinated their people. We should be positive about this situation because certain people's mental health is deteriorating because they are unable to cope with the situation. Let's trust our scientists; I'm sure they'll be ready if another COVID-19 version is discovered; this will all be over soon.

Only 5-6 countries have managed to vaccinate more than half of their population. Among them are United States and United Kingdom, and some smaller nations such as Israel, Seychelles and Bhutan. For the more populous countries such as India and Indonesia, the proportion of people who got both the doses are as low as 2% or 3%, and in case of countries such as Pakistan and Vietnam it is less than 1%. At this rate, it looks like 5 years may be a more realistic target.

Despite fears of a third wave or new strain of covid virus 2021 the level of covid-19 infection worldwide has begun to decline. A number of issues have played a role there it must be said Vaccination is not the only reason because a very small part of the world as a population has been vaccinated so far The fact that social distance and hygiene rules have worked in some countries is well proven in some countries, hard immunity or mass resistance against corona is also being created. In the united states and brazil for example a significant portion of the population is already infected with corona a large part of them may not have come under the test.

There are some news emerging that some countries want to waive vaccines patents so countries with their own laboratories can begin to produce them, personally I have never been in favor of waiving the rights of people or businesses but this is an emergency and it seems to me this could be the right thing to do especially since the laboratories simply cannot produce the vaccine fast enough to meet the demand and it could be a good idea to allow other laboratories to make it as we can deal with the pandemic way faster than it could be otherwise possible.

The most important problem is the coronavirus mutation and there is a high probability that those who have been ill from one strain of coronavirus may not have immunity from the new strain. I have read the statements of scientists that large countries, especially if they are not engaged in quarantine measures, and as you know, for example, the Brazilian president was an ardent opponent, are an ideal environment for the emergence of new versions of the virus that are potentially more dangerous to health and not susceptible to the action of vaccines, so I would not rely heavily on the number of COVID 19 patients to develop collective immunity.

It is terrifying that the translation of covid19 has resurfaced. It becomes dangerous and spreads quickly. I think a lot of money can't do anything if you die. The important thing now is to take care of your health, perform antiseptic, avoid crowding, eat well, exercise and sports.

The COVID-19 virus is very influential on the people's economy so that the poverty rate is increasing because many people have lost their jobs while the COVID virus is still around.
For people who understand crypto currencies, they immediately do work via the internet, such as trading cryptocurrencies, and there are also those who join the bounty program so that they can get money to meet their household needs.
In my opinion, the COVID-19 virus is very beneficial for cryptocurrencies because it will support the price of cryptocurrencies to become more expensive by increasing the number of investors who invest in Bitcoin and Altcoins.

Most of the countries that are suffering from the third wave are reporting new strains. Here in India, the double-mutated strain (B.1.617) is causing a lot of deaths, while in Brazil the Amazon variant (P.1) is responsible for most of the deaths. And this is one of the reasons why creating vaccines against viruses is difficult. The mutate so fast and the vaccine which works against the original strain may not work against the mutated strain. And this is also one of the reasons why the experts have called for equitable distribution of the vaccines. If the virus mutates, then even vaccinated population in the richer countries may not be safe.

Of course health is very important. As of the present time, although there are many different vaccines from different countries, there are new variants which are much more harmful and worst, still no exact medicine to cure this. Looking at the situation we can say this pandemic does not seem to have an end yet to the whole world. We have to keep our healthy living lifestyle and always follow health protocols.

Right now the vaccines seems to be working against most of the strains. And manufacturers such as Pfizer have invented additional booster doses, to take care of the new strains. But overall, it is the vaccine availability that is causing headaches. Outside the developed world, none of the countries seems to have fully vaccinated (2 doses) more than 5% of their population. And now very small number of deaths are being reported from the developed nations. The vast majority are now being reported from developing countries such as India and Brazil.

That's true! But Sometimes even you take good care of yourself, you still not safe from covid virus. All we can do now is to trust to God and continue to follow the health protocol. Stay at home and continue to use cryptocurrency as an alternative source of income.

it's ironic, I hope this virus will disappear soon and we can breathe the free air out there, the corona virus is like a time bomb, if we don't stop and start with self-awareness such as washing hands with handsanitizer, using masks and keeping a distance from other people .

In India, the infection seems to have plateaued. Now it is spreading to the neighboring countries such as Nepal and Bangladesh. I am really concerned about these two, as they don't even have proper medical infrastructure. Myanmar is another neighbor which is in very poor state as far as the medical infrastructure is concerned. The only solution is to vaccinate as many as possible, but there are not enough vaccines available for 1.4 billion people. If the population was lower, then this fiasco could have been avoided. Perhaps now the Indian politicians can think about implementing strict family planning policies.

Did I just read what you typed correctly?
Grateful that we had covid? No bruh.
Many work from home because we don't have choice otherwise, if it's was an option, many will go for physical work. There is more fun been outside due to nature.

Are you serious about covid 19 not real? Do you really watch the news and how Indians are affected with the second lock down. Covid cases might be less in your country but the fact that you weren't informed doesn't mean it's not real.
Covid-19 is real.

It seems that slowly but surely the worst case scenario is materializing, people have done everything they could to stop the spread of the virus and even the economy has been put at risk, a fortune has been invested on the development and the application of the vaccine, but now the virus is mutating into a more aggressive form which means that we will have to go through all of this over and over again, this is incredibly disappointing but not unexpected.

Well, since the beginning of this year, it has already become an indisputable fact that the pandemic will not be stopped this year and by the end of the year we can expect a reverse surge in the incidence of the disease. The most important thing now is to work out the technology of vaccine production on a large scale and carry out vaccination around the world, so that the situation does not repeat when individual countries become a kind of incubator for the emergence of new dangerous mutations of the coronavirus. The most important thing is that vaccines have already been developed and their adaptation to new forms of the virus should not take too much time, the most important thing is to vaccinate the population in time for the new season and really stop the epidemic.

That is what it looks like yes. The probability is high that new mutations will be able to infect those who are either vaccinated or have been infected before. That's why the pharmaceuticals industry is going to become the most important industry of our lifetime. It maybe has been already, but it will now become much more evident over time. It is what it is, stay healthy! :)

The big pharma companies refused to wave the IP and patent for the vaccine. This made sure that these companies are able to make tens of billions of USD in profits. But at the same time, huge numbers of people died in the developing world due to the shortage of vaccines. I understand that Pfizer has reported record profits for the first quarter of 2021. So it is clear that already these companies have made enough money. Perhaps now it is time to waive the patents and make the vaccine more accessible to all. Until the vaccination coverage is good, the virus will continue to mutate and will pose a threat to the already vaccinated population.

I have been reading about that topic but like always it is a difficult one, if the governments forced the waive of the vaccine patents so other companies can create the vaccine if the virus keeps mutating even further there is the possibility the pharmaceutical industry will just refuse to keep investing money into improving their vaccine arguing their rights were violated and that they did not got their rightful profits, this could slowdown the development of new vaccines and eventually be even worse than the scenario we have now.

Speaking of the pharmaceutical industry and patents for inventions in this area, I would like to say the following. What prevents government agencies from organizing and financing pharmaceutical research from the same pharmaceutical companies, but then the fruits of their work remain in the ownership of the state or in public use, and not in private hands. I am a big supporter of the market economy and private initiative, and I am skeptical of any attempts by the state to get into business and engage in entrepreneurial activity, but there are areas of national importance, and issues of health or even life and death are undoubtedly included here, where the interests of the state and society are more important than the laws of business.

Covid 19 virus I believe will not last long, just like flu virus before which kills millions of people too. I rather thinkpositive than to think negative over this matter, to keep my mind at ease and my heart at peace. These virus bring us also to many avenue in life.. it make us realize what's really importance and gave us the opportunities to be together with our families and loved ones and find ways also for new ideas nad venture another work as well.

Have to admit that your concerns are legitimate. After all Pfizer and Moderna are publicly listed companies and the bosses are answerable to the shareholders. Being an Indian, I have to admit that uncontrolled population growth played a large part in amplifying the impact of the pandemic in India. On top of that, the so called non-tax paying section of the population (i.e free loaders) wanted vaccine for free and they protested when there was a suggestion to make vaccines available in the private hospitals.

Brother, you are right. Many people have lost their jobs and are sitting at home due to the current Kovid virus. They cannot do any work due to the Kovid virus. Only cryptocurrency can eliminate their unemployment thanks.

During the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world, there were indeed a lot of people who lost their livelihoods so that economic needs were increasingly not being met, if we are familiar with the world of cryptocurrencies, stocks or the like, we are still grateful, because we can meet daily needs even though they are not too big, but what about the fate of people who are unfamiliar with technology and don't even understand investment? Their economic life will definitely get worse, hopefully this pandemic will end soon so that the world economy will return to normal

This is basically what happened with the Polio vaccine, the government invested a lot of money in the project and eventually the vaccine received no patent so every single pharmaceutical company that had the means was able to create it and soon enough a disease that had been haunting humanity was almost erased from existence, so I agree with you on this idea however it is likely politicians are paid to never even propose something like this as this will be bad for the profits of the pharmaceutical industry.

This is definitely false since we now know that the virus was being transmitted in other parts of the world, specifically Europe, before they even understood what it was in China. There was literally nothing that could have been done to stop the spread of the virus. We also know now that it was spreading in America long before the reported "first case."

I don't agree with this statement. The pandemic started spreading in the first countries outside China in February 2020. The WHO statement came during the last week of January. Take Italy for example, which was the first country apart from China to report locally transmitted cases. The first reported infection was reported in two tourists, who came back from China in January 2020. The first local transmission occurred in February 2020. So in all probability, the pandemic could have been avoided if there was a travel ban.

and the other problem if the country make rule about quarantine but the people still having a common time outside. im sure there is people comply with the rules or about health protocol, but, the other people that are break the rules is dangerous.
im not sure, but this virus will always be a new mutation.

If everyone was following the safety protocols, then the pandemic could have been really under control by now. But all it takes is 1% or 2% of the population who behave irresponsibly to spread the virus. And they cause danger for the remaining 98%-99% as well. Here in India, there was an incident where a COVID 19 positive person (Wangkhem Rabina) travelled in flight by producing a fake COVID test report. And even after she was caught, there was nothing the authorities could do. They had to let her go after making her pay a fine of $25.

Is it real. I don't want to believe that such a thing is real. The penalty shouldn't have been just $ 25. I really started to believe that there will be more of these virus outbreaks in the coming years.

That's so terribly wrong! Then everyone will just be faking Covid-19 report or even the upcoming digital pass.
This whole pandemic's hit us all very bad and we can't see the light at the end of tunnel yet. Watching what's happening in India from a distance hurts a lot. Really hope that this will improve soon.

If indeed everyone could be regulated and followed applicable health protocols, there was no way that the corona virus could spread this fast.
Because there are always people who violate health protocols, maybe in my country there are probably more health protocol violations than India.
Therefore, I am sad that there is a possibility that the corona virus in 2022 will also not end, because in addition to many violations of health protocols,
viruses always mutate. Moreover, the number of vaccines available is limited. There are still a lot of things that need to be fixed, to be able to control
the spread of the corona virus.

- People really do not respect the rules of safety and health, sometimes despite warnings and still behave comfortably when stepping out on the street, they just raise more consciousness as Covid gets scarier but maybe this is a late repentance because I see the pandemic is getting out of control in so many countries. Besides, the mutation process of this disease has developed relatively strongly, this will probably continue to be a rather sad year for many people, India is the first place for disaster

There is no single reason behind the reduction of coronary infections A number of issues have played a role there it must be said vaccination is not the only reason because, very little part of the world as a population has been vaccinated so far It is also being noticed that the coronavirus is weakening due to mutations. One such study was published in the medical journal science in mid february there it is said the epidemic will quickly turn into an epidemic with the constant change of the corona virus.

In India, things are complicated because the opposition parties are trying their level best to sabotage the government efforts to contain the pandemic. A few days ago, it was revealed that the main opposition party had prepared a "toolkit" for the social media to discredit the government efforts and create panic among the public. These political parties don't care if people are dying. They just want their own political agenda to get the priority.

I know that India is currently facing a pandemic wave 2, and it happens because many people gather to celebrate religious traditions. many people think the pandemic is over but reality says no. stay alert and don't be careless !

What a shame for a person who does not respect the health protocol regulations, people who violate health protocols are selfish people who do not
think about others. With the presence of many such selfish people, in the end the spread of the corona virus became too late to control. If now
COVID-19 is increasingly frightening and new variants emerge, it all started because of underestimating health protocols. Hopefully the government
will be more firm in dealing with violations of health protocols.

it's not only detrimental to himself but also the crowd, especially the closest people. such a person feels himself healthy even though we don't know it may be without symptoms, some of the strict regulations are still lacking in compliance

they do not apply health protocols because they are not used to new habits. wearing masks and keeping their distance is a new habit that is difficult for them to do. another reason is because they currently think the covid virus pandemic is over  ::)

Eh? While I partially blame a lot of the population to be careless and not taking lockdowns seriously, not staying indoors etc but you have to understand that not everyone's financial status are equal and not everyone earns a good salary monthly working online like teachers or professors etc, but yeah, some people like the drunkards and spoilt kids who have no studies or career who roams the streets just for fun should be locked up in jail lmfao, atleast they can have a job there.

Perhaps the circumstances and conditions we experience today cannot help but overshadow us under the corona virus, and it is true that these circumstances change all aspects of our lives that compel us to reshape our former way of life with something new that we are currently facing. Stick to our distance-health protocol and stay home. maybe that's what we can do and keep crypto's world alive

How much time they need to get adjusted? Here in India, the first time lockdown was imposed was more than 14 months ago. I believe in most of the other countries the restrictions were imposed around at that time. So there is no justification to the argument that people are not getting used to it. If they can't wear a mask and follow proper security protocol even after so many months, then they deserve a heavy financial penalty, or even a prison term.

For sure this pandemic will end, many now have vaccinated and decrease infected per day, hopefully they resolve using vaccine to end covid-19 and people back to their job. As of now follow the health protocol and guidelines, stay at home if no necessary to do.

People more frustrated ang suffer about virus millions of people lost their job ,some people can not eat three times a day due that they can not afford to buy. The reason why the list of covid-19 continues high because of us, some of us can not understand the precautionary measurements, the protocols, Guidelines so that to reduce the list of positive in Covid-19. We can not please people to stay at home, we can not manipulate them and we can not hold their decisions. If we can not do something to other's but we can do in ourselves to reduce the affected of an pandemic just be a Good nitezen and follow the Health protocol's so that we can do our task to control.

During difficult situations such as this one, people need to follow the rules and stay calm. Even here in my country, a lot of people are in deep financial trouble, because they can't go out for work because of lockdowns and other restrictions. But relaxations can't be given to such people, because that will further increase the spread of the virus. IMO, everyone should prepare for such situations and try to save at least some amount during the good times. Those who have good savings are able to survive the lockdowns without much trouble. But people have a tendency to spend all their money when they have a lot.

There is no need to go so far, the virus itself is their own punishment for not following the safety measures that have been implemented all over the world, this is why we saw rates of infection that were so different all over the world, many countries saw very little negatives effects by the virus as people were respectful of the recommendations given by the authorities and this severely limited the transmission of the virus, while in the countries this was not the case the virus picked up speed and became a huge problem relatively quickly.

Many people still underestimate COVID-19, maybe because they have it but don't cause symptoms. If that is the case, it is not only others who
are harmed, but the people closest to them. Maybe the government should be more massive in conducting education, so that more people
understand the importance of complying with health protocols. If massive education has been carried out but there are still many health
protocol violations. Like it or not, sanctions must be given that can deter the offender.


I agree that everyone is very difficult to change their habits, I understand that to be able to carry out new habits does require a process.
But we have been running new habits regarding health protocols for a year, that's enough time in my opinion to be able to change our habits.
If there are still health protocol violations, indeed these people may indeed think COVID-19 is not real or indeed think it is over, because we have
started to be able to do activities as usual.

The problem is that careless people not just create harm for themselves, but they also have the potential to spread the virus to those who are taking adequate precautions. In my housing society, I am witnessing multiple examples for this. During February-March this year, the number of cases were quite low, and a lot of people went out for picnics and excursions. And from the photos that they posted in social media, I could see that many of them were not even wearing masks. One such family started showing the symptoms in my society after coming back from the picnic. The infection spread to 2-3 families and it eventually caused one death and almost a dozen hospitalizations.

That is the importance of self-awareness for each individual because in fact there are still many people who ignore health protocols,
we still often find people who do not wear masks and go without an important purpose,
With these conditions, I doubt that Covid will be finished in the near future

In countries where the population is largely law abiding, the incidence of CoVID 19 is really low. I am living in Singapore and here it is very rare to see anyone going out without wearing a mask. But from what I have heard from my friends and relatives in India, the situation there is just the opposite. There the people have a tendency to break laws and even the educated people believe that it is cool and macho not to follow the government instructions. When policemen stop these people then they will record the video and post it in social media claiming that the cops assaulted them. And this is why I am not surprised with the recent surge of infections form India.

That is I think the importance of a law-abiding society because of course it greatly affects the low Covid 19 in the country.
the question is why educated people in India think that if they do not follow government instructions it is cool,
are they not afraid of Covid 19?

Being a resident of India, I would say that if the people were strictly following the social distancing norms, then this second wave could have been avoided. Even now I can see people roaming around carelessly without wearing mask (and we are supposed to be in lockdown). With such scant regard for law, I don't think that even god will be able to save Indians from COVID. Feel bad for the health care workers who are risking their lives to save these people. No one really appreciates their work.

Covid virus has been spread very badly. I think it was the one thing to get back the market. More peoples are trying to make money from home without go outside. So internet money is more popular around peoples.

I really doubt someone who wasn't used to stayed all the time at home since the beginning of the pandemic. Somehow the normal life continued and masks don't guarantee an infection isn't going to happen. Also, people need to work, otherwise they don't have money to buy basic goods to survive. During this whole process the person can be infected and infect others. It's a very nasty situation, but what choice do these people have?

I don't know where people are living the situation is as bad as it is reported in the media, but what I know about the situation in India is bad. I have heard its current information from a friend in India, the people here are really suffering from the bad consequences of the epidemic.

Being a resident of India, I have to agree with you unfortunately. But still, here the situation is slowly improving now. Almost all the states have imposed strict lockdown restrictions and that has managed to curb the spread of the virus. Back in March-April, the people refused to follow social distancing norms and that triggered the second wave. Now the population seems to be more aware of the virus and in general the majority of the population is following the protocol. But the slow pace of vaccination is still a concern. There is no sign of any uptick in the daily vaccination numbers.

Hopefully they will really realize that it is important to keep their distance, wear masks and carry out other restrictions.
due to the fact that at that time in India the people ignored this and it triggered a second wave,
I think the slow pace of vaccination is inseparable from the limited vaccine production

My country covid-19 virus is gradually reducing since the government promised the citizens to give them one year and some months that covid-19 will be a thing of the past in the country. Many business men and women are resuming their business activities, since all the requirements the government promised to put in place are ready in the country. Before the end of this year 2021 there will no longer a covid-19 virus in the country according to the speech of our president,and also promise many bitcoin users will fully have free movement in the country.

My government did not want to quarantine the country.
People wear masks, but most don't. Yes, and now it's hot, the masks only interfere. I think the virus will not go away, it will be like the flu.
We are not told exactly how many people have died and are dying every day, but it seems to me that a lot.


I also noticed that tourists have come to us and continue to come to us, despite the situation in the world.

The government is partly to blame here. The vaccine rollout was delayed by several months, because of bureaucracy and red tape. Even the Sputnik vaccine, with an efficacy of 92% as certified by reputed researchers got the approval only after 3 months of negotiations. And even now, the government has refused to negotiate with the western pharmaceutical manufacturers, such as Pfizer and Moderna. People like me, who are in the 18-44 age group has near zero chance of getting vaccinated in the next 2-3 months.

It's the second summer now with covid. Last year they said that during summer when people are outside that the virus shouldn't be spreading. I hope this year be the same, then all the lockdowns could end. But who knows what is going to happen in winter. Maybe we will experience the 4th covid wave. It looks really like covid is the new flu and we will have to deal every year with it.

If everyone was following the lockdown and social distancing restrictions, then COVID 19 would have been well under control by now. But that never happened. And then the only solution was to vaccinate as many people as possible. That is also not happening, because initially some of the countries were slow in signing deals with the vaccine manufacturers. And now there is a shortage of the vaccines. I don't expect a majority of the world population to be vaccinated by the end of this year.

It is possible that this could happen and with the 4th covid wave, of course we have to be more careful,
in this case the government must make a correct and firm decision,
at least the community must limit restrictions so that Covid 19 does not spread more and more

But assume that some protocols aren't really applicable to everyone because some people work really hard to make money so they can eat. That was also my recent rant, that we should follow the protocols so that cases can be reduced, but I realized that some people are really trying their hardest to survive. The best thing to do in this situation is to implement a massive vaccination program in the country so that the spread of the disease throughout the world can be stopped right away. IMO, that's the only way to kill the virus, I hope the government should listen to their people and implement vaccination now.

The news that I have just seen regarding Covid is that Biden is continuing to investigate the causes of the beginning of this pandemic after finding evidence that scientists from Wuhan's laboratory were sick before the pandemic hit the world.  This reinforces the reason that this pandemic is indeed due to a leak in the Wuhan's laboratory.  Hopefully this can provide a clear answer to why the world is suffering and can provide a solution to this worsening condition.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57260009.amp

It is such a shame but this happens, remember at the beginning of the pandemic when many people were still claiming the virus was not real or was simply another flu and that there was nothing to fear, I wonder how many lives were lost just because they did not listen to the scientists that were telling this was going to be bad and how much lower the impact of the pandemic would have been if the majority had followed the protocols from the beginning.

Thank you for sharing information about the situation in your country, wish you all soon overcome this epidemic wave and return to normal life.
Where I live, suspected cases are also increasing, but I always feel safe because everyone here is aware of the severity of the disease.

Lockdown restrictions need to be followed by everyone. If there is some relaxation given to daily wage workers, then it will result in massive misuse. Because a large part of the Indian population consists of such workers. And this time the lockdown was not announced for several months. It was supposed to remain in place just for a few weeks. So everyone needs to stay at home, whether he is a daily wage worker or a more formal employee. I am against giving any sort of relaxation to anyone.

I believe the situation will become more and more better as people become more and more awed by this Covid virus, as long as it can effectively cut off the transmission route, then Covid virus is not scary, due to its fatality rate not high. At last, i wish India people can all get vaccinated early.

I hope it is like that and to break the chain of transmission of Covid 19, of course we need to work together in doing so,
because if not it will be useless even though the mortality rate is not high but the transmission rate is very high,
so we are still careful and keep a definite distance

Dont you think about the seller in the traditional market? They ignore every restriction that have been regulated by the government. They cant be at home and follow the lockdown, because they have to fulfill their basic needs by working at the market and because of them, the supply for foods is safe. In the traditional market, the crowded situation can't be avoid. They dont use mask or anything else, because in their mind money is everything. They have to earn money for their life.

With the current conditions the government is indeed a dilemma in making a policy,
It is not easy to decide whether traditional markets are closed or not because people also need food for their daily needs,
I think the traditional markets are still open but they have to comply with health protocols

Be careful when you talk about the fatality rate. It varies with different strains. For example, the original strain had a mortality rate of only around 0.1%-0.3% among the younger people. However, with the double mutant strain (B.1.617.2), the mortality rate seems to be 10 or even 20 times higher when compared to the original strain. A lot of young people have died as a result of this strain in India. Thankfully the strain has remained limited to India (with the exception of a few cases).

in some large countries such as the US if they have received the vaccine they are allowed to remove the mask.
I was a little surprised to read this news. I think the policy cannot be applied in all countries. do vaccines really make someone immune?  ???

I think the policy is implemented so that vaccination can run quickly. if after receiving the vaccine it is allowed to remove the mask, the community will be happy to receive the vaccine. of course everyone knows that wearing a mask is something that is less fun  ;D

If vaccination is effective and will have no effect if you ignore health protocols including wearing a mask, in my opinion there is no problem if you are truly immune to Covid-19.
because I think we should keep wearing masks until everyone has a chance to get vaccinated and we have got the virus under control, and when community transmission is low and most people are vaccinated, I think we will be able to remove masks safely.
preferring to stick with masks or follow health protocols before infection rates become very low.

Vaccines prevent disease 95% of the time (the case with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines), but 5% risk remains. But that doesn't mean that it will be OK to remove the mask. Because people without mask can propagate the virus, to those who are not vaccinated (remember that those who are aged below 16 years are yet to be given an opportunity to get the vaccine in the United States). It is upto the government to decide whether those who are vaccinated are given a right to be without their masks.

Vaccines are only to prevent it, it doesn't mean we are immune to associating with people who have been exposed to Covid-19, in my country there are also those who have been vaccinated but eventually contracted Covid. -19, a policy like this is suitable for countries with a low level of Covid -19 while countries whose Covid is still increasing, of course this is not the right policy

At this point, we should remember that the United States is the country which has the highest number of confirmed COVID 19 cases across the globe. And one of the reasons for this high number is the fact that large groups of people refuse to follow safety protocols or to get vaccinated. Now everyone knows that getting two doses of the vaccine doesn't make you 100% immune to the virus. But here, these people are using it as an excuse to not to wear masks and follow social distancing.

Does the US still has the highest number of cases or they are not leaders now? I havent heard shocking death case number for a very long time from there. Now India is on the lead I think. Do you think that US has defeated covid or stopped major spread?
I really dont know what to do with all that virus. Vaccine does not help, however a lot of people are happy that the vaccine exist and they get doses. Masks does not give a full protection either. Social distancing rules are often ignored.

The current situation in the United States is not that encouraging. Despite completely vaccinating almost half the population, they are still reporting huge number of cases and deaths. As per the available data, during the last 2 weeks there were 8,639 deaths and 326,738 new cases. These numbers are huge (although not as high as what they have in India). Even countries with very low rate of vaccination, such as Japan and Germany are not reporting this many cases. So the situation is really serious in the US.

Sometimes we can’t blame the government for mishandling this pandemic. Here in the Philippines, there are still some who are hosting superspreader events (mass gatherings in short) defying the government rules and ended up with a lot of positive results in the end. Although a lot are criticizing the government, but they are not criticizing themselves for not doing their part by means of avoiding mass gatherings, not following the minimum health protocols, etc.

They are choosing their own happiness not realizing how tired are the medical health workers are right now. It makes me sick that some of these people ignored the sacrifices of the health workers. Even with the hearfelt videos about health workers sacrificing to battle COVID-19, stupid people are still defying the rules.

Today the record in our country decreasing the infected in covid 19 virus per day and many people now go back in their work and also business store are open now with the following of health protocol, social distancing and wearing a mask. Hopefully this year many people to choice vaccinate, if they got infected its not worst it because of the vaccine.

The problem is that once the lockdown measures are lifted, people will again disobey the social distancing protocols and then the cycle will start again. The main issue now is that vaccination is proceeding extremely slowly. Also, some of the people who got one dose of the vaccine thinks that they are immune to the virus. They end up infecting themselves and those who are around them (including those who can't receive vaccines due to medical conditions). Here in India, a large number of new cases can be attributed to this phenomenon. 

COVID FUD is Very Strong in this Forum!

Covid is a Coronavirus, just like many Coronavirus's we have faced in the past (Common Cold is often layman's term for a Coronavirus).

I had Covid in Feb 2020. It sucked! I had bad flu like symptoms, a severe headache, and was really tired & short of breath for a little over a week. While I was sick, I stayed locked up at home with my wife. Oddly she didn't get it, but I think that's because she had some natural immunity from a previous Cold Virus (Coronavirus) combined with the fact that she has a very healthy immune system bolstered by her hours of hiking every day (in the sun = Vitamin D). But when the vaccine came out, she took it just for peace of mind. So now we both have 95% immunity to a severe Common Cold with 95+% survival rate. (Much higher if you are young and healthy and spend your time in the sun!)

5% chance of contracting a disease that has less than 5% mortality rate equals less than 0.0025% risk. The mortality rate of hunger & poverty are exponentially higher than 0.0025%! So we must get back to work!

Never before have we shut down the world's economy to quarantine the Healthy! Why? Because it doesn't work! It's an airborne virus! If you're going to get it, you're going to get it, and there's a 95+% chance you'll be fine after feeling like crap for a few days. How long will it take you to recover from the crushed world economy?

Masks are useless against airborne viruses. An N-95 respirator is named for the fact that it blocks 95% of particals 3 microns and larger. A micron is 1/1000th of a meter, so 95% of 0.003 meter particals. That Coronavirus is 120 Nanometers in size (on average, some as small as 60nm some as large as 180nm). A Nanometer is 1/1000000th of a meter. So if I where a N-95 respirator I am blocking 95% of particals 0.003m to protect against 0.00012m sized bugs? 🤔 So this FUD campaign is equal to requiring chainlink fences around everyone's swimming pools to keep out the mosquitoes? Oh, BTW, those paper surgical masks, woven cloth masks with elastic ear straps, and bandana's are NOT N-95 respirator quality.

Lock up healthy people inside their caves so they don't see enough sunshine to make healthy levels of Vitamin D? Nonsense! Coronavirus comes from bats living in caves! This is the virus's absolute dream scenario for maximum infection! FUD

The Fiat Whales are circulating massive FUD campaigns to gobble up your Fiat and clamp down on your freedoms!

So Yes certainly we should do all we can to protect the elderly and immunocompromised! Get them vaccinated, and keep them away from anyone who might be sick, Yes this makes sense. After all they likely weren't producing a whole lot in the world economy anyway! And Of Course, if you are Sick or even think you "may" be getting sick, keep your happy ass at home until you are 100% fully recovered!

But if you are young and healthy Get To Work! The FUD and Economic Crash is driving millions into poverty, depression, and substance abuse. The mortality rate of the FUD is Exponentially higher than 0.0025%.

But this is just my opinion and everyone should do their own DD before contemplating investing into your own livelihood! Just remember, a lot of the FUD and censorship is being driven by corporate fat cat Fiat Whales and those interested in siezing world dominance through a massive economic catastrophe followed by a Great Reset. All major media outlets are beholden to CCP threats and censorship. You're a smart community, do your research and use your math, science, and logic. Life has a 100% mortality rate.

In my country, the normalization phases continue rapidly. businesses are slowly reopening. And if the distance is followed, the mask requirement is lifted in some areas. I think we beat the virus  :-\
This situation will have a positive impact on the economy in a short time.

Any lockdown leads to losses in the economy and it is pointless to continue introducing it after the epidemic. And during the continuation of the epidemic, we will have to accept some lack of awareness of the population and act with the carrot and stick method. Also, no one has canceled various methods of educating the population through television, through the film industry. It is also necessary to make some privileges for fully vaccinated citizens to encourage the rest of the population to carry out a full course of vaccination. And you should not spare money on this, because the health of citizens will then pay off many times in the economic activity of the state.

This is what happened in Brazil before the third wave hit that country. When the number of daily new infections decreased, the authorities in Manaus and some of the other cities declared that the pandemic is under control and no one needs to wear masks. And within a few weeks, the third wave hit Brazil, which caused tens of thousands of deaths. I would say that it will be foolish to claim that the pandemic is over, unless a large part (60% to 70%) of the population is fully vaccinated against COVID 19.

It usually takes a few weeks for the body to develop immunity after vaccination. This means that it is possible for a person to become infected with a virus that causes COVID-19 just before or after vaccination and becomes ill because there is not enough time to protect the vaccine. Vaccines currently in clinical trials in the united states do not allow you to test positive for viral tests.

According to various studies, the immunity kicks in only after two to four weeks after second dose of the vaccine is administered. And this is especially an issue for vaccines such as AstraZeneca, which has 12 to 16 weeks interval between the doses. But that doesn't mean that there will be no impact before this time. As per the researchers, there will be some immunity immediately after the first dose. And this will improve as time passes. Even one dose of the vaccine will be able to prevent the infections 80% of the time.

when our bodies are entered by vaccines, it is as if there is a new army tasked with preventing the corona virus from attacking our bodies, and with these troops, recognizing the virus will be faster, it doesn't take up to 2 weeks, like the way the immune works naturally . Hopefully, with the faster distribution of this vaccine, it will be able to reduce the room for the virus to grow

Spreading awareness is difficult because of the involvement of political groups and business interests. Here in India, there is a massive social media campaign to discourage people from getting vaccinated or to get admitted to hospitals in case they become infected with COVID. I have received several audio messages, which claim that people who get admitted in hospitals are being used for organ harvesting. And then there is another campaign which claims that the vaccine will make you impotent.

In our country, the government gives us lockdown this month June and previous month also. It is very hard to lead our life. I do a job in private education sector, but this is not going very well. If we saw the previous year in march, 2020 to still present June,2021, the covid-19 is not gone, it is still in a hell position, so, I think, it will be never gone from the universe. I think, only focus in crypto in very difficult to lead our life, because it is not a job. crypto gives us many good qualities service and facilities, in future, it will be the most wonderful and most modern method technology to do any think in our life.

Taking into consideration what it is happening in India you are right, but as we know it is incredibly difficult to get people to comply and cooperate and then when we see the awful effects of the pandemic they begin to complain that the governments did not do enough when it is simply impossible for governments to do everything by themselves, they need the cooperation of their population and without that then we will see scenarios like the one we are seeing in India.

Here the entire vaccination program has translated to a giant show down between the ruling party and the opposition party. The opposition ruled states were refusing to take the local vaccine (COVAXIN) saying that the phase 3 trials have not been completed. But now with the vaccine shortage, all these states want vaccine doses for their entire population in one week (fully knowing that it is impractical). The Supreme Court has also stepped in, with one of the activist judges opening another warfront against the government. Things are getting interesting here.

I totally agree on your statement there,here in my country there is still a great number of cases of covid 19 everyday despite the fact that vaccination is on the process now. I think the most affected by this crisis is the third world county, my country. Government has a huge dept on the world bank to support their financial crisis, since economic development in the country is slower compare to previous year.

What you saids is very true. but there will never be enough vaccines for 60% to 70% of the entire world.
 :-\
Considering that the virus also mutates and considering the possibility of re-infection to the person who has been vaccinated...

Do you really believe that one day it will end  ??? ???

Never say never. If governments of rich countries set the financial incentives high enough the pharmaceutical industries will go for those incentives and reap the benefits. That is 100% certain. Rich governments are just too passive or at least have been in the beginning.

Situation should get better by the end of this year. Vaccine manufacturers are saying that there will be enough vaccines to inoculate a majority of the world's population by then. But there are a few risk factors. First of all, the vaccines are not 100% effective. The efficacy ranges from 50% for Sinovac vaccine, to 95% for the Pfizer vaccine. Then there is a large section of the population, who are opposed to vaccination. And finally, the vaccines are not effective against some of the mutant strains of the virus.

Many countries have declared restricted measures, such as lockdown, shelter in place, or stay at home orders, to contain the pandemic at a local level. however, the wildly differing responses and response timelines have left people wondering if authorities failed to take the situation seriously early on when they could have done more to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

Working from home may seem like the dream set-up for some, as it offers the possibility to tap into that latent creativity from the comfort of a cozy, familiar environment.

However, it can also bring a unique set of challenges - especially as an enforced measure.

We don't know what will the final pandamic situation.cause Day by day change types of covid 19 so all of us only can save God their is no alternative way to save us.

The added complexity with virus, compared to other pathogens is that it mutates very quickly. So the vaccines which are effective against the original strain may not work against the mutated strains. The good news is that so far none of the mutated strains have shown a very high level of resistance against any of the vaccines. But there is no guarantee that it will remain the same in the future. The only real solution is to vaccinate as many people as possible, as the virus can mutate only inside the human body.

In my area, the transmission of Covid 19 is increasing day by day,
conditions like this are certainly very worrying, especially for parents who have a history of serious illness,
I don't know how long this pandemic situation will end

That's Sci-fi BS, WHO already said that even if it mutates, the vaccines will still be effective because in the core, the virus is still the same. I do agree with you that more people should be vaccinated as fast as possible because it can help for a faster recovery of the economy.

Are you sure about this? Because I just read a journal article which claims that the Pfizer vaccine produces 5 times less antibodies while coming in to contact with the Delta (B.1.617.2) strain. That doesn't mean that the Pfizer vaccine will be ineffective against the mutant strain, but there is a strong chance that it will be "less effective". And in due course of time, we will see more mutant strains, against which the efficacy of the vaccines will be even lower. Vaccine manufacturers need to deal with this issue.

Full text here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01290-3/fulltext

This pendamic situation can not taking name of stopped and most of the country can not stable to make their Economic growth.There are many loss project got almost every Job,Government,Business,Shipping Sectors.All those sectors are come to a stand still When they start to making their loss to recover and peep some good Profit for the company.Viruses are come to a new character and more powerfull.So that government have to  keep the lock down continue. I'm  really confusing  when will be the time whole world take a new breath and all those things getting better waiting for the good news.

It is so sad that politicians seem unable to think on nothing but politics all the time, they are always trying to get some sort of win out of every single situation that presents itself and while not surprising as I am seeing not the exact same situation but something similar in the sense that the politicians on the opposition to the government are trying to find ways to undermine the government efforts to vaccinate the population, at the same time it is incredibly disappointing since the lives of people are at stake here and not even that is enough for them to put their differences aside.

After all, politics is like any other profession. If your competitor does well, then your job will get negatively impacted. Actually this pattern can be seen all over the world and not just in India. However, in India doing this is relatively easier because majority of the population is not educated and therefore can't differentiate genuine news from fake news. On top of that, social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook are also supporting certain political parties in India and therefore the level playing field is not there.

That's because Pfizer vaccine is an mRNA vaccine that works differently with other vaccines. They instruct the cells to create a spike immune response to prevent the virus from latching on the cells. Antibodies aren't produced by vaccines, they are produced by the host and they will only be produced for a specific one if a specific virus have been introduced to the body albeit in a weak state.

There is nothing to complain about for now, the point is that we really have to survive in a situation like this and continue to create useful things that can still work in these conditions, especially in the field of crypto.
It is also possible that the government would be more understand and get used to this kind of situation and will be able to do its best, trusting that after dark the light will come out.

There was a recent study with the AstraZeneca vaccine as well and it has been confirmed that this vaccine also shows a lower efficacy against the Delta strain. The most worrying aspect is that one dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't offer much protection against the mutant strain and this is going to create issues in countries such as India, which has relied on single dose regimen due to the shortage of vaccines. Double dose vaccination is going to take time and the mutant strain can cause a lot of damage by then.

[/quote]- People really do not respect the rules of safety and health, sometimes despite warnings and still behave comfortably when stepping out on the street, they just raise more consciousness as Covid gets scarier but maybe this is a late repentance because I see the pandemic is getting out of control in so many countries. Besides, the mutation process of this disease has developed relatively strongly, this will probably continue to be a rather sad year for many people, India is the first place for disaster
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  Yes it's true people must lean the government and they never think what outcomes, that's what I've observed in my country that is why many people will be affected of virus or Covid-19 cause they never follow the precautionary measurements or the health protocols that makes only to reduce the list of affected. Only just things is to have a respect our self to do our duty as an nitezin within our community to help reduce the affected of virus.

Those new strains really have the potential to derail the efforts that countries are making to try to vaccinate the population, if one of those strains mutates to the point no vaccine has any effect on them then we would go back to square one and we will have to face a lockdown once again and this time around it is going to be difficult to imagine that people are going to comply that easily as people are desperate because they need to work and also because they are tired of being socially isolated.

The more I follow here, the less my belief that this will end. everyone says things so true and so logical that I believe all of them and I say "this virus will not end." I'm really wondering what to do and what will happen now. we're all so bored and so tired

Hopefully this pandemic will end soon as long as the vaccination will continue and we will achieve the herd immunity. Also, if people are disciplined and they follow the government's policies such as wearing of facemasks, sanitizing and physical distancing. We also have to avoid large crowd to avoid the spread of infection. We as citizens must be responsible enough for this pandemic to end. This has affected our lives and also we have lost many lives and jobs. Therefore, the key to eradicating this pandemic is within ourselves, we must get vaccinated and follow the government.

This condition is indeed very tiring, the new strain that appears is very disturbing.  However, it seems that not all people are aware or think that it is just a fabrication and fraud.  It is not my capacity to describe it but many people believe this is just a form of world conspiracy to weaken other countries and become the supreme ruler over all countries with their economic level. My country has also started to lock down in several cities.  This greatly affects the economy of the city which is locked down.

In the midst of the current Pandemic situation, everyone must implement health protocols such as maintaining distance, wearing masks, and diligently washing hands. In addition, people also need to pay attention to mental conditions and continue to think positively so that they are not susceptible to disease. For that, it is very important to provide support, encouragement, and motivation, both for yourself and those closest to you.
Viruses are very disturbing in every way and must have self awareness for what to do and never ignore it, if everyone has self awareness I believe it can reduce infected data because the government has worked hard which must work together to eradicate it by complying with health protocols.
even though vaccinations are running we still have to wear masks because in my country of residence, even though vaccinations are already running, the number of infected people is increasing and the situation is getting worse because they ignore health protocols and feel that vaccination will not get them infected which actually only increases their immunity.

I agree that it is tiring. But do we have any other option? The Delta strain (that was first reported from India) is extremely contagious and it is more lethal to young people. Unless the majority population is vaccinated, there is a requirement of lockdowns and other containment measures, if the strain is spreading in a particular region. Obviously this may push a lot of people to poverty. Even here in India, everyday I am hearing reports of people literally starving, because they can't go out to work (because of the lockdowns).

   Covid-19 is a serious problem that whole world suffered and worried to their life and their families. Millions of people die and their love ones left was no action literally cause the Government will the one who will kept and crimate the body it was really sad of the mesyry we experienced because of this Covid-19

This is difficult to achieve, many people are already fed up with this situation. they really miss the pre-pandemic situation. I hope this vaccination can stop this pandemic as soon as possible.

The vaccination program was started almost a year ago. And do you know how many people have got fully vaccinated till now? Less than 1/8th of the world population has been fully vaccinated against COVID (and more than half of that number with the less effective Chinese vaccines). Even in countries with a vaccination rate of >50%, we are witnessing a surge in terms of new infections. Examples are Mongolia, Chile and Turkey are perfect examples. I don't know why people are still preferring the less effective vaccines over Pfizer and Moderna.

It is a fact that everyone is tired of locking themselves in and not going out, the problem is that the lock down has caused stress on many and there are millions who lost their jobs and it is hard to survive if it keeps on shutting down everything, either the government has to provide money to everyone which is impossible and the virus is mutating and it is said we might go through another pathetic situation in the following months.

Which is sad to say but very possible to happened, we are all stuck with this virus and without proper approach to lessen the spread it will continue to hurt the economy.

People needs to work along side with the government and forget about pointing fingers or blaming each other, if we are hoping for the betterment of our society, we need to act accordingly.

This virus still there and the variants continue to mutate we have to protect ourselves in the manner of following all the safety protocols even vaccines was already been deployed.

It is a serious world problem that every country who got some active cases suffered from it. Although there are still those countries that didn't suffer from it and they're covid free, we are jealous with their situation.

The world can turn back again soon but we don't know when that exactly is going to happen. The hope for the vaccines to come at every part of the world is what needed to happen to end this pandemic.

Right now, the only country that has remained free from COVID for the last few months is China. All the cases that were reported from that country during the last few months were "imported" (i.e migrated from other countries). Apart from China, there are a few remarkable exceptions, such as Taiwan and Vietnam. But even in these countries, there is a trend of increase in the number of new infections. Then there are countries such as New Zealand and New Caledonia, which have remained free from COVID, because they are isolated island nations.

Even if someone is vaccinated (with both the doses), there is a chance that he will still contract COVID (since the efficacy ranges from 50% to 95% depending on the manufacturer). But cases of fully vaccinated individuals dying from COVID is very rare (with the exception of those who got Sinovac/Sinopharm vaccines). The efficacy against infection may be 95%, but even in the remaining 5% cases the vaccine make sure that the infection is contained and therefore hospitalization is not necessary.

That is something that amazes me in people that use this kind of information to avoid getting vaccinated. They want to be protected by their immune system, rather than increase chances of protection with vaccine, because they heard that some people died after they got vaccinated. This is so illogical.
Once I saw statistics, that more people has died from a falling coconut, than after being attacked by shark. What will these kind of people will offer - boycott coconuts?
They are so against vaccine due to death factor, but they havent gotten deeper into details. They dont know the real health conditions of persons who died after vaccinated or they way of life.
A person can get all the available pills and vaccine against Tuberculosis. But if he will spend a lot of time close to a person with Tuberculosis in closed area (like prison for example), for 99.9% he will be infected with it and shorten his life, if he wont change anything.

Vaccination will be more effective if you follow health protocols, because there is a lot of evidence that those who have been vaccinated can still get infected because they feel proud to have been vaccinated so they ignore health protocols.
This virus becomes very disturbing and makes it difficult for the community, especially the lower middle class because more and more people are infected, they have difficulty finding aids such as oxygen cylinders and because they are very rare they are very expensive.
and apart from drugs and vitamins being expensive and skyrocketing in price because they are needed for prevention or treatment, I don't understand why some people or whoever they are are taking advantage of this situation which makes the situation even more chaotic.
and besides that more and more cases are infected and die because they feel unable or difficult.
The government must be really serious about solving unresolved problems in any way.

Wrong, there are other countries that are actually covid free. They never got any single covid cases.

https://koryogroup.com/blog/are-there-countries-without-coronavirus

New Zealand and Taiwan were the first countries that has been reported last year to actually won against the pandemic. But you're right that some migrants have been infected and those cases didn't came from the people who were already in those countries. They came from outside and just got in into their jurisdictions.

The case with Tuberculosis vaccine is unique. The only available vaccine against TB (Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine or BCG) is effective only against disseminated forms of tuberculosis in children. It has zero efficacy against pulmonary tuberculosis, which affects the adults. And this is the reason why TB continues to kill millions of individuals around the world every year. If some of the pharma companies could invent an effective vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis, then all these lives could be saved. Therefore it will be wrong to compare the TB vaccine with those against COVID 19.

The current codvi - 19 epidemic in my country is very stressful, many places are closed, including industrial parks, unemployment is becoming more and more difficult, and recently its spreading news is getting worse and worse. back and I don't know if this bad thing will ever end and I'm back to my normal life.

Basically, the vaccine is not a guarantee to be free from this virus.
and as you said in some I'm sure there are also cases like that,
Anyway, I hope that covid 19 will soon disappear in the world even though it's quite impossible

Yes and no. If you are taking a vaccine that is having an efficacy of 95%, then there is still a 5% chance (compared to those who are unvaccinated) that you will get infected. But the most effective vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, Sputnik, Janssen.etc) have almost 100% guarantee that even if you are infected, you will not require hospitalization. So it offers almost 100% protection from death. Now you can decide whether you want to take the 100% chance of getting infected, or 5% chance of getting a mild infection.

No strategy will be fully successful without a robust set of social policies designed to ensure individuals and small businesses are able to comply with restrictive rules.

Covid-19 has highlighted inequalities in access to health care and people's ability to be able to stay at home to continue the work they do. Poverty, gender, job skills and immigration status have become factors that determine who is more susceptible to infection in society.

But governments differ greatly in shaping the social policies they design to manage crises and promote economic recovery.

The governments around the world are facing a dilemma. On one hand, they have seen their revenues dipping, as a result of plummeting tax collections. And on the other hand, their expenses are increasing due to the need to buy vaccines and other supplies such as oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators. There are few options for them now. Either they need to increase the taxes, or they need to start printing more number of banknotes. Both the actions have negative consequences associated with them.

I DO NOT want to sound boring, but I ask you not to pass Sputnik off as a "reliable vaccine". The reason is simple - with this vaccine there are simply "fabulous" events, which are controlled by the producer country, but trying to present them as "competition". There can be no question of any kind of competition! From the very beginning, the manufacturer violates all protocols, manipulates data, and, worst of all, falsifies data. Moreover, the problem is already widespread, in which the drug declared for delivery does not correspond to the actually supplied "chemical mixture" of dubious origin. In this case, the manufacturer does not even try to provide explanations.
Therefore, it seems to me that it is not humane to support and call reliable a drug that can, and most likely will not bring healing, but only new problems.

Well, and "icing on the cake", so that I am not unfounded, just a few facts that anyone can check:
1. At the end of last year, the mass inoculation of people with Sputnik began in the Russian Federation. At the moment, according to official data, about 18% are vaccinated, completely (2 doses) - 12.5%
2. In the first quarter of 2021, an extremely low trend in the spread of COVID, as well as a low mortality rate, was officially declared. BUT, at the same time, for some reason, it was the first quarter that gave a 20-30% increase in mortality in the country, in comparison with the year-to-year!
3. Today, the Russian Federation, with its "mega-effective vaccine Sputnik", takes the first places (included in the 5 countries with the highest incidence rate) in terms of the growth of COVID disease!

Therefore, it is not humane to support such a proposal, since any person who takes this information for reality will risk his life with a high probability. When making statements, assess the risks of your words, and be responsible for them!
Hope for understanding!  :)

^^^ I don't live in Europe, and therefore I don't know whether your claims are true or not. But governments in those countries which have approved Sputnik for emergency usage have released the data on its efficacy. Here is a study from the Arab country of Bahrain:

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/sputnik-v-demonstrates-943-pc-efficacy-during-vaccination-campaign-in-bahrain20210610175038/

This particular study claims that Sputnik V has a real life efficiency of 94.3% (almost same as Pfizer and Moderna). The data comes from Bahrain's Ministry of Health. The neighboring country of UAE has released data which shows that Sputnik V is 97.8% efficient in preventing COVID 19. The link here:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/sputnik-v-records-97-8-efficacy-against-covid-19-in-uae-fully-effective-against-severe-cases/articleshow/83948075.cms?from=mdr

Well, let's talk like adults who do not want to prove their innocence or other people's mistakes, but reasonably assess the situation:
So, you gave the example of Bahrain. We put on 1 pan of the scale.
I'll add the following FACTS to the other side of the scale:
1. The vaccine really still cannot pass certification, only because the manufacturer does not want to go through a full-fledged protocol, to comply with it completely.
2. The manufacturer manipulates data
3. The manufacturer falsifies, deliberately, the data on this "vaccine"
4. Multiple facts of the difference between the drug declared for delivery and the actually delivered drug
5. Official data from Russia suggests that the start of vaccination coincided with a very high increase in mortality in the country.
6. Official data from Russia indicate that after the mass vaccination with Sputnik, the growth of diseases not only did not fall, but a new wave of growth began, and the Russian Federation is now in the 5 leaders in the spread of COVID (which clearly indicates a very low efficiency, if not 0 result)
7. The state machine of Russian propaganda, since last year, has been busy not so much with an attempt to improve the effectiveness of Sputnik, as with "omitting" and "spoiling" all the other vaccines.
8. At the same time, you often publish information about supposedly prohibitively low efficiency, for example, the same Sinovac. Although the analyst says that the vaccine works, although I do not agree at such a high level as, for example, Pfizer. But it works and is actually used by millions of people. By the way, in China, it is she who is the main vaccine, and the result is tangible.
9. The cited data on the efficiency of the satellite - exclusively from the Russian media, or "reprints". We are reading your article "The Russian Direct Investment Fund, on Tuesday announced that the effectiveness of its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates has been confirmed at 97.8 percent" !!! Once again - this is stated by the RUSSIAN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUND!
10. The story with the The Lancet magazine is another indicator that they just wanted to "shove" information about Sputnik, but here everything was done "stupidly and crookedly", about which there was already an investigation (I even recently dropped the link to this incident)
11. All statements by the Russian Federation about contract production and hundreds of millions of doses for the market are fake, or "advertising that has nothing to do with reality."
12. Bahrain. If you look for articles about Sputnik on the website of the Ministry of Health, then apart from a few general articles, you will not find anything. And of course - not a single article about its super efficiency. https://healthalert.gov.bh/en/category/search?keyword=Sputnik


These are facts that I remembered quickly, without being particularly puzzled. If you spend a little more time, there will be 5 times more reasoned facts, but not for the benefit of Sputnik :)

The government is not following the two moves you said, they are offering another option when I am quite confident that countries have reserve budgets, it caters for special cases and that money comes from our taxes, the government often divides our taxes into many different categories and when the situation is difficult, this part of the tax will become a source of subsidies for everyone. Besides, instead of printing money or raising taxes to cause social influence, the government always calls for contributions from strong businesses, in return, they will reduce some of the tax costs for these businesses during the recovery

I don't think that this option is much practical. Many of the businesses are struggling due to issues with supply and general economic slowdown. At this point, they won't be in a position to meet the demands from the government. I would say that given the circumstances, the businesses may be hoping for tax decreases, and not tax hikes. And the justification that they may be given tax breaks once the situation becomes normal is not viable. We don't know for how long it will remain like this. And even after that, it will be a gradual recovery.

Such a strategy also occurs in my country, where the government provides subsidies to the community. while the tax at the beginning of covid did not seem to be charged, but over time, the government seemed to be looking for a source of funding from taxes where entrepreneurs reviewed their taxation, until there were findings and billed

There is not even a single sector in the economy, which is not impacted by the downturn due to COVID 19. So the government needs to be careful. They can't force the embattled businesses to pay ever increasing taxes. Already a large number of small and medium sizes are bankrupt. In my area, almost 75% of the restaurants have shut down their operations. Same is the case with hotels and lodges. Other businesses are also not doing good. Initially, it was expected that the pandemic would be contained in a couple of months at the most. But now it has already been two years.

Yes, unfortunately, the pandemic has stretched for too long a period of time and even now it is difficult to predict the future situation, because the situation is developing in waves, presenting more and more new challenges. It is quite possible to understand government officials who, in the current difficult conditions, are trying to find more sources to replenish the budget, but it seems that it is still too early to tax the surviving enterprises too much, and therefore the printing press is still a popular and necessary tool for the state, despite all the costs that are inherent in this mechanism.

I don't think that the pandemic will get contained in the next 6-7 months. Even the vaccination programs are facing a lot of obstacles now. All the vaccines have lower efficacy for the newer strains and Pfizer and Moderna have announced that they will rollout a third booster dose that will offer protection form the Delta variant. And this is going to further slowdown the inoculation campaign. And there is no guarantee that additional booster shots won't be required in the future, if more lethal and contagious strains of the virus appears.

It's true that almost all businesses have suffered losses due to Covid 19.
Of course with that kind of thing the government must really review the policy of raising taxes,
in the middle of 2020 the pandemic is predicted to end at the end of 2020 but in fact until now it is still a pandemic

The end of the pandemic is unpredictable because the number of people and handlers in each country is different. The larger the population, the more difficult it is to vaccinate. In Singapore, most people have been vaccinated and currently the country considers Covid to be the same as the flu in general. while in India they still consider this virus dangerous. This condition occurs because the population in the two countries is very different.

In the US, they are planning to raise taxes (both for corporations and for individuals). I would say that this is a very short-sighted move, given the depressed economic conditions. IMO, this is not the ideal time to raise tax rates. The government should rather take loans, and repay them when the economy gets back on track. Some of the sectors, such as aviation, hospitality and restaurant business are close to bankruptcy. Healthcare sector is in bad shape due to the additional load from the pandemic. Only a very few such as eCommerce and TV channels are doing well.

This virus will certainly affect humans as much as any other virus, except that most of these effects will affect the elderly and children, or not at all.  For example, the harmful effects of Covid-19 will mostly affect the elderly and young children because the immune system is very weak in the elderly and young children.  This deadly disease can be cured with improved vaccine for COVID-19.  Vaccines are acceptable for children.  The vaccine for COVID-19 will be further developed in the future