COVID advanced the world into the future

[paxmao]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

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[TopTort777]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

[target]

Covid forces us to adopt working remotely,  school teachers today now has to teache infront of the laptop while the kids watches the teacher speak. Old folks has to learn facebook messenger now to they could talk and see relatives at the same time. Its neccessary to learn how to use gadgets or they are going to die of loneliness.

Easy for them to use the internet now and do onoine transactions too. And its not going to be hard to introduce crypto wallets or CBDC.

[danherbias07]

Not just that, more people will get fat when the economy goes back to sub-normal.  Almost everything now can be bought online and processed thru delivery.
The good part, you can also pay thru digital cash applications or bank transfer. That means lesser cash which is being pushed even before the pandemic.
But I have never seen one merchant yet that sells product and accepts cryptocurrencies as payment.
I guess the volatility is still the wall that stops them from accepting it.

[Gozie51]

Every bad has a good to it. Covid-19 wasn't good because it drained many economy and put them into recession. What about the lives that were lost and still losing, it has created fear and shaped humans to a new normal, face mask and distancing that are preached every time sounds like drums into our ears.

The other side too can't be overemphasized because the online jobs and businesses have grown away from what it was. Jobs online have started creating wealth and bitcoin rise to greater popularity is also part of it.

[sapnu]

The pandemic didn't give us any side benefits at all, it forced us to change our way of living wherein it is mostly detrimental for us. Some people might consider it as a blessing in disguise but that is all because we are not on the same boat. Not everyone is privileged nor have the ability to provide daily needs due to losing their job because of COVID. The outcomes or the after effects of this pandemic after it is done will surely be devastating and it would mostly impact the economy of the third world countries. Countries like China might take advantage of the moment as they were able to neutralize the situation within their nation.

[target]

Not just that, more people will get fat when the economy goes back to sub-normal.  Almost everything now can be bought online and processed thru delivery.
The good part, you can also pay thru digital cash applications or bank transfer. That means lesser cash which is being pushed even before the pandemic.
But I have never seen one merchant yet that sells product and accepts cryptocurrencies as payment.
I guess the volatility is still the wall that stops them from accepting it.

Digital cash is very common now. Many of them are competing which is convenient.  Its easy to use since there is no ID verification to it too and with just a phone you don't have to travel to visit a remittance center.

Was also waiting for  a store nearby that will accept BTC or whichever cryptocurrency just to see that at least in my lifetime I could experience paying BTC to a store or maybe a fastfood using my android wallet. And yhen I could say finally its adopted I've waited for years tbat I dont have to fly to Tokyo.

[sheenshane]

IMO, regardless of the pandemic, the shift will always happen and the paper business is actually the one on which it is losing its industry very much now.

Imagine, schools being done over the internet?
Notes being written with digital notepads and sticky notes?  Even people didn't even notice that they aren’t using papers that often anymore compared to when the internet wasn’t there and not yet developed.

There will always be shiftings that would happen and that is the reason why we’re here.  Financial services are becoming different now and it’s becoming much free, services being offered have become more convenient and the freedom is there, IMO.

[Silberman]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

There was without a doubt many industries that were in place just because of inertia and because the government decided that this was the best outcome as too many jobs will be lost, but when the pandemic came they could not offer protection to those industries and the jobs were lost anyway, this should show us that progress should not be stopped for political concerns as sooner or later it will impose itself whether people like this or not.

[Poker Player]

I agree, it does seem to have accelerated something that was inevitably happening anyway: the transition to the digital world.

Another thing I see that has changed is the meetings: the long trips that used to be made to meet in person, with all the economic expense that implies. I think COVID has definitely changed that. There will still be trips to meet in person, but far fewer.

[bosede1]

From the chart, I was wondering how financial services, education, and oil and gas are potential losers during the pandemic. I don't really see the point because it is only when the services are rendered that there will be a gain or loss to both parties but during the pandemic financial services are still rendered it was even the people who save with this service providers that are at the losing end.

[grabpopcorn536]

Pandemic changes people's lifestyles and it benefits the economic sectors you have listed above. In general, a pandemic brings enormous losses compared to the small benefits mentioned above.
The world is not changing, it is adapting to current conditions. I believe the world's economic industries will return to their true value and trajectory once the pandemic ends.

[ashmodeus]

well , that how the new world works, when something direct is no longer possible, humans are required to find other options , eventhough its a bit creepy , i mean for example , I don't have the enthusiasm to watch football anymore, since the euphoria of a match no longer exists, because the fanatical supporters were no longer there ,but what can we say? , we have to adapt, and consequently bring more opportunities for any company that is a virtual technology type.

[TastyChillySauce00]

It certainly is, though it also takes many people's lives. Now many company also trying to approach a more efficient way to deal with the pandemic and while at the same time improving the workflow. I personally do like the nature of working remotely though it's just feel a lot more relaxing and all. Not to mention that the pandemic also forces us to use any digital means of paying things whether it's offline and online, at first it was through centralized digital payment services now it seems among the millenials we've been moving to cryptocurrency.
I wonder how much slower cryptocurrency gonna got its fame if not for the pandemic.

[Kamarah]

Covid19 translation has resumed. Everyone is very confused and worried. The speed of spread is too fast for everyone to turn their hands on. In India, the number of people dying is too much, they have to cremate their bodies. In Vietnam, the number of people infected is 500. Let's strictly follow the government's direction in epidemic prevention. Keep a safe distance, disinfect and wear a medical mask.

[slapper]

Covid-19 is the worst catastrophe because it does not only affect the economy but also kills millions of innocents. It can either be a cleanse or a purge but further discussion may touch the moral issues.

As you can see, on the biggest scales, the government is the one in charge of how the covid-19 spread and how to seal it within a country. The western has a different approach with arrogance and selfishness causing millions of death and the deadliest zone in the US. Asia countries, on the other hand, take more responsibilities and solutions (some of them are tough and strict) to force people to stay at home as well as wear masks. The culture here (I do not know why) creates the belief that by following the government orders, they will be able to defeat the virus. Magically, it works

On the smaller scales, companies that refuse to change their ecosystem and stay in traditional and physical resources are swiped out from the games. There are likely hundreds of thousands of firms and companies that are shut down forever, some of them even have long years of operating. In contrast, there are also new companies, creating new environments for businesses to work from the Internet and they are very successful. Furthermore, people also look at bitcoin as a safe haven, which is stronger than gold, obviously. It is not affected by the current world condition because it is digital. People realize that fact and start to put their money in bitcoin. Consequently, the cryptocurrency world is also beneficial from the new perceptions. New projects are being researched and studied while developers, founders, and investors do their best to advance new implementation, gadgets, and add-ons. This activity does reform the whole crypto aspects which were stagnant for the last 2 years.

Honestly, no one needs the existence of this virus. It only makes everything worse. But when we look at the positive signs, there are also achievements and developments being boosted with an outstanding speed.

However, I do not want to say thanks to the Virus. I guess, everything happens for a reason, and it also has a price

[satsmainman]

I don't know what part of the world OP could be from but i can categorically tell him/her that the downsides of this pandemic on the global economies is by far more than the upsides. Yes there's a huge surge in the acceptance of digital revolution but a lot of people and economies are suffering greatly right now as a result of that pandemic.

[Ausgewielt]

It seems that this COVID not only give negative impact but also give positive impact in other side. Many people have been suffering because of loss job or decreasing profit during this pandemic, but I think this pandemic also give opportunity for those who don't give up. This pandemic is creating demand for delivery service, mask, and healthy food that combined with technology and internet. I hope we keep healthy during this pandemic.

[Lorence.xD]

It didn't advance because this virus was already talked around years ago in a medical science journal but they got ignored. I would say that the world already has the tools they just don't want to use it because there was no pandemic and now here we are and everyone is cramming because they don't know what to do, the innovations during this pandemic are almost temporary I guarantee that.

[Lucius]

The digital revolution is inevitable, the pandemic has only accelerated it and opened up some new business visions for some parts of entrepreneurship and the economy. So I recently read an article describing how some companies have realized that some jobs can be done much faster and cheaper via Skype or Zoom apps, which will greatly affect the transportation industry (especially airlines) which should lose a significant share of earnings from business trips.

On the other hand, no digital achievements or virtual reality can replace real tourist travel, and if things do not return to normal very soon - many countries that mostly rely on tourism revenues will seriously have to look for some alternatives. I may be old-fashioned, but even before the pandemic, people became more and more socially distant - now it's even more pronounced and going in the direction that our best friends will become smartphones and computers.

What is certain is that nothing will be the same again, even if we manage to suppress the pandemic - people will always ask if something similar can happen again, and of course it can, it's only a matter of time. Cryptocurrencies have, of course, positioned themselves well in all of this, and many argue that it is precisely the pandemic that is largely responsible for their success - although we know there is much more to it than that.

[Wexnident]

It's honestly just the world actually using the improvement we originally had but wasn't exactly used since people had a set/default method that the improvements seemed like an unnecessary change then. I honestly agree that it would've taken ages for it to actually be implemented since the new method wasn't really necessary, but it is an improvement and a lot less hassle (hopefully).

Still, I highly doubt the pros outweigh the cons, like seriously, it just accelerated the already failing economy of most countries, not really a good thing. Also forced a lot of people, in general, to actually adapt quite painfully, add that to how, well, most people's stupidity seemed to have come out in the past lockdowns.

[oHnK]

In this life we ​​always start with what is called a partner.  Hot and cold, sunny and cloudy, dark and light, and both good and bad.  Not always what we think is bad will always have a bad impact, even though there are many good things in it.  The real proof is this pandemic condition.  It is a form of balance in this world.  If we try to stay positive and don't get lost in the bad things that happen, we will continue to survive with our living conditions.

[Sterbens]

No wonder, because every event always has a positive and negative impact. In relation to Covid 19, we have great education, health issues, doing business and everything related to economic growth. regardless of whether it is digital or conventional. because everyone already knows the impact of each based on the situation in which they live.
What is clear, coupled with the existence of a government regulation requiring every citizen to continue working from home, gives a positive impression. This means that we can spend longer time with our family. that way we can do all the work just from home.

The most important thing is to be one of the alternatives to saving the economy, I always hope that every incident can provide us so that we can continue to be better individuals.

[Smartvirus]

Covid-19 on a generally scale wasn't so helpful if we look at it, the world suffered on a large scale. From health to economy, mood of living, entertainment and even food choice. It wasn't an easy one and still, the world is yet to recover fully from the many hardship it brought but then, it also thought the wise who cared to learn a few lessons. It opened people's eyes to viewing opportunities in the face of disaster. People picked up traded with the season, appropriation of needs and wants also, to seek opportunity from the comfort of your home. It also opened the government up and people knew as to how much they are being extorted and more.

[jinxing]

From the Covid disaster, of course, it has a very big impact on everyone, but behind it all there will be a lesson in itself. Although most countries have experienced economic collapse due to this pandemic, but behind it all have been able to give birth to new innovations from various ideas to overcome this problem. Like today, activities via the internet are increasingly being used by everyone, because the government is able to provide an appeal to reduce physical contact in this way, so that the existence of Covid is able to create a digital revolution simultaneously.

[jaberwock]

It seems that this COVID not only give negative impact but also give positive impact in other side. Many people have been suffering because of loss job or decreasing profit during this pandemic, but I think this pandemic also give opportunity for those who don't give up. This pandemic is creating demand for delivery service, mask, and healthy food that combined with technology and internet. I hope we keep healthy during this pandemic.

Well, when you put it in the population count wise, it obviously did hurt a lot more than it helped, that is not even a discussion and the difference is staggering I am sure it must be 1000 in 1 that earned from this. For example Amazon made so much money during this period, it made insane returns and it has always been profitable business but during this period it was even more.

The benefit to workers is that they got to keep their horrible jobs but a horrible job is better than no job during this period so they are unhappy but at least not starving. Benefit to shareholders and Jeff Bezos is staggering of course.

Smaller business earned as well, a friend of mine was doing that gun type fever thingy waaay before pandemic, he is a medical equipment manufacturer, he manufactured many things, including even arm carry things when you break it, no idea what is that called neither. For the past 1 year he has been only making those contactless thermometer gun like thingies and made more money than he has ever made.

[Midy]

because of the pandemic, most people have to find more efficient ways for their daily needs, one of which is that people start working remotely using internet services and many people are starting to switch cryptocurrency investments, thus making the price and popularity of cryptocurrencies currently exploding.

[tanjiran]

From the Covid disaster, of course, it has a very big impact on everyone, but behind it all there will be a lesson in itself. Although most countries have experienced economic collapse due to this pandemic, but behind it all have been able to give birth to new innovations from various ideas to overcome this problem. Like today, activities via the internet are increasingly being used by everyone, because the government is able to provide an appeal to reduce physical contact in this way, so that the existence of Covid is able to create a digital revolution simultaneously.

This pandemic has convinced me that second jobs and investing are very important. We have seen a lot of economic turnover that has slowed down and even been paralyzed due to restricted activities. and I increasingly believe this is a way to introduce the era of economic gig where work does not have to go to the office, but can be done from home by using the internet network. for example, trading stocks and cryptocurrencies, content creators, YouTubers, etc. This also opened the eyes of many people around me who previously underestimated me because they had never seen me go to work, so they were considered unemployed.

this is smart work.

[maxreish]

As most of the people were affected by COVID 19 pandemic, they are trying to look for the new opportunity for another income purposes. That is why it opens the mind of the people to enter a new kind of development that also helps them become capable of acquiring profits at the same time.
 
 Also, as internet and online jobs seems to be in demand nowadays, cryptocurrency related activities also increased like trading, investing, staking, etc. The digital era (compared from the years where covid didnt hit the world) has improved.

[iamsheikhadil]

Well, it forced people into going online for education, work and everything else. Which is a good thing, because there were many conservative countries in the world including mine which believed internet and phones are distractions and that memorizing from a book is the only true solution which is not. Now, we are forced to take online classes which will surely impact the future covid free country too when we won't view it with the same perception!

[doomistake]

Covid-19 has brought a lot of challenges to everyone. Be it lower, middle, and upper bracket of the society, these people have been forced to face difficult circumstances in order to survive. Despite the negative impact of covid, we can't disregard the fact that it somehow pushed us to adapt from rapid changes, to be innovative, and to transition from the modern age gradually.

Digital transactions have been a thing ever since the pandemic started. It bloomed because of strict regulations imposed by the government. People have high demand for transactions that involve delivery services to avoid the hassle and risk of contacting the virus. Looking at the positive side, it helped the countries to keep up with fast-paced technology and innovation. The science field was challenged to produce a vaccine that is safe and effective in the shortest time possible. The industry decided to adapt by allowing remote and flexible working. The meetings, seminars, and classes are now all online. These are the things that covid forced people to discover and try new things that weren't considered pre-pandemic time.

Now that there are already vaccines rolling out on the market, I hope things will come back to normal where we can freely move. Things aforementioned were great, but it still has repercussions especially to the sectors that are not suitable for this kind of setup.

[TastyChillySauce00]

From the Covid disaster, of course, it has a very big impact on everyone, but behind it all there will be a lesson in itself. Although most countries have experienced economic collapse due to this pandemic, but behind it all have been able to give birth to new innovations from various ideas to overcome this problem. Like today, activities via the internet are increasingly being used by everyone, because the government is able to provide an appeal to reduce physical contact in this way, so that the existence of Covid is able to create a digital revolution simultaneously.

tbh the digital revolution only happening from either developed countries or middle-income countries where most of them already exposed to internet to begin with, the rest of countries that aren't really exposed to internet further falling down instead of birthing a new innovation.
but to be fair, if we see from the advancement of technology in this past year in an entire planet we could see that it has been growing so fast it's actually surprises me. Though, at this current time amid pandemic government have the most important role to allow the country succesfully taking advantage of the current pandemic where they could enforce some new regulation for that.

[Silberman]

I agree, it does seem to have accelerated something that was inevitably happening anyway: the transition to the digital world.

Another thing I see that has changed is the meetings: the long trips that used to be made to meet in person, with all the economic expense that implies. I think COVID has definitely changed that. There will still be trips to meet in person, but far fewer.

That is a good thing, it seemed businesses put a lot of weight in face to face meetings when technology has allowed you to meet face to face remotely for a long time already, they were just afraid to make the transition and the pandemic has forced them to do so, this will also allow employees to have more liberty where they live, in the past you needed to live near your job but now if all your job activities can be done remotely then you can work from any point on the planet and that is a great thing.

[NelfiNovita]

COVID has a positive impact and a negative impact on society, we can see the positive impact of COVID, namely people who do not have money or unemployed people will think to find ways to make money during COVID, I see those who do not have a job will enter the world of the eye crypto money then they buy Bitcoin and Altcoins to trade and to invest this is what makes the price of Bitcoin and Altcoins even higher during COVID.
The negative impact of COVID is that human mortality rates are increasing and more people are unemployed.

[Mauser]

Well, it forced people into going online for education, work and everything else. Which is a good thing, because there were many conservative countries in the world including mine which believed internet and phones are distractions and that memorizing from a book is the only true solution which is not. Now, we are forced to take online classes which will surely impact the future covid free country too when we won't view it with the same perception!

I am very surprised how well my parents adapted to the new normal. Both my mum and dad are very bad with PCs and cell phones, but still video calls is no problem for them anymore. They won't even stop since meeting them is allowed anymore. As for online education I think that it's no problem on a university level. Students are more prepared to study by themselves than school kids. At a high school level it seems to be more difficult. I noticed from my nephew that the amount of text book they are covering now online is much lower than it was before when they still went to school. It becomes also much harder to discuss homework.

[Kez1817]

Yes, Covid  has taught us much that we must learn for the future. It is the adoption of modern technology and the use of digital currency. Covid has become a way for people to learn a different way of life through the internet. Although, the worse thing it brings to us is poverty and death, economic collapse, fear and despair, there is still hope because despite of everything God never leave us nor forsake us.

[Distinctin]

COVID has a positive impact and a negative impact on society, we can see the positive impact of COVID, namely people who do not have money or unemployed people will think to find ways to make money during COVID, I see those who do not have  a job will enter the world of the eye crypto money then they buy Bitcoin and Altcoins to trade and to invest this is what makes the price of Bitcoin and Altcoins even higher during COVID.
The negative impact of COVID is that human mortality rates are increasing and more people are unemployed.

Covid has forced even large companies to stop their operations leaving their employees jobless but this covid has also paved its way to make people start learning about online jobs and investment and crypto is a perfect example for it.

Although covid makes people incomeless bacause of sudden lay offs, but on its positive side, it even creates more opportunities for people to earn big online more than they had earned from their previous jobs.

[kryptqnick]

Even something as terrible as the current pandemic indeed has its benefits. Remote access to many things faced very strong demand, and people had to acquire new skills like using Zoom for work meetings, giving talks and having discussions online etc. I also think that we'll see some big progress in medicine, and we've actually already seen a huge step forward by nailing the first RNA vaccines in history.
Cashless payments have definitely become more popular, but while Bitcoin does fit into this category, I don't think the world truly turned to cryptos this time since traditional bank transfers seemed to deal pretty well with the existing demand.

[Natsuu]

Indeed, Covid really has advanced our way into the future, especially that before the pandemic, people are tend to favor the old ways and not accept the new and modern ways of living. But look at where we at right now, people nomatter what age started streaming or vlogging, ESPORTS became a known sports, Crypto being known famously to the world, online business booming, New innovative machineries/equipments/gadgets, and many more.

Though on the other side, it divides the society on different levels, that really shows in this time of pandemic. The poor are now starving, lower-middle are in crisis for finding a new jobs, middle to higher-middle class being comfortable, and rich getting richer by the seconds (lol)

[fiulpro]

I do think there is one thing that COVID taught us:
If it would have been a zombie apocalypse most of us would have been dead.
People are not following the protocols and there are many devastating outcomes of that. But when we are talking about the positive effects of COVID. I do think the following can be taken into consideration:
1. Small business are taking over and people are appreciating them more.
2. People are getting more connected to their families.
3. The institutions are realizing that they don't have to call people to work everyday which might be used in the future.
4. The higher institutions are combining the offline and online form of education which might take off a lot of work load from the students.
5. People have time to focus of themselves and change their lives.
6. People are realizing the importance of essential workers and local businesses are flourishing!
More or so I think people are learning new ways that the world can move about and that can be essentially productive in the future.

[mrongos]

Yes, that's right, all companies are required to be more technologically developed so that they can continue to work from home to avoid the spread of Covid 19. This digital revolution is very important, making many people who have started to think of working from home but can make money for themselves. So that being an influencer or trader is an option for them.

[sunsilk]

Yes, that's right, all companies are required to be more technologically developed so that they can continue to work from home to avoid the spread of Covid 19. This digital revolution is very important, making many people who have started to think of working from home but can make money for themselves. So that being an influencer or trader is an option for them.

And before, there's a lot of negative thinking about working from home and many have thought that it's impossible for an employee to let them work from their homes.

But with that option, it had made a lot of company adjusted and started to offer work from home setup for their employees just to keep up the companies business continuously running.

[verita1]

Although we are fortunate to make use of the digital revolution, it has not been enough to alleviate the economic devastation that Covid19 has caused.
Experience shows us that we must learn to live with the virus until God says or that it would be the same until science manages to make us immune.
If we start to review the events we have not done things well, there are countries that are successful with the fight against the virus, why not others?

[int03h]

The pandemic has changed the living and working habits of most people around the world. Both businesses and people will have to actively apply information technology to survive. Businesses will have to do digital transformation. I see countries in Asia doing this well.

[Raflesia]

Yes, that's right, all companies are required to be more technologically developed so that they can continue to work from home to avoid the spread of Covid 19. This digital revolution is very important, making many people who have started to think of working from home but can make money for themselves. So that being an influencer or trader is an option for them.

And before, there's a lot of negative thinking about working from home and many have thought that it's impossible for an employee to let them work from their homes.

But with that option, it had made a lot of company adjusted and started to offer work from home setup for their employees just to keep up the companies business continuously running.

Technology is now much more rapidly developing I know all work from the office will be easier from home with many offers happening and the business will continue to run precisely with technology now that their development is expanding so it will be the best choice in this pandemic.

Currently my choice is to trade crypto I see the market in recent months has experienced extraordinary significance I have taken advantage of many opportunities that I have mastered so now I am at home longer than just going out for other purposes.

[eaLiTy]

If it would have been a zombie apocalypse most of us would have been dead.
People are not following the protocols and there are many devastating outcomes of that.

It is almost like a Zombie apocalypse, anyone in contact with the virus is infected and you have no idea where it comes from and then it depends upon how your body reacts whether you will be surviving the virus affect or succumbing to that.

But when we are talking about the positive effects of COVID. I do think the following can be taken into consideration:
1. Small business are taking over and people are appreciating them more.

If you look at the overall statistics it says the opposite, may small and medium businesses shut their business forever even during the first wave of the virus.

2. People are getting more connected to their families.

Again there are positive and negative aspects of this. There are many differences during this period as well and the amount of divorces cases are steady even during this period.

3. The institutions are realizing that they don't have to call people to work everyday which might be used in the future.
4. The higher institutions are combining the offline and online form of education which might take off a lot of work load from the students.
5. People have time to focus of themselves and change their lives.

I do agree with these three, people now understand what it means by work at home and the multinationals were able to save billions of dollars globally because their workforce are working at their comfort of their homes.
The educations system has also opened their minds about learning from homes and hopefully it will continue giving the option for everyone to choose whether they want to be physically present in school and college or they can be doing their studies online even for primary education.
 

[laredo7mm]

I do think there is one thing that COVID taught us:
If it would have been a zombie apocalypse most of us would have been dead.
People are not following the protocols and there are many devastating outcomes of that. But when we are talking about the positive effects of COVID. I do think the following can be taken into consideration:
1. Small business are taking over and people are appreciating them more.
2. People are getting more connected to their families.
3. The institutions are realizing that they don't have to call people to work everyday which might be used in the future.
4. The higher institutions are combining the offline and online form of education which might take off a lot of work load from the students.
5. People have time to focus of themselves and change their lives.
6. People are realizing the importance of essential workers and local businesses are flourishing!
More or so I think people are learning new ways that the world can move about and that can be essentially productive in the future.

All these terms are true for a western countries where life is much better than 3rd world countries. In 3rd world country, people are not getting proper medical care. Govt failed to handle the situation. People don't want to listen to the govt and many think their covid is a rumors to control the people. western countries should invest in 3rd world countries to improve their infracture or covid won't go that easy.

[zanezane]

Covid 19 has in fact paralyzed the economic sector, but there are benefits that are obtained, namely that many people can work and try new, more promising businesses and make Covid as creativity for people. So I think these are the positives and negatives of covid 19. especially if a lot of people start using crypto, maybe this is a more advanced thing than in recent years.

Nope, I don't think that this gave people opportunity to find work, in my country a lot of people are unemployed because of this pandemic and not everyone wants to do or start a business. The positives that I can think of in this pandemic is that we reduced the carbon emissions in the atmosphere and we get to stay home without dealing with people. I don't say that we advanced but the world more like crammed to make advancements and the technology is already there so I don't think that it is an advancement.

[kotajikikox]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

This Virus also teaches our generation to value anything that they had , because the smallest value before the covid comes becomes valuable when the pandemic starts.

Even a drop of rice comes very important because of lack of resources and Job Lay Offs .

The world change and the views of many people also changed.

[Yatsan]

The existence of the covid-19 pandemic have brought us humans to think of the alternatives since we cannot do the usual things that we do on a normal day when the pandemic is still not existing. We have adapted into the situation forcing us to work remotely and make use the advent of the modern technology to still continue our lives even we are keeping it from a distant since close contact from one another can make the distribution of the virus to get worst. Maybe we can conclude that we are being pushed through the modern future because of this happening but still a lot have been sacrificed and still many cannot adapt into the fast phase of changes now that we are mostly relying into modern technology.

[Silberman]

Well, it forced people into going online for education, work and everything else. Which is a good thing, because there were many conservative countries in the world including mine which believed internet and phones are distractions and that memorizing from a book is the only true solution which is not. Now, we are forced to take online classes which will surely impact the future covid free country too when we won't view it with the same perception!

I am very surprised how well my parents adapted to the new normal. Both my mum and dad are very bad with PCs and cell phones, but still video calls is no problem for them anymore. They won't even stop since meeting them is allowed anymore. As for online education I think that it's no problem on a university level. Students are more prepared to study by themselves than school kids. At a high school level it seems to be more difficult. I noticed from my nephew that the amount of text book they are covering now online is much lower than it was before when they still went to school. It becomes also much harder to discuss homework.

That is why when you hear that some people say that they will never understand technology is completely false, they can do it if they try hard enough but under most circumstances they do not have to do it and this is why they can get away with this, however when it comes to education I agree with this, a college student has for the most part what it is necessary to study on their own but kids do not have that kind of discipline so we must go back to the classroom as soon as possible.

[AmoreJaz]

The existence of the covid-19 pandemic have brought us humans to think of the alternatives since we cannot do the usual things that we do on a normal day when the pandemic is still not existing. We have adapted into the situation forcing us to work remotely and make use the advent of the modern technology to still continue our lives even we are keeping it from a distant since close contact from one another can make the distribution of the virus to get worst. Maybe we can conclude that we are being pushed through the modern future because of this happening but still a lot have been sacrificed and still many cannot adapt into the fast phase of changes now that we are mostly relying into modern technology.

one of the improvements that i've seen here is the utilisation of digital payment. most merchants, delivery companies are encouraging their customers to pay online rather than cash. aside from that, e-commerce websites that are previously accepting cash upon delivery are also encouraging their customers to pay via online wallets or credit/debit card. they have perks like discounts or cash rewards if a customer will cash in via their online wallets, to encourage them to pay online rather than cash to their couriers. i believe, we are advancing in this category.
also, we found out that there are so many office jobs that can be done at the comfort of our homes. you're right, owed to this pandemic, a lot of people are now working remotely. and those internet service providers, definitely, increase their business profits.

[Gheka]

Covid 19 has in fact paralyzed the economic sector, but there are benefits that are obtained, namely that many people can work and try new, more promising businesses and make Covid as creativity for people. So I think these are the positives and negatives of covid 19. especially if a lot of people start using crypto, maybe this is a more advanced thing than in recent years.

Nope, I don't think that this gave people opportunity to find work, in my country a lot of people are unemployed because of this pandemic and not everyone wants to do or start a business. The positives that I can think of in this pandemic is that we reduced the carbon emissions in the atmosphere and we get to stay home without dealing with people. I don't say that we advanced but the world more like crammed to make advancements and the technology is already there so I don't think that it is an advancement.

Well, rather than saying we have more developmental points, we should say that we are forced into a situation where we have to try to use bitcoin in a variety of matters such as payment methods and investment methods, and the technology does not have a complete and secure guide, some have made a more economic setback through crypto. Being positive during a pandemic is quite a rare thing to be mentioned, perhaps we are more conscious of protecting our health but our future is being threatened more with a crippled global economy, and there is hardly a solution in the short term.

[tbterryboy]

1. Small business are taking over and people are appreciating them more.

That is only for the short-term though because once things are back to normal, big industries will take over and people will again get back to their jobs. A lot of jobs were taken away during pandemic spread which has caused them to run their own small businesses.

2. People are getting more connected to their families.

Well yes, but I have heard news of people being stuck to their workplace and unable to see their family during these times as well, so I mean t works both ways and yes overall people are able to spend more time with family.

[Oasisman]

2. People are getting more connected to their families.

Well yes, but I have heard news of people being stuck to their workplace and unable to see their family during these times as well, so I mean t works both ways and yes overall people are able to spend more time with family.

I think they have been sent to their homes already by now. We have been following safety protocols for those who wanted to go home because of the job loss. You can't let these people stuck in a place where they can't do nothing. Of course they'll will be sent home and take a 14 day quarantine and the swab test before reuniting with his family.
If there are still someone who are stuck and can't come home, that's probably their choice. To avoid the possible inflictions to their families.

[BuNga_cute]

Covid 19 has in fact paralyzed the economic sector, but there are benefits that are obtained, namely that many people can work and try new, more promising businesses and make Covid as creativity for people. So I think these are the positives and negatives of covid 19. especially if a lot of people start using crypto, maybe this is a more advanced thing than in recent years.

Nope, I don't think that this gave people opportunity to find work, in my country a lot of people are unemployed because of this pandemic and not everyone wants to do or start a business. The positives that I can think of in this pandemic is that we reduced the carbon emissions in the atmosphere and we get to stay home without dealing with people. I don't say that we advanced but the world more like crammed to make advancements and the technology is already there so I don't think that it is an advancement.

Well, rather than saying we have more developmental points, we should say that we are forced into a situation where we have to try to use bitcoin in a variety of matters such as payment methods and investment methods, and the technology does not have a complete and secure guide, some have made a more economic setback through crypto. Being positive during a pandemic is quite a rare thing to be mentioned, perhaps we are more conscious of protecting our health but our future is being threatened more with a crippled global economy, and there is hardly a solution in the short term.

This pandemic situation indeed forces us to use Bitcoin more, if our country legalizes Bitcoin as payment, so I am sure there will be some people
who finally decide to make transactions using Bitcoin. Because it is proven that Bitcoin can indeed prevent us from being infected by the corona
virus, then if our country prohibits using Bitcoin as payment. So some people will use Bitcoin as a profitable investment option in a pandemic
situation like now. Because investing in Bitcoin can generate more money than investing in other assets.

[Obito]

The existence of the covid-19 pandemic have brought us humans to think of the alternatives since we cannot do the usual things that we do on a normal day when the pandemic is still not existing. We have adapted into the situation forcing us to work remotely and make use the advent of the modern technology to still continue our lives even we are keeping it from a distant since close contact from one another can make the distribution of the virus to get worst. Maybe we can conclude that we are being pushed through the modern future because of this happening but still a lot have been sacrificed and still many cannot adapt into the fast phase of changes now that we are mostly relying into modern technology.

I wouldn't say that we are pushed through and I like the word alternative much more since the technology already exist, I believe that our technology is already pretty advanced pre-pandemic, the only reason that it didn't appear like that is because people love to ignore things and our emotions are pretty primitive so we can't advance that fast because we always care about the little things.

[nightxglow]

It's true that, although there are so many bad impacts from Covid, and how it made the economy worsen and even collapsed, i can still see so many good aspects that resulted from it. Not all industry are losing from this pandemic, many are winning as well, especially those related to digital or technology. Covid surely made and force people to adapt more to technology, forcing many innovation in technology or digital to adapt in this new situation, and will surely advance the country slowly but surely. We can finally step forward although it's forced by the pandemic, but still, recovering from the economic loss will still be hard to do, and might take long time.

[AndySt]

The existence of the covid-19 pandemic have brought us humans to think of the alternatives since we cannot do the usual things that we do on a normal day when the pandemic is still not existing. We have adapted into the situation forcing us to work remotely and make use the advent of the modern technology to still continue our lives even we are keeping it from a distant since close contact from one another can make the distribution of the virus to get worst. Maybe we can conclude that we are being pushed through the modern future because of this happening but still a lot have been sacrificed and still many cannot adapt into the fast phase of changes now that we are mostly relying into modern technology.

I wouldn't say that we are pushed through and I like the word alternative much more since the technology already exist, I believe that our technology is already pretty advanced pre-pandemic, the only reason that it didn't appear like that is because people love to ignore things and our emotions are pretty primitive so we can't advance that fast because we always care about the little things.

All these alternatives are needed while there is a pandemic, but it is not a fact that they will be so much needed to such an extent later, so we need to talk with great caution about changes in the way of life of human civilization after the pandemic. Yes, of course, all these remote and digital information technologies will play an even greater role in our lives, but still let's not forget that a person is a social being and nothing can replace direct physical contact between people. I am also afraid that some areas of the economy and technology, on the contrary, will be thrown back due to the COVID 19 pandemic, so everything is not so clear.

[Obito]

~snip

All these alternatives are needed while there is a pandemic, but it is not a fact that they will be so much needed to such an extent later, so we need to talk with great caution about changes in the way of life of human civilization after the pandemic. Yes, of course, all these remote and digital information technologies will play an even greater role in our lives, but still let's not forget that a person is a social being and nothing can replace direct physical contact between people. I am also afraid that some areas of the economy and technology, on the contrary, will be thrown back due to the COVID 19 pandemic, so everything is not so clear.

I didn't say that we don't need it, what I am saying is that the technology has already existed pre-pandemic meaning that there wasn't really any advancement. What are you talking about regarding physical connection, what part did I bullshit about it in my previous reply?

[macson]

The pandemic has changed the living and working habits of most people around the world. Both businesses and people will have to actively apply information technology to survive. Businesses will have to do digital transformation. I see countries in Asia doing this well.

This pandemic is strongly pushing us to consciously use technology as a lifeline....companies that do not maximize the potential of technology will only be left behind and lose customers.  workers who do not try to use technology will simply lose out on jobs and can't find jobs.  not only Asia, I think the whole world has turned digital slowly.

[paxmao]

The pandemic has changed the living and working habits of most people around the world. Both businesses and people will have to actively apply information technology to survive. Businesses will have to do digital transformation. I see countries in Asia doing this well.

This pandemic is strongly pushing us to consciously use technology as a lifeline....companies that do not maximize the potential of technology will only be left behind and lose customers.  workers who do not try to use technology will simply lose out on jobs and can't find jobs.  not only Asia, I think the whole world has turned digital slowly.

The thing is that it was going to happen, but there is a strong push comming from COVID. See companies like Zoom and Microsfot that are strongly involved in the means for remote working happening... they have gone through the roof in benefits and they do not seem to be stopping. This was supposed to happen in an span of a decade. In fact some investors need to swap positions due to this, as their objectives have been reached earlier than expected.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

This pandemic is strongly pushing us to consciously use technology as a lifeline....companies that do not maximize the potential of technology will only be left behind and lose customers.  workers who do not try to use technology will simply lose out on jobs and can't find jobs.  not only Asia, I think the whole world has turned digital slowly.

Businesses have to adapt if they want to stay on top and technology offers something good that you would be considered stupid if you don't grab the opportunity. I think that we turned digital a long time ago, it's just more clear at this situation since people are in their homes.

[Ultegra134]

The existence of the covid-19 pandemic have brought us humans to think of the alternatives since we cannot do the usual things that we do on a normal day when the pandemic is still not existing. We have adapted into the situation forcing us to work remotely and make use the advent of the modern technology to still continue our lives even we are keeping it from a distant since close contact from one another can make the distribution of the virus to get worst. Maybe we can conclude that we are being pushed through the modern future because of this happening but still a lot have been sacrificed and still many cannot adapt into the fast phase of changes now that we are mostly relying into modern technology.

I wouldn't say that we are pushed through and I like the word alternative much more since the technology already exist, I believe that our technology is already pretty advanced pre-pandemic, the only reason that it didn't appear like that is because people love to ignore things and our emotions are pretty primitive so we can't advance that fast because we always care about the little things.

All these alternatives are needed while there is a pandemic, but it is not a fact that they will be so much needed to such an extent later, so we need to talk with great caution about changes in the way of life of human civilization after the pandemic. Yes, of course, all these remote and digital information technologies will play an even greater role in our lives, but still let's not forget that a person is a social being and nothing can replace direct physical contact between people. I am also afraid that some areas of the economy and technology, on the contrary, will be thrown back due to the COVID 19 pandemic, so everything is not so clear.

The Covid-19 pandemic showed us that there are plenty of alternatives when it comes to working, schooling, having conferences and so on. It's, of course, not an ideal situation, but some of these alternatives will stay even after Covid-19. It actually proved to us that working from home, depending on the occupation, possible and may actually be ideal for both employees and employers in some cases.

[AicecreaME]

I agree but I think it's so inhumane to say that.

My only point here is that I can't see people died as a benefit to what we have now because of COVID-19, I don't care how much it takes to develop the economy or the community as long as we are not worrying to die every single day because of the virus. But I guess mother earth is making it's move to wipe up human beings after we take too much from earth instead of cultivating it to remain healthy, in short, we are the virus of our own ecosystem.

We all care about money, on how much properties we have, how many cars we have, we crave for so much wealth and success but we don't even care if we destroy nature just to build tall buildings, it's just cruel. What's the sense of keeping ourselves rich and surviving if the place we're living at is already dying.

[Silberman]

It's true that, although there are so many bad impacts from Covid, and how it made the economy worsen and even collapsed, i can still see so many good aspects that resulted from it. Not all industry are losing from this pandemic, many are winning as well, especially those related to digital or technology. Covid surely made and force people to adapt more to technology, forcing many innovation in technology or digital to adapt in this new situation, and will surely advance the country slowly but surely. We can finally step forward although it's forced by the pandemic, but still, recovering from the economic loss will still be hard to do, and might take long time.

While it is true that many industries and businesses did great during the pandemic at the same time this is not as great news as it may seem, most of the businesses that are facing bankruptcy are businesses owned by hardworking people that wanted to advance in life and they cannot endure the difficult conditions anymore, while the businesses that thrived under the pandemic were under control of those that were already incredibly rich and it gave them an even bigger advantage over their competitors concentrating all that wealth on even fewer hands.

[Cling18]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

The economy got no choice but to adopt the changes just for people to survive this pandemic. It isn't easy since we all have to sacrifice and experience this chaos but it made the economy stronger. This pandemic proved that no matter how hard the situation is, the latest technology adoption could help the economic situation better. We're all required to adopt and face the changes for us to surpass this pandemic situation.

[Ultegra134]

It's true that, although there are so many bad impacts from Covid, and how it made the economy worsen and even collapsed, i can still see so many good aspects that resulted from it. Not all industry are losing from this pandemic, many are winning as well, especially those related to digital or technology. Covid surely made and force people to adapt more to technology, forcing many innovation in technology or digital to adapt in this new situation, and will surely advance the country slowly but surely. We can finally step forward although it's forced by the pandemic, but still, recovering from the economic loss will still be hard to do, and might take long time.

While it is true that many industries and businesses did great during the pandemic at the same time this is not as great news as it may seem, most of the businesses that are facing bankruptcy are businesses owned by hardworking people that wanted to advance in life and they cannot endure the difficult conditions anymore, while the businesses that thrived under the pandemic were under control of those that were already incredibly rich and it gave them an even bigger advantage over their competitors concentrating all that wealth on even fewer hands.

Many corporations benefited from the Pandemic, especially the pharmaceutical industry (and as simple as local pharmacies), by selling masks, hand sanitizers, self tests and many more. On top of that, chain stores such as supermarkets are noticing the largest revenues they have ever seen, in the past few years.

It's the middle class which is decimated, local retail shops, restaurants and so on have faced the financial consequences of the pandemic.

[mojun7982]

The pandemic has changed the living and working habits of most people around the world. Both businesses and people will have to actively apply information technology to survive. Businesses will have to do digital transformation. I see countries in Asia doing this well.

This pandemic is strongly pushing us to consciously use technology as a lifeline....companies that do not maximize the potential of technology will only be left behind and lose customers.  workers who do not try to use technology will simply lose out on jobs and can't find jobs.  not only Asia, I think the whole world has turned digital slowly.

The thing is that it was going to happen, but there is a strong push comming from COVID. See companies like Zoom and Microsfot that are strongly involved in the means for remote working happening... they have gone through the roof in benefits and they do not seem to be stopping. This was supposed to happen in an span of a decade. In fact some investors need to swap positions due to this, as their objectives have been reached earlier than expected.

The pandemic definitely showed where we are still to weak regarding digitization and what needs to be done. Stable and global free internet (or almost free) is one important item on the bucket list and guess who is already on it building a global internet with satellites: the one and only Elon Musk!

[jaysabi]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

Agree that the pandemic has moved the global economy forward by many years in terms of adoption of mobile technologies and especially payment systems. Electronic payments have exploded over the past year, far surpassing an already fast growth rate.

[dongyi17]

I think covid19 cases and pandemic also pushes bitcoin to make it accepted into all the world, to avoid spread of virus through money, they would rather choose it as a means of transferring and transaction and everything, now a days electronic use of money is more convenient rather than carrying int all in your bags or wallet. Yes covid somehow help advamce the world into whatever would take place into the future.

[Xinarae*]

COVID has improved the world in the future because people have been able to overcome the crisis caused by the virus. From coronary experience, countries can go back to the old notion of becoming self-sufficient in important goods and services ensuring equitable access of fragile developing countries to global financing processes could be an important step in achieving a sustainable recovery from the country's economy and epidemics such as Covid 19 private lenders as well as private lazy capital can play an effective role in giving a new impetus to investment in these countries. Efforts will help make fragile countries more resilient to future disasters.

[Chato1977]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

The economy got no choice but to adopt the changes just for people to survive this pandemic. It isn't easy since we all have to sacrifice and experience this chaos but it made the economy stronger. This pandemic proved that no matter how hard the situation is, the latest technology adoption could help the economic situation better. We're all required to adopt and face the changes for us to surpass this pandemic situation.

Indeed , if we will Only look in the brighter side? we can see how helpful this in some point.

We Did learn how to value our small funds.

We learn how to Keep spending small amount as the budget is tight.

Many things to mention but i will stick in those 2.

[iv4n]

...I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place...

At what cost???

I agree with all of you, I think the same... pandemic speeded up the digital revolution! It's visible, and the numbers are telling the same story! You can see in my comments that I say pretty much the same thing!

With my question "At what cost?" I want to remind all of us that every coin has two sides... while online everything is good and making progress, offline (reality) is messing with our brains (at least with mine)! New rules and regulations, and somehow I feel all that is going against common sense... and if you want to show and say what is "normal behavior" you can easily be prosecuted for that!

I think that the digital revolution would happen anyway! And progress would be made without this stupid pandemic!

[ropyu1978]

Covid19 translation has resumed. Everyone is very confused and worried. The speed of spread is too fast for everyone to turn their hands on. In India, the number of people dying is too much, they have to cremate their bodies. In Vietnam, the number of people infected is 500. Let's strictly follow the government's direction in epidemic prevention. Keep a safe distance, disinfect and wear a medical mask.

I agree with your opinion bro, we have to prevent the virus from us, we have to keep our distance, we have to wash our hands, and we wear masks, to guard against viruses, we have to protect from now, so that the incident in India does not happen our country ,, during a pandemic we have to look for income for our finances ,, the world in digital might be able to make our finances good ,, by buying and selling bitcoin, we can increase our income ...

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

I think covid19 cases and pandemic also pushes bitcoin to make it accepted into all the world, to avoid spread of virus through money, they would rather choose it as a means of transferring and transaction and everything, now a days electronic use of money is more convenient rather than carrying int all in your bags or wallet. Yes covid somehow help advamce the world into whatever would take place into the future.

That's the more appropriate word in my opinion which is pushed brcause most of the technology already existed, we just don't bat an eye about it and we didn't need it pre-pandemic. There are merits to both regarding electronic money and physical money, you aren't going to worry about getting phished in physical money and your purchases aren't tracked in physical money.

[paxmao]

I agree but I think it's so inhumane to say that.

My only point here is that I can't see people died as a benefit to what we have now because of COVID-19, I don't care how much it takes to develop the economy or the community as long as we are not worrying to die every single day because of the virus. But I guess mother earth is making it's move to wipe up human beings after we take too much from earth instead of cultivating it to remain healthy, in short, we are the virus of our own ecosystem.

We all care about money, on how much properties we have, how many cars we have, we crave for so much wealth and success but we don't even care if we destroy nature just to build tall buildings, it's just cruel. What's the sense of keeping ourselves rich and surviving if the place we're living at is already dying.

You cannot have a vision of reality that is hindered by what you think is fair, right or humane or you will not be able to understand the world - which is not fair, right or humane.

Attributing  greed or materialistic values to this post does not make you more humane but rather a person that cannot dealt with emotions adequately and is very confused about life in general. This is confirmed by you mixing the human side of a tragedy with the economy and adding some karma and pseudo philosophy into the cocktail.

As most times in life, there are endless perspectives to complex issues.

[wahyu wida]

I think covid19 cases and pandemic also pushes bitcoin to make it accepted into all the world, to avoid spread of virus through money, they would rather choose it as a means of transferring and transaction and everything, now a days electronic use of money is more convenient rather than carrying int all in your bags or wallet. Yes covid somehow help advamce the world into whatever would take place into the future.

That's the more appropriate word in my opinion which is pushed brcause most of the technology already existed, we just don't bat an eye about it and we didn't need it pre-pandemic. There are merits to both regarding electronic money and physical money, you aren't going to worry about getting phished in physical money and your purchases aren't tracked in physical money.

the big effect of a pandemic is to change a person's activity habits. who used to use more cash, although the use of electronic transfers has also occurred a lot. but with this pandemic bitcoin is increasingly popular, and many people are using it to invest, so cryptocurrency can be used like fiat money today

[Silberman]

It's true that, although there are so many bad impacts from Covid, and how it made the economy worsen and even collapsed, i can still see so many good aspects that resulted from it. Not all industry are losing from this pandemic, many are winning as well, especially those related to digital or technology. Covid surely made and force people to adapt more to technology, forcing many innovation in technology or digital to adapt in this new situation, and will surely advance the country slowly but surely. We can finally step forward although it's forced by the pandemic, but still, recovering from the economic loss will still be hard to do, and might take long time.

While it is true that many industries and businesses did great during the pandemic at the same time this is not as great news as it may seem, most of the businesses that are facing bankruptcy are businesses owned by hardworking people that wanted to advance in life and they cannot endure the difficult conditions anymore, while the businesses that thrived under the pandemic were under control of those that were already incredibly rich and it gave them an even bigger advantage over their competitors concentrating all that wealth on even fewer hands.

Many corporations benefited from the Pandemic, especially the pharmaceutical industry (and as simple as local pharmacies), by selling masks, hand sanitizers, self tests and many more. On top of that, chain stores such as supermarkets are noticing the largest revenues they have ever seen, in the past few years.

It's the middle class which is decimated, local retail shops, restaurants and so on have faced the financial consequences of the pandemic.

Which is why printing more money as governments are trying to do in order to stimulate the economy is not going to work, as you say it is the middle class that is heavily affected and the jobs that their small businesses generated are not going to comeback especially since people are not spending their money as they used to, we must recognize that things changed and the way people spend money has changed as well, which is going to make the economic recovery incredibly hard if not impossible.

[SquallLeonhart]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

I do see these kinds of news and I do not really think that it would matter all that much. I mean sure there are small things, politically all the dictators lost a bit of power, trump is gone and all the other right wing people who want to take power and not leave lost a lot of power as well, why? Because leftist stuff did help people during this period, giving people money for free, giving people free healthcare, giving people federal aids, all these are usually very left in all around the world and even right wings had to accept it.

But the biggest help was the climate, even though it is still doing very bad, it could have gone even more bad if we didn't had covid, the world direly needs our help or if we do not do something about it, the world will and it will destroy all of us to keep turning without us in it. No matter how much "good" we can find, it still killed millions of people, and that is just can't be compared to any side-good that may have happened.

[ven7net]

Of course, Covid has made its own adjustments to the development of our world, but I would not say that they are positive. Many companies have gone bankrupt, entire industries have closed down forever and I can’t say that this has made our world a better place. Yes, Covid promotes the transition to remote work, distance learning, and perhaps this somehow pushes people to create new technologies and opportunities, but this is a drop in the ocean and most people are left alone with traditional methods of existence. For a leap forward to occur, the world must be without limits, but apparently in this case it is not about our situation.

[dimox]

now, people forced to online when they want to do something like buy, and the other. and as time go by, people get to used it, doing all stuff by online. and when covid disappear, this habitual still stick in our mind.
its can be good or bad thing if people cant make a good point from this situation. and the good one will adopt into any situation. so, when this world be normal, they can do more and more than the other.

[awik p]

Of course, Covid has made its own adjustments to the development of our world, but I would not say that they are positive. Many companies have gone bankrupt, entire industries have closed down forever and I can’t say that this has made our world a better place. Yes, Covid promotes the transition to remote work, distance learning, and perhaps this somehow pushes people to create new technologies and opportunities, but this is a drop in the ocean and most people are left alone with traditional methods of existence. For a leap forward to occur, the world must be without limits, but apparently in this case it is not about our situation.

right, in essence we as humans must be able to adapt to changing times. with the covid pandemic, making changes in human habits, starting from work, to fulfilling life's needs. therefore today the online economy sector is more enjoyed by everyone to protect themselves

[lixer]

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

I think the disadvantages of covid-19 is too much than whatever digital revolution it has brought. Have you taken time to look around you and see what people has been going through because of the covid-19? A lot of people died and a lot of people lost their loved ones. It doesn’t just end there, lots of people became hungry, people became poor and lost their jobs. Things like this led to increase in crisis, the rate of crimes increased.

Just look at what has been happening in lots of countries these days. It’s just like where I am living, there are now lots of thieves and people are being robbed almost every day, things never used to be like this before now. So, this covid-19 is really bad, but I am hoping that things gets better.

[molsewid]

Covid forces us to adopt working remotely,  school teachers today now has to teache infront of the laptop while the kids watches the teacher speak. Old folks has to learn facebook messenger now to they could talk and see relatives at the same time. Its neccessary to learn how to use gadgets or they are going to die of loneliness.

Easy for them to use the internet now and do onoine transactions too. And its not going to be hard to introduce crypto wallets or CBDC.

i agree. since the start of pandemic majority of transactions are made online, so its not far that we would still use online transaction with or without the pandemic in the future because people have experienced the hassle free of online transaction, which will further or possibly lead to crypto wallets because we might want to store our money digitally for easier usage online. right now there are still "cash-on-delivery" options but in time people will slowly learn to adapt.

[TheGreatPython]

now, people forced to online when they want to do something like buy, and the other. and as time go by, people get to used it, doing all stuff by online. and when covid disappear, this habitual still stick in our mind.

Have you wondered why such habits stick while some habits like staying at home won't ever stick? That's because people want convenience and online shopping was new for some initially but once they tried it, surely everyone realized that it is easier and saves time as compared to traditional shopping.

Just look at what has been happening in lots of countries these days. It’s just like where I am living, there are now lots of thieves and people are being robbed almost every day, things never used to be like this before now. So, this covid-19 is really bad, but I am hoping that things gets better.

That's the impact of unemployment and have you wondered why unemployment is much worse in under-developed countries? That's because of their lack of the use of the internet and technology, be it because of financial problems or be it because they are not educated enough to operate them.

If only better technologies and the internet were adopted, lesser people would have lost their jobs and hence lesser unemployment which directly helps in reducing crime and theft.

[TastyChillySauce00]

now, people forced to online when they want to do something like buy, and the other. and as time go by, people get to used it, doing all stuff by online. and when covid disappear, this habitual still stick in our mind.

Have you wondered why such habits stick while some habits like staying at home won't ever stick? That's because people want convenience and online shopping was new for some initially but once they tried it, surely everyone realized that it is easier and saves time as compared to traditional shopping.

Just look at what has been happening in lots of countries these days. It’s just like where I am living, there are now lots of thieves and people are being robbed almost every day, things never used to be like this before now. So, this covid-19 is really bad, but I am hoping that things gets better.

That's the impact of unemployment and have you wondered why unemployment is much worse in under-developed countries? That's because of their lack of the use of the internet and technology, be it because of financial problems or be it because they are not educated enough to operate them.

If only better technologies and the internet were adopted, lesser people would have lost their jobs and hence lesser unemployment which directly helps in reducing crime and theft.

I agree, amid the covid pandemic it's all about efficiency that makes the economy strong, we can see that most of the company who are already implemented technology to further optimize their system as well as increasing the efficiency hardly impacted by covid.
Even many companies that either has both online and offline business actually set record in profit due to the market share increase because some company just backward and rather inept in technology adoption, as we all know, only company or economy that easily adapts that will come out strong.

[globalpain]

now, people forced to online when they want to do something like buy, and the other. and as time go by, people get to used it, doing all stuff by online. and when covid disappear, this habitual still stick in our mind.

Have you wondered why such habits stick while some habits like staying at home won't ever stick? That's because people want convenience and online shopping was new for some initially but once they tried it, surely everyone realized that it is easier and saves time as compared to traditional shopping.

Just look at what has been happening in lots of countries these days. It’s just like where I am living, there are now lots of thieves and people are being robbed almost every day, things never used to be like this before now. So, this covid-19 is really bad, but I am hoping that things gets better.

That's the impact of unemployment and have you wondered why unemployment is much worse in under-developed countries? That's because of their lack of the use of the internet and technology, be it because of financial problems or be it because they are not educated enough to operate them.

If only better technologies and the internet were adopted, lesser people would have lost their jobs and hence lesser unemployment which directly helps in reducing crime and theft.

I agree, amid the covid pandemic it's all about efficiency that makes the economy strong, we can see that most of the company who are already implemented technology to further optimize their system as well as increasing the efficiency hardly impacted by covid.
Even many companies that either has both online and offline business actually set record in profit due to the market share increase because some company just backward and rather inept in technology adoption, as we all know, only company or economy that easily adapts that will come out strong.

It is true that the current conditions indirectly make a company more creative and innovative in doing something,
and indeed it is not easy but if it is used as well as possible it will produce big profits,
With the development of the era, companies are also required to operate more technology than usual

[leea-1334]

I agree, amid the covid pandemic it's all about efficiency that makes the economy strong, we can see that most of the company who are already implemented technology to further optimize their system as well as increasing the efficiency hardly impacted by covid.
Even many companies that either has both online and offline business actually set record in profit due to the market share increase because some company just backward and rather inept in technology adoption, as we all know, only company or economy that easily adapts that will come out strong.

I wish I could agree with you but all the "strong" economies are propped up by fake things. Fake money, more fiat pumped into the system. I mean even big global companies in Europe and USA all fall if they close for a few weeks and yet we are expected to live on savings for months.

That is what COVID revealed to me,,, that banks and financial systems and economies are so, so weak with nothing to stand on.

[ene1980]

I wish I could agree with you but all the "strong" economies are propped up by fake things. Fake money, more fiat pumped into the system. I mean even big global companies in Europe and USA all fall if they close for a few weeks and yet we are expected to live on savings for months.

That is what COVID revealed to me,,, that banks and financial systems and economies are so, so weak with nothing to stand on.

I am literally surprised that the economy still holding up even if the entire industries were on a stand still for a long time and still the stock market was not having any major correction and i was expecting the stock market to fall badly last year but that did not happen and still the market is holding well and with the financial aide these governments are pumping will hold the market for a while, we will literally see a major correction.

[AndySt]

I wish I could agree with you but all the "strong" economies are propped up by fake things. Fake money, more fiat pumped into the system. I mean even big global companies in Europe and USA all fall if they close for a few weeks and yet we are expected to live on savings for months.
That is what COVID revealed to me,,, that banks and financial systems and economies are so, so weak with nothing to stand on.

I am literally surprised that the economy still holding up even if the entire industries were on a stand still for a long time and still the stock market was not having any major correction and i was expecting the stock market to fall badly last year but that did not happen and still the market is holding well and with the financial aide these governments are pumping will hold the market for a while, we will literally see a major correction.

This is not surprising. Pumping cash into the economy is already a long-standing and proven method of dealing with problems in the economy. The most important thing is to stop in time and then get out of these stimulus measures without serious losses for the development of the economy. Another question is that this has already become a fairly hackneyed technique in developed economies and therefore does not work as effectively as before. Therefore, we look with fear and hope at the development of the epidemic situation over the next few years, with an emphasis on universal vaccination of the population, and then we will look at the recovery of the economies and remember the contradictions in the economy that already existed before the pandemic.

[Nunoluck]

I don't like this pandemic, but beside negative things that caused by COVID19 there are some good things that people get. For example, people are become more aware about cleanliness. This pandemic is challenging human whether human can do something innovative to survive or loss. But still I hope there are no more people die because of this pandemic, I hope everyone will be safe. Please apply social distancing and lockdown correctly. We only need to become discipline to cut this virus spread chain.

[Xinarae*]

Covid-19 infection has brought many adversities in our lives corona virus has changed the course of professional life. Nowadays home has become the new office the Internet is the new office room working with colleagues for some time has become a matter of history developed economies especially the united states are almost forcibly rehabilitating loss making businessmen and ordinary people to revive their economies. Many poor countries are still trying to raise their incentive funds while the united states spends 25 percent of its GDP on economic aid developing countries spend far less than the united states.

[leea-1334]

I wish I could agree with you but all the "strong" economies are propped up by fake things. Fake money, more fiat pumped into the system. I mean even big global companies in Europe and USA all fall if they close for a few weeks and yet we are expected to live on savings for months.

That is what COVID revealed to me,,, that banks and financial systems and economies are so, so weak with nothing to stand on.

I am literally surprised that the economy still holding up even if the entire industries were on a stand still for a long time and still the stock market was not having any major correction and i was expecting the stock market to fall badly last year but that did not happen and still the market is holding well and with the financial aide these governments are pumping will hold the market for a while, we will literally see a major correction.

They keep pumping cash to cover the holes. It was like in the 2010 banking crisis,,, when loans defaulted, they covered it up with more and more loans. And in bad economies the government keeps printing more and more money to put more cash into the economy. So everything seems all right on the surface until a point inflation cannot keeps up.

So now economies are not producing but cash is stimulating spending.

[mamahdedeh]

I don't like this pandemic, but beside negative things that caused by COVID19 there are some good things that people get. For example, people are become more aware about cleanliness. This pandemic is challenging human whether human can do something innovative to survive or loss. But still I hope there are no more people die because of this pandemic, I hope everyone will be safe. Please apply social distancing and lockdown correctly. We only need to become discipline to cut this virus spread chain.

with this pandemic, it has indeed changed our life habits a lot. in addition to minimizing our activities outside, it seems to require us to always do a clean life. But I don't think all areas are experiencing a sluggishness, of course new fields will emerge when the pandemic occurs. we know the crypto market has become a hit this year. besides that all types of online businesses are also growing rapidly

[perfect999]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

No matter how well people try to twist it, I am still not happy about this Coronavirus. This covid have ruined a lot of things, especially the place I live, things have changed a lot. This virus brought economies down and led to hunger in a lot of societies these days. And when there is too much hunger people will start living reckless lives to survive, there will be a high rate of crime which is very bad.

So, tell me why exactly I should be happy about coronavirus? Of course it did bring a digital revolution, but what's the need for a digital revolution? We don't even need that, I will choose peace of mind over that.

[noorammak]

The world is still the same, it's just that the pandemic makes it impossible for people to move freely and traditional jobs cannot happen in the normal way. Technology-based alternatives are more applicable than we are used to seeing.
We don't know what the world will look like in the future. I hope it won't be like the sci-fi movies we see on television.

[conected]

I don't like this pandemic, but beside negative things that caused by COVID19 there are some good things that people get. For example, people are become more aware about cleanliness. This pandemic is challenging human whether human can do something innovative to survive or loss. But still I hope there are no more people die because of this pandemic, I hope everyone will be safe. Please apply social distancing and lockdown correctly. We only need to become discipline to cut this virus spread chain.

with this pandemic, it has indeed changed our life habits a lot. in addition to minimizing our activities outside, it seems to require us to always do a clean life. But I don't think all areas are experiencing a sluggishness, of course new fields will emerge when the pandemic occurs. we know the crypto market has become a hit this year. besides that all types of online businesses are also growing rapidly

- People are really creating more good habits when most of us are taking health regulations very seriously, however, our lives are also becoming more tiring and boring when limiting going to public areas, living in a house with four walls is not so easy, phones and computers are our immediate friends. And instead of saying that new fields are appearing more, we should say that old fields are under too much pressure, new fields are an outlet to find a little extra income but in reality, the harsh environment is making everything less optimistic

[tyz]

It has always been the case in history that crises strengthen the power of innovation and the speed of further development. For example, it would never have been possible to fly to the moon as early as 1969 without the military developments during World War II. That would have taken a decade or two longer without the war. In the same way, there were high innovation thrusts in Europe after the plague pandemics. There is excellent literature and documentation on this. And this time it's the same again.

[Kasabus]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

No matter how well people try to twist it, I am still not happy about this Coronavirus. This covid have ruined a lot of things, especially the place I live, things have changed a lot. This virus brought economies down and led to hunger in a lot of societies these days. And when there is too much hunger people will start living reckless lives to survive, there will be a high rate of crime which is very bad.

So, tell me why exactly I should be happy about coronavirus? Of course it did bring a digital revolution, but what's the need for a digital revolution? We don't even need that, I will choose peace of mind over that.

I understand your sentiment. No one will ever love this pandemic because of the drastic changes it brought to the world.

However, OP is right that despite of the drastic changes we have right now, some have also  brought positive enhancement for the people. Like the virtual activities that are mostly encouraged by now. People are more inclined to the high technology gadgets nowadays so they can cope up with the fast changing world brought by this pandemic. And people of today are more concerned already about their personal hygiene and how to maintain cleanliness so they will end up virus and bacteria free.

[gagika]

Covid 19 have a great impact on human live. And when I say lives its physical,mental,spiritual and technological advancement. Physical in a way that people might loss their life just getting socialize, wearing  a mask under the heat is a definetely a thing now. Mental, means that people get depressed and anxious by the lockdown, it is indeed frustating that you can only see four walls of your house day and night, no one to talk to. Spiritual, at some point you will lose hope, asking yourself what your purpose in life is. Technological advancement, who would have thought that some work might not need an office now to provide for their worker. With this event we got the chance to have a peek of our future technology,not only in work but also in education.  Humans are not made for this pandemic but we are great in adaptation.

[mojun7982]

Covid 19 have a great impact on human live. And when I say lives its physical,mental,spiritual and technological advancement. Physical in a way that people might loss their life just getting socialize, wearing  a mask under the heat is a definetely a thing now. Mental, means that people get depressed and anxious by the lockdown, it is indeed frustating that you can only see four walls of your house day and night, no one to talk to. Spiritual, at some point you will lose hope, asking yourself what your purpose in life is. Technological advancement, who would have thought that some work might not need an office now to provide for their worker. With this event we got the chance to have a peek of our future technology,not only in work but also in education.  Humans are not made for this pandemic but we are great in adaptation.

I hope that what remains from Covid educated us and let's us improve our systems and decision making processes. As so often in the past there is a crisis but the situation returns to the status quo nevertheless even though we wish we would improve our world. We will all find out in not that many years from now.

[Oasisman]

~snip~

No matter how well people try to twist it, I am still not happy about this Coronavirus. This covid have ruined a lot of things, especially the place I live, things have changed a lot. This virus brought economies down and led to hunger in a lot of societies these days. And when there is too much hunger people will start living reckless lives to survive, there will be a high rate of crime which is very bad.

So, tell me why exactly I should be happy about coronavirus? Of course it did bring a digital revolution, but what's the need for a digital revolution? We don't even need that, I will choose peace of mind over that.

These are two different mindsets and two different situation. The other one is looking to the brighter side amidst the pandemic, while the other is looking to end the darkness this pandemic has brought to us.
Though both of you aren't wrong with your opinions, because we are all suffering financially, emotionally, and physically with this Covid. But we have to understand that we need to revolutionise and be creative to keep foods on our table to avoid ourselves starved to death while 80% of businesses has been halted. So, here is just a piece of the bright side during the pandemic. Nobody is happy about the pandemic, and I think the OP is just expressing some positive events in our lives living under the series of lockdowns and job loss.
We all want this to end.

[magneto]

Whenever there is disaster there will also be opportunities.

It is the two sides of the same coin. While fortunes were destroyed for people who panic sold their stocks/cryptocurrencies at the depths of the bear market, it was made for tech entrepreneurs and those who bought up shares in quality tech companies at bargain prices.

It has really allowed us a glimpse into a WFH, complete digital ecosystem alongside with cryptocurrencies as the dominant global reserve asset. And I believe that this vision will be realised very soon.

[Shasha80]

Whenever there is disaster there will also be opportunities.

It is the two sides of the same coin. While fortunes were destroyed for people who panic sold their stocks/cryptocurrencies at the depths of the bear market, it was made for tech entrepreneurs and those who bought up shares in quality tech companies at bargain prices.

It has really allowed us a glimpse into a WFH, complete digital ecosystem alongside with cryptocurrencies as the dominant global reserve asset. And I believe that this vision will be realised very soon.

Every problem that occurs, does not always have a negative result. COVID-19 has indeed harmed many people, especially people who panicked
to sell their assets. But on the other hand, COVID-19 opens up opportunities for humans to quickly switch to life relying on technology, It has been
proven that since the pandemic the number of internet users has continued to increase. What's interesting is that when this pandemic occurred,
almost all assets crashed, but cryptocurrencies are different, crypto is growing in market. Even in 2021, the achievement of several crypto coins
managed to reach the highest price. This also gives awareness to many people, that investing in crypto is very profitable in a pandemic situation like now.

[poodle63]

Covid 19 have a great impact on human live. And when I say lives its physical,mental,spiritual and technological advancement. Physical in a way that people might loss their life just getting socialize, wearing  a mask under the heat is a definetely a thing now. Mental, means that people get depressed and anxious by the lockdown, it is indeed frustating that you can only see four walls of your house day and night, no one to talk to. Spiritual, at some point you will lose hope, asking yourself what your purpose in life is. Technological advancement, who would have thought that some work might not need an office now to provide for their worker. With this event we got the chance to have a peek of our future technology,not only in work but also in education.  Humans are not made for this pandemic but we are great in adaptation.

I hope that what remains from Covid educated us and let's us improve our systems and decision making processes. As so often in the past there is a crisis but the situation returns to the status quo nevertheless even though we wish we would improve our world. We will all find out in not that many years from now.

I honestly doubt that, human has the history of repeating the same mistake, efficiency that increases in many companies right as of now is due to no toleration for any mistake or inefficiency.
If there's toleration to that, the company will surely become inefficient. 3 years maybe we still retain the lesson learnt from pandemic, but in 5 years I doubt that.
Maybe we already forgot that not even a decade ago there's pandemic and going to do the same mistake again.

[Smitty Werben Man Jensen]

Whenever there is disaster there will also be opportunities.

It is the two sides of the same coin. While fortunes were destroyed for people who panic sold their stocks/cryptocurrencies at the depths of the bear market, it was made for tech entrepreneurs and those who bought up shares in quality tech companies at bargain prices.

It has really allowed us a glimpse into a WFH, complete digital ecosystem alongside with cryptocurrencies as the dominant global reserve asset. And I believe that this vision will be realised very soon.

Every problem that occurs, does not always have a negative result. COVID-19 has indeed harmed many people, especially people who panicked
to sell their assets. But on the other hand, COVID-19 opens up opportunities for humans to quickly switch to life relying on technology, It has been
proven that since the pandemic the number of internet users has continued to increase. What's interesting is that when this pandemic occurred,
almost all assets crashed, but cryptocurrencies are different, crypto is growing in market. Even in 2021, the achievement of several crypto coins
managed to reach the highest price. This also gives awareness to many people, that investing in crypto is very profitable in a pandemic situation like now.

With COVID-19, there are definitely positives and negatives.
so instead of taking the negative side it's better to take the positive side,
I agree with you that the existence of covid 19 makes humans rely on technology and that is certainly good

[Sterbens]

I hope that what remains from Covid educated us and let's us improve our systems and decision making processes. As so often in the past there is a crisis but the situation returns to the status quo nevertheless even though we wish we would improve our world. We will all find out in not that many years from now.

very true because every incident there is always a lesson to be learned. because everything that has happened let it happen. most importantly we must be able to change the mindset and continue to adapt to technology as much as possible. The lesson for me is that I can stay longer in the forum and discuss, share knowledge, experiences and thoughts that will become the pioneers of the birth of an increasingly advanced digital era.

[TheGreatPython]

I hope that what remains from Covid educated us and let's us improve our systems and decision making processes. As so often in the past there is a crisis but the situation returns to the status quo nevertheless even though we wish we would improve our world. We will all find out in not that many years from now.

very true because every incident there is always a lesson to be learned. because everything that has happened let it happen. most importantly we must be able to change the mindset and continue to adapt to technology as much as possible. The lesson for me is that I can stay longer in the forum and discuss, share knowledge, experiences and thoughts that will become the pioneers of the birth of an increasingly advanced digital era.

Yeah, it didn’t just advance us well into the future, it also advanced us well into problems, like seriously. A lot of people are always complaining about how things have gotten in a lot of areas. Okay I am not going to talk about the fact that lots of good people lost their jobs, but that one is not a big problem because I believe everyone is going to look for another way and also there are now so many remote jobs online, though it’s going to be really difficult to find a new job.

All that aside, the next problem now is the rate at which crime has gone up, it’s just like the cage was opened and they let out the dogs. The government everywhere should be doing what they can to put things under control.

[SquallLeonhart]

With COVID-19, there are definitely positives and negatives.
so instead of taking the negative side it's better to take the positive side,
I agree with you that the existence of covid 19 makes humans rely on technology and that is certainly good

A total of nearly 4 million people are dead because of covid, which is why it is harder to take the positive with the negative, I understand that some people are looking at what we have achieved since it happened, plus the earth is cooling down or maybe not from what I can see on the data but at least less driving is better for the world which did happened so I guess we didn't go as bad as it can get, it is still worse but not as worse as it could be, so yeah there are some positives that's true.

However in a situation where there will be total of over 4 million by the end dead because of a pandemic, it is very hard to see any positives in there, I know that people try to find silver lining in situations like this because looking at something that is fully bad ends up being psychologically horrible hence why the need to find something good, but I still think we can see why it is bad for some of us.

[teosanru]

I think every calamity brings with itself a big bundle of opportunities, be it the 2008 crash or be it COVID, people with brains always get a way of promoting their businesses. But we cannot really say it advanced the world into the future. All it did was escalated our digital adoption by 4-5 years which is both good as well as bad. Good in terms of flexibility that we now have but bad in terms of the human interaction that we will soon feel is missing from our lives. Digital meetings are good but nothing can match brainstorming when everyone is physically present in the room. I think it's far more effective. Also if there wouldn't have been any covid there would have been advancements in some other fields. So it didn't advance us in the future, just made us more tech-savvy, which is both a bane and a boon.

[Duzter]

People have lost their dear ones. By the time the mind will never think of the positive things happening out of covid-19. We make discussion relative to the positive and negative effects of covid-19. Things have advanced into the future, but no one is able to find a solution for the covid-19. No vaccine is cent percent effective, which means no vaccine production have assured that after vaccination you won't get affected with covid-19.

[Shasha80]

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Every problem that occurs, does not always have a negative result. COVID-19 has indeed harmed many people, especially people who panicked
to sell their assets. But on the other hand, COVID-19 opens up opportunities for humans to quickly switch to life relying on technology, It has been
proven that since the pandemic the number of internet users has continued to increase. What's interesting is that when this pandemic occurred,
almost all assets crashed, but cryptocurrencies are different, crypto is growing in market. Even in 2021, the achievement of several crypto coins
managed to reach the highest price. This also gives awareness to many people, that investing in crypto is very profitable in a pandemic situation like now.

With COVID-19, there are definitely positives and negatives.
so instead of taking the negative side it's better to take the positive side,
I agree with you that the existence of covid 19 makes humans rely on technology and that is certainly good

Why do we focus on something negative, it's better to maximize the positive side that arises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using a lot of
technology to make human life much better and more effective, we can buy anything we want online. We don't need to spend time out of
the house buying the things we want, we can also make money through the internet. Which in a situation like now many offices and factories
go bankrupt and lay off their employees, but technology opens up opportunities for people who need jobs. And there are many more positive
sides of technology, so in this pandemic situation we don't give up on the situation, but always look for opportunities that must be done.

[AndySt]

People have lost their dear ones. By the time the mind will never think of the positive things happening out of covid-19. We make discussion relative to the positive and negative effects of covid-19. Things have advanced into the future, but no one is able to find a solution for the covid-19. No vaccine is cent percent effective, which means no vaccine production have assured that after vaccination you won't get affected with covid-19.

I wonder what miracle cure you are still waiting for that will turn over all the foundations of medicine and science? No two-component vaccine guarantees you a result if you do not get vaccinated with two components and you may well become infected in this time interval. You need to live and operate in an objective reality, when even if you are vaccinated with coronavirus, the health consequences should not be as terrible as those who are not vaccinated. Historically, mass vaccination and population coverage have been much more effective in vaccination issues than single percentages of vaccine effectiveness.

[Viscore]

People have lost their dear ones. By the time the mind will never think of the positive things happening out of covid-19. We make discussion relative to the positive and negative effects of covid-19. Things have advanced into the future, but no one is able to find a solution for the covid-19. No vaccine is cent percent effective, which means no vaccine production have assured that after vaccination you won't get affected with covid-19.

I wonder what miracle cure you are still waiting for that will turn over all the foundations of medicine and science? No two-component vaccine guarantees you a result if you do not get vaccinated with two components and you may well become infected in this time interval. You need to live and operate in an objective reality, when even if you are vaccinated with coronavirus, the health consequences should not be as terrible as those who are not vaccinated. Historically, mass vaccination and population coverage have been much more effective in vaccination issues than single percentages of vaccine effectiveness.

Vaccines are not guarantees that they won't be covid-19 positive but atleast  they will only experience mild symptoms unlike those who have not been vaccinated yet.

Covid-19 may bring negativity in general but it also has positive effects when you come to analyze it. People are now much inclined to new technologies like internet so they can do much things online. And most particularly, bitcoin has experienced its new ATH just when we thought that this pandemic will also bring it down. And with the adoption from big institutions, bitcoin has even gained more support from different countries than it had before.

[gundala]

~~

Why do we focus on something negative, it's better to maximize the positive side that arises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using a lot of
technology to make human life much better and more effective, we can buy anything we want online. We don't need to spend time out of
the house buying the things we want, we can also make money through the internet. Which in a situation like now many offices and factories
go bankrupt and lay off their employees, but technology opens up opportunities for people who need jobs. And there are many more positive
sides of technology, so in this pandemic situation we don't give up on the situation, but always look for opportunities that must be done.

On the same page. Alih-alih bersedih dan menyalahkan keadaan yang membuat semua hal berubah dan menjadi sulit, kita harus tetap optimis dan berpikir positif. Banyak perubahan yang terjadi, salah satunya adalah membuat kita lebih sadar betapa pentingnya menjaga kebersihan agar tidak mudah tertular penyakit. Dan juga menjadi lebih peduli pada kesehatan dan ketahanan tubuh dengan rajin berolahraga dan mengkonsumsi makanan bergizi seimbang.
dari sisi teknologi, kita juga "dipaksa" berevolusi untuk belajar bagaimana caranya memanfaatkan teknologi dan perkembangan zaman untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan yang baik, menggunakan teknologi pembayaran digital, dll.

[dunfida]

People have lost their dear ones. By the time the mind will never think of the positive things happening out of covid-19. We make discussion relative to the positive and negative effects of covid-19. Things have advanced into the future, but no one is able to find a solution for the covid-19. No vaccine is cent percent effective, which means no vaccine production have assured that after vaccination you won't get affected with covid-19.

Newly existing vaccines wont really give out any guarantees which it isnt surprising since its still new and been hurriedly been created because the situation comes even more worst as the day pass by but its better rather than have nothing at all.People should mind off about efficacy would surely be no giving 100% of assurance that you wont get infected as of per reports that there are individuals who do get 2nd dose but still had able to get the virus just because they become confident that they wont get infected which is really a very wrong mindset.

[Coroline]

In addition to having a deadly impact on human life, Covid-19 has the potential to change civilization, both negatively and positively at the same time. Negatively, Covid-19 forces humanity to stretch out social relations and interactions. Humanity was forced to avoid crowds. Activities of worship, work and study from home. Covid-19 also disrupts the supply-chain, hampers production and thus slows economic growth, not only in China, the United States (US), India or Indonesia, but also the world as a whole. In addition, Covid-19 has disrupted various religious, educational and government services. In a number of cases, disrupted public services have disappointed the public, leading to protests and chaos.

From a sociological perspective, such a thing can threaten civilization if the government loses control over citizens who commit violence. Quoting Tainter (1988:4), John Danafer (2019), a civilization can be said to collapse if it experiences rapid and substantial economic, socio-cultural and political setbacks/losses from its previous stable/established condition.

[ampu]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

[fullhdpixel]

5. People have time to focus of themselves and change their lives.

This is the best one! I mean people were working as robots all day and night just to earn money but now because of tough times everyone has a moment to realize what they are doing and what they want to do. Life has certainly slowed down.

Personally I was expecting second wave might be helping more people to get into bitcoin ecosystem as some people may find bitcoin and its features/characteristics more interesting and fruitful for their leisure times. But, even many countries are still having restricted lockdown, we are not seeing any big impact on bitcoin market levels due to covid's second wave and its lockdown situations.

[Axelseseclevz]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

[Princejebs]

It didn't progress because this virus had been discussed in a medical scientific magazine years before, but it was ignored. I believe that the world already has the tools.It simply doesn't want to utilize them since there was no epidemic, and now that there is, everyone is cramming because they don't know what to do, breakthroughs made during this pandemic.

I think every country and the world in general has learned a lot from pandemic disease. Many countries budget in health sector aren't really taken serious but the experience has toughy lots of countries on how to prepare against unforseen circumstances.
This isn't just country alone but as an individual, health insurance has global health systems has improved. Now that the covid is literally over, it will be difficult to find our selfs in such a critical situation because everyone would be financially and physically prepared against such things.

[Twinkledoe]

It didn't progress because this virus had been discussed in a medical scientific magazine years before, but it was ignored. I believe that the world already has the tools.It simply doesn't want to utilize them since there was no epidemic, and now that there is, everyone is cramming because they don't know what to do, breakthroughs made during this pandemic.

I think every country and the world in general has learned a lot from pandemic disease. Many countries budget in health sector aren't really taken serious but the experience has toughy lots of countries on how to prepare against unforseen circumstances.
This isn't just country aline but as an individual, health insurance has global health systems has improved. Now that the covid is literally over, it will be difficult to find our selfs in such a critical situation because everyone would be financially and physically prepared against such things.

I don't think this covid pandemic is already over but it is more on we are starting to contain it. With more and more people getting vaccinated, hopefully, the deaths will also go down. There are still a lot of countries that are falling behind in terms of vaccination programs. It would take years to finally contain it. Maybe next couple of years. But at least, in other areas, the economy is already starting to recover. And yes, I do agree that a lot of us before ignored about health insurance, now, a lot of people realized its signficance.

[Sithara007]

I don't think this covid pandemic is already over but it is more on we are starting to contain it. With more and more people getting vaccinated, hopefully, the deaths will also go down. There are still a lot of countries that are falling behind in terms of vaccination programs. It would take years to finally contain it. Maybe next couple of years. But at least, in other areas, the economy is already starting to recover. And yes, I do agree that a lot of us before ignored about health insurance, now, a lot of people realized its signficance.

Everyone is thinking that if the vaccination program is paced up, then the pandemic may get contained. But from the recent data, it looks as if some of the strains are showing resistance against the vaccine. England has managed to fully vaccinate a majority of the population. But now once again there is a spike in the number of infections, because the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have limited efficacy against the Delta strain (B.1.617.2). Similarly in Brazil they are still reporting more than 2,000 deaths per day, due to the P.1 strain. Increase in vaccination rate is not translating to a decrease in the deaths.

[bitterguy28]

I don't think this covid pandemic is already over but it is more on we are starting to contain it. With more and more people getting vaccinated, hopefully, the deaths will also go down. There are still a lot of countries that are falling behind in terms of vaccination programs. It would take years to finally contain it. Maybe next couple of years. But at least, in other areas, the economy is already starting to recover. And yes, I do agree that a lot of us before ignored about health insurance, now, a lot of people realized its signficance.

Everyone is thinking that if the vaccination program is paced up, then the pandemic may get contained. But from the recent data, it looks as if some of the strains are showing resistance against the vaccine. England has managed to fully vaccinate a majority of the population. But now once again there is a spike in the number of infections, because the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have limited efficacy against the Delta strain (B.1.617.2). Similarly in Brazil they are still reporting more than 2,000 deaths per day, due to the P.1 strain. Increase in vaccination rate is not translating to a decrease in the deaths.

Wait meaning even if you completed the vaccination you can still die because of the Virus?

after vaccinating majority of the people still there are 2000 death a day? so what can stop the virus if then?

[CaptainCrapper]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

I think pandamic situation Will not remove permanently.day by day we will improve our normal situation.yes I am agree this point the pandamic situation gives us a good learning lots of people involved with online platform and we're learning how to manage a critical moment.at present we are knowing how can digital transaction.

[kesmex]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

I think pandamic situation Will not remove permanently.day by day we will improve our normal situation.yes I am agree this point the pandamic situation gives us a good learning lots of people involved with online platform and we're learning how to manage a critical moment.at present we are knowing how can digital transaction.

It's possible that what you say is also true, moreover, covid 19 will not completely disappear.
so that certainly makes the pandemic can't just end and maybe it will be sustainable,
With Covid 19, there are positive and negative effects

[bengsabeng]

Wait meaning even if you completed the vaccination you can still die because of the Virus?

after vaccinating majority of the people still there are 2000 death a day? so what can stop the virus if then?

what I know is that the vaccine does not make you immune from the covid-19 virus, this vaccine only reduces the bad effects if you are exposed to the virus. maybe without a vaccine the number of fatalities caused by this virus will increase.
the only way to stop this pandemic is to be disciplined in implementing health protocols

[dataispower]

This is matter of fact, and it is quite surprising several businesses have folded up along the the pandemic which reveals to people how we could efficiently manage limited resources through the already available digital technology, of course the outbreak of the pandemic revealed all these benefits. The acceleration came faster than we had expected, a lot of businesses emerged in the midst of the pandemic leveraging the existing technology to solve some daily problems faced by people who would not have believed such things could be done easily (All thanks to the benefits of covid).

Cryptocurrencies on the process took a new wave in the course of the pandemic, new ATH, new adoption, new use cases were revealed and the entire market cap grew from the process which is also one of the major benefits of the outbreak of the covid. I agree with the OP despite the fact we hated the pandemic it surely helped us evolve faster than we had expected.

[andriarto]

Wait meaning even if you completed the vaccination you can still die because of the Virus?

after vaccinating majority of the people still there are 2000 death a day? so what can stop the virus if then?

what I know is that the vaccine does not make you immune from the covid-19 virus, this vaccine only reduces the bad effects if you are exposed to the virus. maybe without a vaccine the number of fatalities caused by this virus will increase.
the only way to stop this pandemic is to be disciplined in implementing health protocols

self-discipline about health protocols can save others. therefore this must be applied to each of us personally so that we can take care of each other. In my opinion, vaccines are like providing immune assistance to the body so that when a virus enters, the immune system immediately detects and fights the virus

[Vaskiy]

Wait meaning even if you completed the vaccination you can still die because of the Virus?

after vaccinating majority of the people still there are 2000 death a day? so what can stop the virus if then?

what I know is that the vaccine does not make you immune from the covid-19 virus, this vaccine only reduces the bad effects if you are exposed to the virus. maybe without a vaccine the number of fatalities caused by this virus will increase.
the only way to stop this pandemic is to be disciplined in implementing health protocols

self-discipline about health protocols can save others. therefore this must be applied to each of us personally so that we can take care of each other. In my opinion, vaccines are like providing immune assistance to the body so that when a virus enters, the immune system immediately detects and fights the virus

Vaccine is just an additional immunity development against the virus. It takes time to overcome the virus and end the pandemic situation around the globe.

As of now for each and everything we've got access through the internet. This has made the world move forward in advancement. However if situation goes normal there is more chance of the same to happen as the days prior to the pandemic attack. With the lockdown cryptocurrencies have got much exposure and the same will continue even if the pandemic around the world comes to an end. Because, People have known about the potential of cryptocurrencies against other forms of investments.

[nomenclatur]

the positive effect is that people prefer the right revolution where economic crises occur in various countries, many people are victims of COVID which to this day is still spreading and the increasing number of victims makes things worse. no using masks and not avoiding crowds makes the positive numbers affected by COVID continue to increase the digital revolution must be developed to make it easier to earn online income.

[Betwrong]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

[AndySt]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

Oh, yes, remote work from an undoubted good can turn into a curse from which there is no escape, which will take away your free time, which in other conditions you would have spent on recreation or self-education. It is one thing when you arrive from an industrial enterprise or office and become left to yourself, and quite another when you are constantly at home and family with household chores must somehow be combined with work issues. Therefore, it is not necessary to exaggerate the role of remote work and understand that the traditional scheme of professional activity has its advantages.

[swiftbits]

It is now necessary for a business to go through a digital transformation to thrive and increase its potential for business longevity.
COVID is pushing for digitalization, which is a downside for underdeveloped countries due to the lack of resources.
It would be hard for them to catch up to this new normal.

[South Park]

It didn't progress because this virus had been discussed in a medical scientific magazine years before, but it was ignored. I believe that the world already has the tools.It simply doesn't want to utilize them since there was no epidemic, and now that there is, everyone is cramming because they don't know what to do, breakthroughs made during this pandemic.

That is the way of the world, scientists had been warning for decades that a pandemic was coming and that sooner or later we will have to face it and that we were simply not prepared for it, governments and the general public ignored the warnings thinking they were crazy or simply underestimated the threat. And yet here we are, after so much time has passed we are making some progress and it is doubtful how long is this going to last as the new mutations could cause us to go back to a very strict lockdown and I am not so sure how much time people can keep up with this when their finances are in such a bad shape.

[Crypto Fireside]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

How is a business weak, useless or ineffective if a the government decided it must shut?
This is not true at all. This is 100% due to government intervention.
In Australia, beauty salons are allowed to open but not gyms, fitness centres or martial arts dojo's. Many gyms were forced to shut. I think I read somewhere that 80% of martial arts gyms shut down for good.
Theres no way that you can expect all of these small businesses to have that much cash laying around to just pay the bills for months and months. My daughters gym for example, the owner had just purchased the warehouse next door to expand as his student numbers were soaring the month before lockdowns hit.

So for example you can cut someone's hair, do their nails and makeup but you cant open the gym so someone can lift weights on their own at 2am in the morning in a 24hr gym? It's ridiculous and has nothing to do with businesses being weak.

Tell me how you evolve a gym? What, fitness in the cloud? A gym is a gym, its a place you go to train full stop. There is nothing more and nothing less to it.

Besides the fact that Covid has wholey been imported into our nation by our government and then they locked us down for it; meaning we are surrounded by water and yes they literally fly "positive" cases in, send them to a hotel in the middle of the city and then lock the people down. Ridiculous. But then I have my own thoughts on that.

[monineklutak]

the positive effect is that people prefer the right revolution where economic crises occur in various countries, many people are victims of COVID which to this day is still spreading and the increasing number of victims makes things worse. no using masks and not avoiding crowds makes the positive numbers affected by COVID continue to increase the digital revolution must be developed to make it easier to earn online income.

It's true and that's why it's important for us to wear masks because the fact is that there are still many people who ignore it,
I really hope people are more aware of the importance of wearing masks and avoiding crowds,
since the existence of covid 19 this indirectly encourages us to use digitization and I don't think everyone can do that

[Xinarae*]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

Due to the epidemic people have come a long way in terms of technology i think it will never end once the epidemic is over technology will continue to be used and people will turn to other online activities including online shopping. There will be a tendency among the people to work from home which will improve the country in the future.

[flyer88]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

I take the positive side. Covid teaches us to continue to innovate by working without face to face, not side by side. Everyone thinks how to save their own lives so that they can continue to grow and develop in conditions that require us to always be apart. I don't know how long I don't know when this covid will be gone. But covid teaches us to get used to working remotely. This is where sometimes my gratitude has met bitcoin. At least I can still grow and work from home with bitcoin

[secretgirl]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

I agree with what you say, I believe that whatever happens in this world there must be benefits. like the covid virus which has not gone away until now, there must be benefits. one of the benefits in my opinion is that covid teaches all humans to be more productive in finding income. when everyone is required to do work activities only from home, even learning activities from home, then everyone will take advantage of existing technology for their daily activities. With today's increasingly sophisticated technology, one can earn income only from home, I am sure that one day the unemployment rate will decrease, and it will advance the world into the future.

[conected]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

Due to the epidemic people have come a long way in terms of technology i think it will never end once the epidemic is over technology will continue to be used and people will turn to other online activities including online shopping. There will be a tendency among the people to work from home which will improve the country in the future.

- Technology is starting to become a habit of all of us today, from shopping to work, technology is adding to a lot of the flaws that the pandemic has created, keeping us safe and working from home, instead of needing to risk going to work and being in contact with so many people every day. A point of improvement for the future system but this is not a pre-arranged case from the government or from a company, the age of technology is coming too soon, this trend will create many wrong ideas for young generations, maybe they will completely not want to go out in society and confidence in communication will not exist, Covid is disrupting the flow of time

[Betwrong]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

Oh, yes, remote work from an undoubted good can turn into a curse from which there is no escape, which will take away your free time, which in other conditions you would have spent on recreation or self-education. It is one thing when you arrive from an industrial enterprise or office and become left to yourself, and quite another when you are constantly at home and family with household chores must somehow be combined with work issues. Therefore, it is not necessary to exaggerate the role of remote work and understand that the traditional scheme of professional activity has its advantages.

Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

[S4VV4S]

Yes, because of Covid pandemic, a lot of things had changed. Many people now are working online and also enter in crypto world. From a traditional work of   8 to 12 hours a day, always looking for time so as not to get caught up in work, and huddled in the car in the middle of traffic. Now, working from home, without limit, without hassle, and sitting in front of your computer, you are able to earn huge money. That is just a few changes caused of covid 19 pandemic.

Although I salute all the positive changes to the economy that happened during the past months, I don't think that the emerged possibility of working without limit is a good one, and I want to warn against it(at least those who read this text). Indeed, working much longer than usual can provide you with much more income than before in the short term, but "in the short term" is the keyword here. Taking time to relax from your work is very important, both for your health and the effectiveness of your work. In the long term overworking can be very harmful. Be careful with that.

Oh, yes, remote work from an undoubted good can turn into a curse from which there is no escape, which will take away your free time, which in other conditions you would have spent on recreation or self-education. It is one thing when you arrive from an industrial enterprise or office and become left to yourself, and quite another when you are constantly at home and family with household chores must somehow be combined with work issues. Therefore, it is not necessary to exaggerate the role of remote work and understand that the traditional scheme of professional activity has its advantages.

Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

That's right, doing everything with technology, working from home is a change that I think is very good, even though without us realizing there are many negative things in this condition, especially in education in my country, which is surprised to have online education. The government's unpreparedness causes all systems to become chaotic, poor children who do not have internet access and their learning support technology devices are the impact.

[buietaw]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

[livingfree]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

[fara_buduk]

overall this covid-19 is a very uncomfortable thing, not good and there is no benefit at all

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

maybe for office workers.....ist ok but for those who work as factory workers and other jobs, they are threatened from their jobs

[AndySt]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.
Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.
And as well as the worker.

The most important factor in business is efficiency, and if remote work brings more profit, then it will become more widespread, because these are the laws of economics. Another question is that all this has its limits and the end of the coronavirus epidemic does not mean that now everyone will hit the remote mode of operation and everything will remain the same. Corporate ethics and working hours have not been canceled. A person is a social being and he needs direct physical interaction with colleagues at work, and no messengers and video conferences can replace this.

[livingfree]

We met with remote work. Many companies announced that they will continue to work remotely even after normalization. this will save them a lot of expense.

But many companies too that they cannot allow their employees to continue or prolong the work at home setup.

Just like Amazon or it's just some news that has to bring some FUD. I think that those companies that have provided a work from home setup should maintain it if it's not sacrificing the productivity of the company.

And as well as the worker.

maybe for office workers.....ist ok but for those who work as factory workers and other jobs, they are threatened from their jobs

Yes, there's a difference between white collar and blue collar jobs. Well for those type of jobs that are adaptable to work at home then they should stay at home.

And the concern that you've mentioned, there's no way for them to adopt their jobs at home and that's why they still have to go to their work everyday and work as is.

[kayiboyu]

Work-from-home model is really the future of us. But this covid-19 period has sped up the process and we may see this happening mostly even earlier than we expected. Because many companies have already started using this model now.

[South Park]

The pandemic changed the living and working habits of people around the world. The application of technology such as online shopping, cashless payment or online meetings via zoom and working from home is to adapt because of the ongoing epidemic. That could end soon as the vaccine becomes available worldwide.

Due to the epidemic people have come a long way in terms of technology i think it will never end once the epidemic is over technology will continue to be used and people will turn to other online activities including online shopping. There will be a tendency among the people to work from home which will improve the country in the future.

The pandemic became a testing ground for new approaches to our old ways to do things, for example when it comes to closing a deal between two different companies I think we are going to see a tendency to keep closing those deals online as it is cheaper and more efficient to do this, however there were also some spectacular failures and one of those was online education, at least where I live this was complete failure as most kids lost a whole year of classes and they learned almost nothing during that period, even when they had access to all the necessary technology so in that case a return to regular classes is a must.

[inoes]

In every change, there will be people who will come and those who will leave.  Covid has forced people to study at home, work at home, and even shop at home.  if this is forced to continue, the world of culture will change completely, because everything starts from its habits.  I agree that covid is accelerating the latest industrial revolution but are we all ready?  although the answer must be ready.  Situation force us to be stronger

[CapGelatik]

Covid-19 has made a really good impact on especially cryptocurrencies. Because people started searching for alternatives when they were at home. And the demand for this market has increased at a very high rate. This will also help people get ready for the future also.

It is undeniable that the increase in cryptocurrencies so far is inseparable from the presence of covid 19,
even so I really hope that covid 19 can really disappear in the world so that the pandemic can end,
but indeed if it's realistic it's quite difficult to see in the near future

[Betwrong]

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Indeed it has a lot of advantages, and no wonder, because it has been evolving for many decades. Many intelligent persons, economists, sociologists, doctors and others, were working on this scheme. If today, in the case of distant working, we were having the ability to create our own working schedule, it would be foolish to not use the knowledge. In short, even though I'm not that good at it myself, I would suggest to refrain from overworking.

That's right, doing everything with technology, working from home is a change that I think is very good, even though without us realizing there are many negative things in this condition, especially in education in my country, which is surprised to have online education. The government's unpreparedness causes all systems to become chaotic, poor children who do not have internet access and their learning support technology devices are the impact.

I agree, I'm sure for many people a possibility of working from home was like an impossible dream in the past, and today it's reality for many of them.

The advantages are plenty:

you save on traffic(time and money);

you can eat better food at your home and it is cheaper than out too;

you can be doing your job when it's convenient to you(sometimes this factor is crucial) ...

I feel like I forgot to mention some other advantages, but you got the idea - working from home is better. Not for everyone, not always, but it's better overall. Some governments were unprepared at first, but the problem was solved in most places.

That's why I agree that COVID , however bad it was and is, has helped the world economy in advancing.

[cl0wn]

World has changed and will never go back to as it was before the covid. Things like working from home will probably stay around forever now.
I just wonder if governments across the world will start investing more in science.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Life is always changing, just look back 30 years ago when barely anyone was using the Internet or cell phones. And now we can do basically everything we need with our cell phone and just stay at home. Nobody needs to buy a huge desktop PC anymore, a tablet or laptop will do the same job while taking no space away. While being part of the change it seems like only small adjustments to our way of live, but during crisis times like corona, we realise how much our life is actually changing. I like the new normal with working from home more.

When the smartphones first came in to existence (around 2 decades ago), there was a lot of criticism from the "experts". They were saying that mobiles will never be able to replace the laptops and desktops. But in almost no time, smartphones poached in to the share of computers. Nowadays, the majority of users browsing internet use smartphones. Even for watching movies or movie serials, smartphones are being preferred. One reason is that time is scarce now and a lot of things need to be done simultaneously while traveling or working. Laptops are not suitable for this purpose.

[cheezcarls]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

In every bad situation, there's a new door open for a greater opportunity. As we are now in the digital age, the COVID-19 pandemic forced traditional industries to transition into digital way in doing their own businesses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of virtual class sessions increased because of the suspension of face-to-face classes. Other offices are transitioning from physical appearance in the workplace to just simply doing remote work-at-home. Same thing goes to the way we pay from using coins or paper bills, to cashless transactions.

It's the best time for the traditional business to adopt into digital way in doing their own stuff to survive during the pandemic.

[flyer88]

Life is always changing, just look back 30 years ago when barely anyone was using the Internet or cell phones. And now we can do basically everything we need with our cell phone and just stay at home. Nobody needs to buy a huge desktop PC anymore, a tablet or laptop will do the same job while taking no space away. While being part of the change it seems like only small adjustments to our way of live, but during crisis times like corona, we realise how much our life is actually changing. I like the new normal with working from home more.

When the smartphones first came in to existence (around 2 decades ago), there was a lot of criticism from the "experts". They were saying that mobiles will never be able to replace the laptops and desktops. But in almost no time, smartphones poached in to the share of computers. Nowadays, the majority of users browsing internet use smartphones. Even for watching movies or movie serials, smartphones are being preferred. One reason is that time is scarce now and a lot of things need to be done simultaneously while traveling or working. Laptops are not suitable for this purpose.

No matter what the conditions are, we must be ready to face the change itself. The world is progressing and developing, we must be good at adapting to change itself. Corona has a big impact, both positive and negative. Sometimes there is still a sense of gratitude that we work at home, we can get together with family every time.

[Spack17]

COVID period can be the best thing happened for cryptocurrencies really. Because so many people started looking for new adventures in this time period. And they came across cryptocurrency market. And now, there are incredible amount of people who have become a crypto user. And the future is coming even faster than ever thanks to that. I didn't think that I was going to thank COVID for something. 

[Natalim]

COVID period can be the best thing happened for cryptocurrencies really. Because so many people started looking for new adventures in this time period. And they came across cryptocurrency market. And now, there are incredible amount of people who have become a crypto user. And the future is coming even faster than ever thanks to that. I didn't t hink that I ngwas going to thank COVID for something. 

There's still a positive effect from covid aside from the disasters it has brought to a million lives of people. And being in crypto is the best decision that i had made this time. Fiat transactions are no longer beneficial today because it will help spread the virus fastly so virtual currencies are definitely taking place. And people even adults and millenials are taking most of their time into internet transactions today so they become more inclined to new technologies that would be very helpful in living more convenient this time.

[AndySt]

Life is always changing, just look back 30 years ago when barely anyone was using the Internet or cell phones. And now we can do basically everything we need with our cell phone and just stay at home. Nobody needs to buy a huge desktop PC anymore, a tablet or laptop will do the same job while taking no space away. While being part of the change it seems like only small adjustments to our way of live, but during crisis times like corona, we realise how much our life is actually changing. I like the new normal with working from home more.

When the smartphones first came in to existence (around 2 decades ago), there was a lot of criticism from the "experts". They were saying that mobiles will never be able to replace the laptops and desktops. But in almost no time, smartphones poached in to the share of computers. Nowadays, the majority of users browsing internet use smartphones. Even for watching movies or movie serials, smartphones are being preferred. One reason is that time is scarce now and a lot of things need to be done simultaneously while traveling or working. Laptops are not suitable for this purpose.

Mobile phones really can not displace laptops and desktops, quite another thing is smartphones, which are simply a smaller version of laptops and desktops and therefore have much greater mobility  Personally, I see little pleasure in watching TV shows and movies or conducting professional activities on small smartphone screens, but not everyone can afford to have a large TV screen, display, and most importantly, financially, too, due to lack of space. That's why billions of people stare at the small screen of a smartphone, while spoiling their health and vision.

[Koro-Sensei]

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

I somehow agree with this. Electronic devices were safe haven for boredom this past pandemic and it leads to social media platforms were these good video makers were reigning supreme. It is somehow positive for some but for normal workers who go to offices, its not.

[mauriek]

Every bad has a good to it. Covid-19 wasn't good because it drained many economy and put them into recession. What about the lives that were lost and still losing, it has created fear and shaped humans to a new normal, face mask and distancing that are preached every time sounds like drums into our ears.

The other side too can't be overemphasized because the online jobs and businesses have grown away from what it was. Jobs online have started creating wealth and bitcoin rise to greater popularity is also part of it.

Everyone has a different response to COVID-19.  Most people who are exposed to this virus will experience mild to moderate symptoms, and will recover without needing to be hospitalized and some also lose their lives.
As you said many are traumatized.  And they are also difficult to work in the real world.  So the world economy slumped.
Therefore, people flock to work online.

[barabarian1]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

the rich one must help people who starve, not only food, there are many thing like job.
this like replay your work, you start again from above, like look for customer, or job, and you need to walk uphill until reach checkpoint. you will survive again and again, need to build some stairs more and more.

[South Park]

The pandemic changed the way the world worked and forced the application of technology solutions to work. People are working from home more. Service industries such as catering and tourism have experienced a decline in productivity, and door-to-door services such as delivery and transportation have grown rapidly. During the pandemic, the banking and finance industry has made a lot of money thanks to customers choosing cashless transactions. Online shopping sites too, Amazone, eBay, Aliexpress... have made a lot of money during the pandemic.
The most important thing is that people's living habits and lifestyle change.

And things are never going to be the same, if the pandemic had lasted just a few weeks then people would have gone back to their old habits as soon as this was over, but more than a year and a half has passed and it is still not over, and once it is finally over people are going to be incapable of doing things as they did before because now they are used to the new way to do things, this means that industries like tourism and restaurants are still going to face difficult times as there is not going to be enough demand for those businesses to survive.

[Lanatsa]

The pandemic changed the way the world worked and forced the application of technology solutions to work. People are working from home more. Service industries such as catering and tourism have experienced a decline in productivity, and door-to-door services such as delivery and transportation have grown rapidly. During the pandemic, the banking and finance industry has made a lot of money thanks to customers choosing cashless transactions. Online shopping sites too, Amazone, eBay, Aliexpress... have made a lot of money during the pandemic.
The most important thing is that people's living habits and lifestyle change.

And things are never going to be the same, if the pandemic had lasted just a few weeks then people would have gone back to their old habits as soon as this was over, but more than a year and a half has passed and it is still not over, and once it is finally over people are going to be incapable of doing things as they did before because now they are used to the new way to do things, this means that industries like tourism and restaurants are still going to face difficult times as there is not going to be enough demand for those businesses to survive.

We are almost heading 2 years for this pandemic situation that we are experiencing and it do indeed affect us on any way from the way we do live and from the economic matter which this pandemic had changed out almost everything.

Actually we do really missed on going back into those our normal lives where before covid didn't happened.There are lots of things changed on everything but doesn't mean that we hadn't able to adapt the situation.

Yes, its hard but we do really need to deal with it because we wont be finding ourselves to move forward if we do just keep looking in the past.

[CapGelatik]

The pandemic changed the way the world worked and forced the application of technology solutions to work. People are working from home more. Service industries such as catering and tourism have experienced a decline in productivity, and door-to-door services such as delivery and transportation have grown rapidly. During the pandemic, the banking and finance industry has made a lot of money thanks to customers choosing cashless transactions. Online shopping sites too, Amazone, eBay, Aliexpress... have made a lot of money during the pandemic.
The most important thing is that people's living habits and lifestyle change.

And things are never going to be the same, if the pandemic had lasted just a few weeks then people would have gone back to their old habits as soon as this was over, but more than a year and a half has passed and it is still not over, and once it is finally over people are going to be incapable of doing things as they did before because now they are used to the new way to do things, this means that industries like tourism and restaurants are still going to face difficult times as there is not going to be enough demand for those businesses to survive.

We are almost heading 2 years for this pandemic situation that we are experiencing and it do indeed affect us on any way from the way we do live and from the economic matter which this pandemic had changed out almost everything.

Actually we do really missed on going back into those our normal lives where before covid didn't happened.There are lots of things changed on everything but doesn't mean that we hadn't able to adapt the situation.

Yes, its hard but we do really need to deal with it because we wont be finding ourselves to move forward if we do just keep looking in the past.

It's true of course we hope to be able to return to living a normal life but indeed with conditions like this it will be difficult
it's better now we think for the future and we also don't know whether this Covid 19 can really disappear or not,
The most important thing is to stay healthy while hoping that the condition will improve

[Btcvilla]

The pandemic changed the way the world worked and forced the application of technology solutions to work. People are working from home more. Service industries such as catering and tourism have experienced a decline in productivity, and door-to-door services such as delivery and transportation have grown rapidly. During the pandemic, the banking and finance industry has made a lot of money thanks to customers choosing cashless transactions. Online shopping sites too, Amazone, eBay, Aliexpress... have made a lot of money during the pandemic.
The most important thing is that people's living habits and lifestyle change.

And things are never going to be the same, if the pandemic had lasted just a few weeks then people would have gone back to their old habits as soon as this was over, but more than a year and a half has passed and it is still not over, and once it is finally over people are going to be incapable of doing things as they did before because now they are used to the new way to do things, this means that industries like tourism and restaurants are still going to face difficult times as there is not going to be enough demand for those businesses to survive.

We are almost heading 2 years for this pandemic situation that we are experiencing and it do indeed affect us on any way from the way we do live and from the economic matter which this pandemic had changed out almost everything.

Actually we do really missed on going back into those our normal lives where before covid didn't happened.There are lots of things changed on everything but doesn't mean that we hadn't able to adapt the situation.

Yes, its hard but we do really need to deal with it because we wont be finding ourselves to move forward if we do just keep looking in the past.

It's true of course we hope to be able to return to living a normal life but indeed with conditions like this it will be difficult
it's better now we think for the future and we also don't know whether this Covid 19 can really disappear or not,
The most important thing is to stay healthy while hoping that the condition will improve

That's right.. it's very difficult to see the current condition. Covid may be living side by side with us. I don't know when it will end. At least we have to think about how we can survive in the future for the sake of the survival of our family.

[finaleshot2016]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion. I'm pleased that the majority of us are now adopting technology and applying it to ourselves since it makes things so much easier. For example, when it comes to payment systems via digital payment platforms, I've noticed that most of us, including the government, are now using mobile applications to assist our citizens.

Another thing I've noticed is that social media platforms are now being used to start businesses and earn enough money to make a decent living. Last but not least, people are becoming more interested in cryptocurrencies as they discover that they may make money by investing in it. Many users are now aware of bitcoin's enormous potential and can be used in different applications such as payment method.

[lienfaye]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion.

Indeed. If we look into the positive sides of having a covid issue we can notice the significance of engaging ourselves in the new technology. Nowadays digital transactions became common and many people became interested in crypto not only to use for payment but also for investment as well. What we've been through during lockdown is hard but because of various ways to take advantage the opportunity online it gives us an alternative to do transactions conveniently and think of how to earn using this modern technology.

[Betwrong]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion. I'm pleased that the majority of us are now adopting technology and applying it to ourselves since it makes things so much easier. For example, when it comes to payment systems via digital payment platforms, I've noticed that most of us, including the government, are now using mobile applications to assist our citizens.

Another thing I've noticed is that social media platforms are now being used to start businesses and earn enough money to make a decent living. Last but not least, people are becoming more interested in cryptocurrencies as they discover that they may make money by investing in it. Many users are now aware of bitcoin's enormous potential and can be used in different applications such as payment method.

Thank God COVID-19 is not a person, or it could be running for the President of the World, and could win - so many people are grateful to it.

But, if seriously, COVID indeed advanced the world into the future, same way as other terrible events from the past did. We shouldn't praise COVID for that, though. Rather we should praise humanity for the ability of turning such horrible things into its advantage.

[TopTort777]

Thank God COVID-19 is not a person, or it could be running for the President of the World, and could win - so many people are grateful to it.

People should issue COVID-19 NFT or create a meme from it. Funny that thanks to COVID-19 I managed to work less, or even work for 30min a day (that is something I wish my boss dont see) and earn same. I've spend much more time with family and helped my family with several things while "working from home". I really must be grateful, but grateful to God, that this virus did not touch my family, friend at all. At work we managed to get rid of ineffective employees and build a really strong team. But I really that we dont have all that "A Feast in Time of Plague" and live like we used to before 2019/2020.

[judaspriest]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion.

Indeed. If we look into the positive sides of having a covid issue we can notice the significance of engaging ourselves in the new technology. Nowadays digital transactions became common and many people became interested in crypto not only to use for payment but also for investment as well. What we've been through during lockdown is hard but because of various ways to take advantage the opportunity online it gives us an alternative to do transactions conveniently and think of how to earn using this modern technology.

Indeed, since the existence of Covid 19, of course there are positive and negative sides,
For some people, it seems a bit difficult to see the positive side because the fact is that the negative impact is certainly far more than the positive impact,
With the current pandemic, of course we also adjust and change our way of life, one of which is now in terms of online transactions and many more for sure

[Btcvilla]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion.

Indeed. If we look into the positive sides of having a covid issue we can notice the significance of engaging ourselves in the new technology. Nowadays digital transactions became common and many people became interested in crypto not only to use for payment but also for investment as well. What we've been through during lockdown is hard but because of various ways to take advantage the opportunity online it gives us an alternative to do transactions conveniently and think of how to earn using this modern technology.

Indeed, since the existence of Covid 19, of course there are positive and negative sides,
For some people, it seems a bit difficult to see the positive side because the fact is that the negative impact is certainly far more than the positive impact,
With the current pandemic, of course we also adjust and change our way of life, one of which is now in terms of online transactions and many more for sure

It's true that everything has changed so drastically because of covid. for the poor this is really very difficult if there is no handling and government assistance. I don't know how long this covid will end, I hope that the forum in this group from now on must be good at managing expenses. Because to get income is really very difficult. But I'm still very grateful to be able to work from home and earn something that can at least support our family.

[ivankoh]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion. I'm pleased that the majority of us are now adopting technology and applying it to ourselves since it makes things so much easier. For example, when it comes to payment systems via digital payment platforms, I've noticed that most of us, including the government, are now using mobile applications to assist our citizens.

Another thing I've noticed is that social media platforms are now being used to start businesses and earn enough money to make a decent living. Last but not least, people are becoming more interested in cryptocurrencies as they discover that they may make money by investing in it. Many users are now aware of bitcoin's enormous potential and can be used in different applications such as payment method.

Thank God COVID-19 is not a person, or it could be running for the President of the World, and could win - so many people are grateful to it.

But, if seriously, COVID indeed advanced the world into the future, same way as other terrible events from the past did. We shouldn't praise COVID for that, though. Rather we should praise humanity for the ability of turning such horrible things into its advantage.

Lol, Covid is a catalyst but not everything. Covid is not an entity that needs to be cheered but as it has added a big niche for the world to realize what is the future, what is a recession, what needs to be eliminated, they can print money to fight it. facts about bitcoin or crypto. But it has been an inexcusable fact of contemporary economic wretchedness under the pressure of paper money.

[conected]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion.

Indeed. If we look into the positive sides of having a covid issue we can notice the significance of engaging ourselves in the new technology. Nowadays digital transactions became common and many people became interested in crypto not only to use for payment but also for investment as well. What we've been through during lockdown is hard but because of various ways to take advantage the opportunity online it gives us an alternative to do transactions conveniently and think of how to earn using this modern technology.

Indeed, since the existence of Covid 19, of course there are positive and negative sides,
For some people, it seems a bit difficult to see the positive side because the fact is that the negative impact is certainly far more than the positive impact,
With the current pandemic, of course we also adjust and change our way of life, one of which is now in terms of online transactions and many more for sure

- Positivity just makes me feel like we're in a concentration prison on a very large scale, except we can be comfortable with some activities, basic encounters, we are completely destroyed new steps in life, simply put, my work goals are gone, a lot of interview letters have been deleted due to the pandemic, money in wallets are disappearing and a good lifestyle cannot create a future. What I am most grateful for right now is a release from this prison cell with a few doses of the perfect vaccine for prevention, continuing the unfinished road and supporting the family.

[Natalim]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion. I'm pleased that the majority of us are now adopting technology and applying it to ourselves since it makes things so much easier. For example, when it comes to payment systems via digital payment platforms, I've noticed that most of us, including the government, are now using mobile applications to assist our citizens.

Another thing I've noticed is that social media platforms are now being used to start businesses and earn enough money to make a decent living. Last but not least, people are becoming more interested in cryptocurrencies as they discover that they may make money by investing in it. Many users are now aware of bitcoin's enormous potential and can be used in different applications such as payment method.

Thank God COVID-19 is not a person, or it could be running for the President of the World, and could win - so many people are grateful to it.

But, if seriously, COVID indeed advanced the world into the future, same way as other terrible events from the past did. We shouldn't praise COVID for that, though. Rather we should praise humanity for the ability of turning such horrible things into its advantage.

Lol, Covid is a catalyst but not everything. Covid is not an entity that needs to be cheered but as it has added a big niche for the world to realize what is the future, what is a recession, what needs to be eliminated, they can print money to fight it. facts about bitcoin or crypto. But it has been an inexcusable fact of contemporary economic wretchedness under the pressure of paper money.

We will certainly feel the effect of the government's printing money, this centralized world will become worst in the future as taxes will skyrocket due to big loans and hyperinflation. This covid-19 is just a test in the water, the government was successful in their plans, so it would be easy for them to manipulate us, what do we expect, we are in a centralized world, so we have to deal with it.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

[South Park]

The pandemic changed the way the world worked and forced the application of technology solutions to work. People are working from home more. Service industries such as catering and tourism have experienced a decline in productivity, and door-to-door services such as delivery and transportation have grown rapidly. During the pandemic, the banking and finance industry has made a lot of money thanks to customers choosing cashless transactions. Online shopping sites too, Amazone, eBay, Aliexpress... have made a lot of money during the pandemic.
The most important thing is that people's living habits and lifestyle change.

And things are never going to be the same, if the pandemic had lasted just a few weeks then people would have gone back to their old habits as soon as this was over, but more than a year and a half has passed and it is still not over, and once it is finally over people are going to be incapable of doing things as they did before because now they are used to the new way to do things, this means that industries like tourism and restaurants are still going to face difficult times as there is not going to be enough demand for those businesses to survive.

We are almost heading 2 years for this pandemic situation that we are experiencing and it do indeed affect us on any way from the way we do live and from the economic matter which this pandemic had changed out almost everything.

Actually we do really missed on going back into those our normal lives where before covid didn't happened.There are lots of things changed on everything but doesn't mean that we hadn't able to adapt the situation.

Yes, its hard but we do really need to deal with it because we wont be finding ourselves to move forward if we do just keep looking in the past.

The problem is the uncertainty, there are many countries that have moved forward very aggressively when it comes to the vaccination of their population but there are other countries that have not done so, whether this is because they do not have the money or there is not enough vaccine this is a risk, as this gives the virus the chance to keep spreading there and eventually mutate and if does in a strain that it is immune to the vaccine then we will be in trouble.

[jaysabi]

The problem is the uncertainty, there are many countries that have moved forward very aggressively when it comes to the vaccination of their population but there are other countries that have not done so, whether this is because they do not have the money or there is not enough vaccine this is a risk, as this gives the virus the chance to keep spreading there and eventually mutate and if does in a strain that it is immune to the vaccine then we will be in trouble.

Every person the virus is passed on to gives the virus the change to mutate and become harder to control. The Delta variant is already far more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which was far more transmissible than the original strain. The virus is being given the opportunity to mutate because of the people who continue to downplay the severity of the pandemic, and those are almost exclusively conservatives in every country.

[radjie]

One of the best things COVID forced society to do is incorporate modern technology, in my opinion.

Indeed. If we look into the positive sides of having a covid issue we can notice the significance of engaging ourselves in the new technology. Nowadays digital transactions became common and many people became interested in crypto not only to use for payment but also for investment as well. What we've been through during lockdown is hard but because of various ways to take advantage the opportunity online it gives us an alternative to do transactions conveniently and think of how to earn using this modern technology.

Indeed, since the existence of Covid 19, of course there are positive and negative sides,
For some people, it seems a bit difficult to see the positive side because the fact is that the negative impact is certainly far more than the positive impact,
With the current pandemic, of course we also adjust and change our way of life, one of which is now in terms of online transactions and many more for sure

- Positivity just makes me feel like we're in a concentration prison on a very large scale, except we can be comfortable with some activities, basic encounters, we are completely destroyed new steps in life, simply put, my work goals are gone, a lot of interview letters have been deleted due to the pandemic, money in wallets are disappearing and a good lifestyle cannot create a future. What I am most grateful for right now is a release from this prison cell with a few doses of the perfect vaccine for prevention, continuing the unfinished road and supporting the family.

In addition to switching to using modern technology, most countries are still competing to produce vaccines that are very effective to overcome this Covid-19, but cannot be accepted for free by the public, some governments are still producing vaccines as a countermeasure to overcome related economic problems but only business people who  can feel it by taking advantage of the situation.  Therefore, the existence of Covid is not only seen from the positive side, because the negative impact is greater than the increase in technological progress

[Tahsin Kabir Kollol]

Despite the fact that people all over the world are facing various problems due to the coronavirus epidemic, it has forced people to think more deeply about different issues in the future. Coronavirus epidemics used to make people think that the medical system is the most modern, but now they are wrong. As a result, the medical system of different countries will be further developed and empowered. The coronavirus epidemic has exposed the weaknesses of each country's economic system. As a result, the governments of different countries will take the necessary steps to deal with such epidemics in the future economic structure. The current Corona situation will also encourage the implementation of future plans such as global climate change, mutual cooperation, technological advancement, and building strong economic structures.

[Betwrong]

Thank God COVID-19 is not a person, or it could be running for the President of the World, and could win - so many people are grateful to it.

People should issue COVID-19 NFT or create a meme from it. Funny that thanks to COVID-19 I managed to work less, or even work for 30min a day (that is something I wish my boss dont see) and earn same. I've spend much more time with family and helped my family with several things while "working from home". I really must be grateful, but grateful to God, that this virus did not touch my family, friend at all. At work we managed to get rid of ineffective employees and build a really strong team. But I really that we dont have all that "A Feast in Time of Plague" and live like we used to before 2019/2020.

I'm glad to see how it turned out for you and your family. And this is not a rare case, I've seen many of such reports. Skillful workers can either get the job done in much shorter period of time and spend more time with their family, like in your case, or they can do much more than when sitting in the office, and get paid more. Let's hope this practice, "working from home", will not be fully abandoned when the pandemic is over.

[wiss19]

Every person the virus is passed on to gives the virus the change to mutate and become harder to control. The Delta variant is already far more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which was far more transmissible than the original strain. The virus is being given the opportunity to mutate because of the people who continue to downplay the severity of the pandemic, and those are almost exclusively conservatives in every country.

The viruses and its variant might always come and go, we cannot really prevent these by shutting down markets and closing out shops. I hope by now the governments have learned that the solution is not lockdowns but following protocols and moving to work can lead to better results.

As far as the virus pushing the world towards digitalization is concerned, I think there is no doubt that we have been forced to do a lot of things digitally which earlier we were doing manually or offline. Not sure how people will react after the virus completely vanishes, will they turn back to the traditional methods or get a knack of these online transactions.

[AndySt]

Every person the virus is passed on to gives the virus the change to mutate and become harder to control. The Delta variant is already far more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which was far more transmissible than the original strain. The virus is being given the opportunity to mutate because of the people who continue to downplay the severity of the pandemic, and those are almost exclusively conservatives in every country.

The viruses and its variant might always come and go, we cannot really prevent these by shutting down markets and closing out shops. I hope by now the governments have learned that the solution is not lockdowns but following protocols and moving to work can lead to better results.
As far as the virus pushing the world towards digitalization is concerned, I think there is no doubt that we have been forced to do a lot of things digitally which earlier we were doing manually or offline. Not sure how people will react after the virus completely vanishes, will they turn back to the traditional methods or get a knack of these online transactions.

It's just that lockdowns are the simplest and most affordable solution for governments in conditions when vaccines are not yet ready, vaccines have not yet been distributed among the population, and an effective treatment method has not been developed. Government officials are not suicidal and are well aware of the consequences of such actions, but they are forced to go for it. It's just that the world has not faced such situations in its recent history and is groping for effective methods of response. In the end, everything will be decided by economic efficiency and expediency, I think that after the pandemic, no one will cling to inconvenient and inefficient technologies just on the basis that these technologies are digital.

[CHENIEN]

conceivably there is also a good ground then people now know and understand what real life is suchlike as those who have never experienced anything like this and the economy of the country becomes equal to find a cure.
down from many accomplishments, there are so many Major dilemmas inside and out of justice that have been awarded.

[Coroline]

Covid-19 has sparked new concerns about physical contact in industries where social distancing is difficult - such as in the retail, hospitality or warehousing industries. One way to overcome this is to replace humans with robots.
Research shows that automation often benefits during recessions. In a pandemic, companies are speeding up machining that can load guests into hotels, cut salads at restaurants, or collect fees at toll gates. And shopping is growing online.
This innovation will make the economy more productive. But it also means that when it's safe to return to work, some jobs are gone. And the longer people remain unemployed, the more their skills stall - something economists call "hysteresis."

[Renampun]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are in the spotlight during this pandemic because they have changed the lives of millions of people around the world...

I myself experienced this where cryptocurrencies helped my economy during a pandemic. Apart from that from the data I saw that digital usage in my country was increasing rapidly, people felt that using technology during this pandemic was a must. This pandemic is pushing the world to move faster and enter fully into the digital age.

[Ziskinberg]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are in the spotlight during this pandemic because they have changed the lives of millions of people around the world...

I myself experienced this where cryptocurrencies helped my economy during a pandemic. Apart from that from the data I saw that digital usage in my country was increasing rapidly, people felt that using technology during this pandemic was a must. This pandemic is pushing the world to move faster and enter fully into the digital age.

That was proven when we have a bull market during the pandemic, it's not suppose to happen since the world is struggling economically but we witnessed how fresh money have entered in the market resulting to a bull run. It was a blessing for us as it helps people realize that everything is easy using online transaction and crypto is really a big help.

[South Park]

The problem is the uncertainty, there are many countries that have moved forward very aggressively when it comes to the vaccination of their population but there are other countries that have not done so, whether this is because they do not have the money or there is not enough vaccine this is a risk, as this gives the virus the chance to keep spreading there and eventually mutate and if does in a strain that it is immune to the vaccine then we will be in trouble.

Every person the virus is passed on to gives the virus the change to mutate and become harder to control. The Delta variant is already far more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which was far more transmissible than the original strain. The virus is being given the opportunity to mutate because of the people who continue to downplay the severity of the pandemic, and those are almost exclusively conservatives in every country.

Ignorance is a big factor that is also contributing for all of this to keep growing, I understand that people have sovereignty over their bodies but the moment this begins to affect everyone else then this becomes a more complex issue, after all it may not seem as such a big deal that someone does not want to take the vaccine or wants to follow the safety protocols that have been implemented, however what they do not understand is that they are putting everyone at risk because if the virus mutates once again and it becomes immune to the vaccines then we will be in huge trouble.

[Betwrong]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are in the spotlight during this pandemic because they have changed the lives of millions of people around the world...

I myself experienced this where cryptocurrencies helped my economy during a pandemic. Apart from that from the data I saw that digital usage in my country was increasing rapidly, people felt that using technology during this pandemic was a must. This pandemic is pushing the world to move faster and enter fully into the digital age.

Yes, I think everyone can more or less agree on that. This is particularly the case for older people, 65+, many of whom were thinking that they could do without those new technologies before the pandemic. Many of them started acquainting themselves with new things, and they liked it. And there are hundreds of millions of such people in the world. I bet some of them can be not only consumers but creators capable of doing valuable things, while they would be destined to stand on the sidelines otherwise.

[Rasa nanas]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are in the spotlight during this pandemic because they have changed the lives of millions of people around the world...

I myself experienced this where cryptocurrencies helped my economy during a pandemic. Apart from that from the data I saw that digital usage in my country was increasing rapidly, people felt that using technology during this pandemic was a must. This pandemic is pushing the world to move faster and enter fully into the digital age.

when this pandemic ends are you still sure if this situation continues?
I do not think so. After this pandemic is over for sure many people will leave cryptocurrency and start looking for real jobs. most people want instant results, and of course they won't get them in cryptocurrencies.

[South Park]

I totally agree with OP, I think that the digital economies have developed greatly, not only the economy but everything that has to do with education and jobs at the digital level, in my country particularly we have incalculable inflation due to the enormous figure Of economic disorder, many people have not only turned to being freelancers, but many of all ages are turning to making money through games, that is, Gambling, and games like Runscape, tibia, among others, and this has changed The way of thinking of many people, in fact now BTC and cryptocurrencies shine much more, and although the government is somewhat subtle with the issue of crypto, where it is most prevalent in BTC miners, it is the only thing they take control, but development in a country where there was practically no life at all, thanks to this pandemic people have been developing ways to survive, I think the more pressure people have, the more ideas of Survival emerges by taking advantage of the technology and deflationary economics of BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are in the spotlight during this pandemic because they have changed the lives of millions of people around the world...

I myself experienced this where cryptocurrencies helped my economy during a pandemic. Apart from that from the data I saw that digital usage in my country was increasing rapidly, people felt that using technology during this pandemic was a must. This pandemic is pushing the world to move faster and enter fully into the digital age.

Yes, I think everyone can more or less agree on that. This is particularly the case for older people, 65+, many of whom were thinking that they could do without those new technologies before the pandemic. Many of them started acquainting themselves with new things, and they liked it. And there are hundreds of millions of such people in the world. I bet some of them can be not only consumers but creators capable of doing valuable things, while they would be destined to stand on the sidelines otherwise.

Truth to be told the pandemic forced people to adapt, the reason old people do not seem to understand new technology is not because they are dumb or anything like that, it has to do with the fact that they have set up their lives in a way that they do not need to adapt and they just want to relax, but the pandemic forced them to do so as a great deal of the things that we could do were limited and the only way to find a replacement for them was to go online and use a smartphone to find them.

[worldofcoins]

I don't think it advanced the world, It actually fucked it up.
Now people will have to keep on taking the vaccine(s) because there's always going to be another virus every now and then, And pharma companies are happy about it even if don't show their happiness.

People like Bill Gates, Anthony Fauchi, Rothschild, Are a disgrace to humanity for the actions they took, I hope trump gets elected in 2024.

[AndySt]

Truth to be told the pandemic forced people to adapt, the reason old people do not seem to understand new technology is not because they are dumb or anything like that, it has to do with the fact that they have set up their lives in a way that they do not need to adapt and they just want to relax, but the pandemic forced them to do so as a great deal of the things that we could do were limited and the only way to find a replacement for them was to go online and use a smartphone to find them.

A person by himself is a rather lazy being and he needs all sorts of incentives to change his habits or his usual world. All this only gets stronger with age and you should not blame the absolute majority of people for this, because this is human nature. Older people are quite curious, but their previous experience was formed in a previous time with a different environment and they automatically try to transfer their previous experience to new technologies, and this does not always work. COVID, of course, forces them to accept new technological realities, because this is a very powerful incentive for successfully solving all tasks due to all kinds of restrictions in movement.

[imstillthebest]

I don't think it advanced the world, It actually fucked it up.
Now people will have to keep on taking the vaccine(s) because there's always going to be another virus every now and then

it advanced the world maybe in the i.t category because most of the transactions now are done online but to some aspects it was delayed because we need to comply on protocols and wait for the result if we are allowed to proceed or not .
and is taking more vaccine dangerous ? and i guess one vaccine is okay and you will be immune to the virus . we are not also force to take the vaccine

[Betwrong]

Truth to be told the pandemic forced people to adapt, the reason old people do not seem to understand new technology is not because they are dumb or anything like that, it has to do with the fact that they have set up their lives in a way that they do not need to adapt and they just want to relax, but the pandemic forced them to do so as a great deal of the things that we could do were limited and the only way to find a replacement for them was to go online and use a smartphone to find them.

A person by himself is a rather lazy being and he needs all sorts of incentives to change his habits or his usual world. All this only gets stronger with age and you should not blame the absolute majority of people for this, because this is human nature. Older people are quite curious, but their previous experience was formed in a previous time with a different environment and they automatically try to transfer their previous experience to new technologies, and this does not always work. COVID, of course, forces them to accept new technological realities, because this is a very powerful incentive for successfully solving all tasks due to all kinds of restrictions in movement.

You are right, we absolutely shouldn't blame older people in reluctance in accepting new technologies. Indeed, it's human nature.

The pace of advancement was already quick like never before during the past decades. Unfortunately many older people were excluded from the festivity, but they are not anymore. We are yet to see how it will impact the world, but what I'm sure of, it will be a positive impact on development speed.

[South Park]

I don't think it advanced the world, It actually fucked it up.
Now people will have to keep on taking the vaccine(s) because there's always going to be another virus every now and then, And pharma companies are happy about it even if don't show their happiness.

Any big event changes the world, in some aspects for the better and in others for the worst, that is simply what is happening here, I think there are some instances in which the pandemic actually improved things, people were too easy going when it came to their health and the precautions they took so this got people to think about their health and about their priorities like loving your family and friends and spend more time with them, but as you say the fact that now it seems we will need to take a vaccine every year is a huge problem that we will have to deal with.

[Felimon]

In my opinion everything has its pros and cons as well as the covid-19 pandemic has made the economy or life of many countries worse, even spread and killed a lot of people, but If after the pandemic will make people grow stronger, like closing one door, another door will open and after the rain the sky will be bright, our future will definitely develop. develop. stronger and constantly growing.

[jaysabi]

Every person the virus is passed on to gives the virus the change to mutate and become harder to control. The Delta variant is already far more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which was far more transmissible than the original strain. The virus is being given the opportunity to mutate because of the people who continue to downplay the severity of the pandemic, and those are almost exclusively conservatives in every country.

The viruses and its variant might always come and go, we cannot really prevent these by shutting down markets and closing out shops. I hope by now the governments have learned that the solution is not lockdowns but following protocols and moving to work can lead to better results.

As far as the virus pushing the world towards digitalization is concerned, I think there is no doubt that we have been forced to do a lot of things digitally which earlier we were doing manually or offline. Not sure how people will react after the virus completely vanishes, will they turn back to the traditional methods or get a knack of these online transactions.

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

[fara_buduk]

according to the reality at this time, we are required to be intelligent humans by utilizing the digital world because of the covid-19 virus which causes a large number of deaths. And it is undeniable that many countries have locked down to prevent its spread but behind that their policies are not in favor of the little people who work hard so they don't heed the appeal because they think the virus is deadly but if they don't work against the corona storm their family will starve to death, until now no one has been able to remove the virus from the world why should we be restrained by this while life will wait for death,

[Sithara007]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

Even in developed nations such as the United States, there are sections of people who refuse to get vaccinated. Here in India, there is an overload of propaganda against the vaccines going on in social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. Even I have received several messages claiming that vaccinated people will die within 2 years and taking a vaccine will make you impotent. I don't know the real reason behind this fake campaign. Who is going to benefit, if more people die from COVID? But as long as people refuse to get vaccinated, newer strains of the virus will be reported from various parts of the world.

[Xinarae*]

The reason why developing countries like the United States refuse to be vaccinated is that their transmission of the virus is increasing through vaccination. Many have tested positive for corona virus after the second dose that's why corona vaccination is slow in the united states lots of vaccines have been submitted but the united states is now at a crossroads in terms of health ethics and diplomacy. This is because china is exporting more vaccines than any other country through this they are improving the international image increasing the effect.

[Rasa nanas]

according to the reality at this time, we are required to be intelligent humans by utilizing the digital world because of the covid-19 virus which causes a large number of deaths. And it is undeniable that many countries have locked down to prevent its spread but behind that their policies are not in favor of the little people who work hard so they don't heed the appeal because they think the virus is deadly but if they don't work against the corona storm their family will starve to death, until now no one has been able to remove the virus from the world why should we be restrained by this while life will wait for death,

Policies to prevent the spread of this virus are like two sharp blades. Lockdown is one way to suppress the spread of the virus, but if it is implemented there will be other big problems (such as economic problems). But if you don't implement a lockdown, the rate of spread of this virus is getting out of control and there are more victims.

[South Park]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

[Vishnu.Reang]

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

If the population gets vaccinated quickly then the virus will be contained and there will be no more mutations. But what happened is that rich countries such as United States and United Kingdom hoarded more vaccines than they need, while the poor countries faced a lot of difficulties in procuring enough doses to vaccinate their population. And since large number of people were not vaccinated, the virus was able to mutate in countries such as India and Brazil. And the irony is that eventually these mutated strains made their way to the same developed countries which hoarded the vaccines.

[Snappycoco]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

[bryant.coleman]

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

You are right. Although the virus is mutating, that doesn't mean that the vaccines will be completely ineffective against it. The efficacy is lower, but the better vaccines such as Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen and Sputnik is >80% efficient against mutated strains such as Alpha, Gamma, Delta and Delta plus. I wouldn't trust the Chinese vaccines though. They are bribing mainstream media houses to write articles in their favor and most of the mainstream media channels are flooded with articles and programs praising the Chinese vaccines. But from what I have seen, the real life efficacy of Sinovac and Sinopharm is close to zero.

[Desmong]

Would I say the pandemic has really showed people to be prepared and ready for the worse coming which I don't think the future has worse disease than what we have suffered this present days which had cleared many lives and jobs leaving people to ponder on what to eat, how to survive, and what will be their state of living after this huge disaster.

There is no reasonable advantage to what we have experienced here and there. Most countries, big companies of the world are just getting from their feet, to get through their loses after the putting things back in order and looking to the future for greater adventure that could generate good funds for them.

[monineklutak]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

Indeed, when talking about viruses, of course it is not easy to remove,
especially this covid 19 virus which is increasingly mutating and there are many variants of the covid 19 virus,
I hope the available vaccine can stop the spread of covid 19

[riso2015]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

More bad effects than the negative impact. Covid has destroyed everything. I used to think that nothing could possibly make a place of worship quieter.. It turned out that it was covid that made that possible. Many people are depressed and lost their minds because of covid.. I hope this ends soon..whatever the benefits of online money are, money is still more delicious than real results.

[Snappycoco]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

Indeed, when talking about viruses, of course it is not easy to remove,
especially this covid 19 virus which is increasingly mutating and there are many variants of the covid 19 virus,
I hope the available vaccine can stop the spread of covid 19

What I really meant is that vaccines takes time to eradicate virus in the face of the earth. Not totally vanished but it could stop a worldwide effect. Well, according to studies coronavirus was first saw way back 10000 years ago

Molecular clock dating analyses of coronaviruses suggest that the most recent common ancestor of these viruses existed around 10,000 years ago.

and that is according to this journal https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676139/. But it didn't cause any major effect worldwide until someone eats a wild bat in China and spread this virus. 

[South Park]

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

But viruses are different and can be classified in two different branches, those that do not mutate easily and those that do, the virus that causes polio is one that has a very low mutation rate so you can create a vaccine and still use it fifty years later, the virus that causes COVID mutates extremely fast, it is so fast that as far as I know that are 4 other strains already, so I think my prediction regarding the future that awaits us is more accurate.

[Betwrong]

The virus is going to be with us forever as not everyone is going to take the vaccine whether because they do not want to or simply because they do not have access to it and then the virus will mutate to the point another vaccine will be necessary beginning a game of cat and mouse of which there is no escape, so the best we can do is to take the precautions necessary so we do not get it and if we do we should avoid transmitting the virus to other people.

I don't think so. I believe like polio out break, it could be eliminated by vaccines and herd immunity. And just like sars, it mutated but still vaccines isolated the virus up to the point where it vanished. Here in the Philippines, polio outbreak was unstoppable on year 1990 up til 2010's and we finally got broke it up by vaccines given.

But viruses are different and can be classified in two different branches, those that do not mutate easily and those that do, the virus that causes polio is one that has a very low mutation rate so you can create a vaccine and still use it fifty years later, the virus that causes COVID mutates extremely fast, it is so fast that as far as I know that are 4 other strains already, so I think my prediction regarding the future that awaits us is more accurate.

I feel like we are starting going off-topic here, because it was about positive effects of the pandemic, and too see new examples of such effects from various countries would be still very interesting.

How dangerous COVID-19 can be for the economy, especially with new strains emerging, is also an interesting topic, and it deserves a separate thread(if there's none yet). I can't resist sharing a thought regarding what you said, though. Although fully vaccinated individuals can be infected with a new strain, they will recover more easily, like from a minor illness, and that won't affect the world economy in any way because people get sick all the time, and it's known how to deal with it.

[Rruchi man]

Indeed, COVID acted as a catalyst to speed up the rates of numerous innovations, inventions  and new ways of life which would have otherwise taken some time to achieve. More lives were saved than was lost. More jobs were save than was lost. Folks picked up new health habits. Till date I still wash my hands for at least 30 to 60seconds.

One of the most important COVID-19 pandemic taught the world is that digital workflows, robots, automation are not some ideals to strive towards in the future but a present and non-escapable  requirement and a must.

[DPrillio]

Indeed, COVID acted as a catalyst to speed up the rates of numerous innovations, inventions  and new ways of life which would have otherwise taken some time to achieve. More lives were saved than was lost. More jobs were save than was lost. Folks picked up new health habits. Till date I still wash my hands for at least 30 to 60seconds.

One of the most important COVID-19 pandemic taught the world is that digital workflows, robots, automation are not some ideals to strive towards in the future but a present and non-escapable  requirement and a must.

Everything in this pandemic is for business, the elite grab opportunity to collect more and more money. The big pharma network benefited the sweetness of profits for vaccine, and the daily  mask and faceshield will give profitability of chinese businessman. If there is no pandemic the world can easily advance into the future unlike today the world is like getting pause and controlled

[tabas]

Everything in this pandemic is for business, the elite grab opportunity to collect more and more money. The big pharma network benefited the sweetness of profits for vaccine, and the daily  mask and faceshield will give profitability of chinese businessman. If there is no pandemic the world can easily advance into the future unlike today the world is like getting pause and controlled

And they're earning billions every week despite the covid pandemic has come. Although it's no longer surprising to see that the rich are getting richer and the poor get poorer but considering that it's happening during these times of pandemic.
There must be something into it and their wealth keeps on increasing because of their businesses that are along side with the situation of the world right now.

[CaVO32]

Everything in this pandemic is for business, the elite grab opportunity to collect more and more money. The big pharma network benefited the sweetness of profits for vaccine, and the daily  mask and faceshield will give profitability of chinese businessman. If there is no pandemic the world can easily advance into the future unlike today the world is like getting pause and controlled

And they're earning billions every week despite the covid pandemic has come. Although it's no longer surprising to see that the rich are getting richer and the poor get poorer but considering that it's happening during these times of pandemic.
There must be something into it and their wealth keeps on increasing because of their businesses that are along side with the situation of the world right now.

Maybe if we look at that aspect, it is quite disappointing as these businesses are proliferating whereas, a lot are suffering. However, looking at the other side of things, pandemic advanced us in terms of digital payments. That's why crypto market boomed during this pandemic. As merchants are trying to look for alternatives of cash payment, they've seen that crypto payments is a very good alternative. I think, that's one positive outcome in crypto during this crisis.

[Wawa2013]

Everything in this pandemic is for business, the elite grab opportunity to collect more and more money. The big pharma network benefited the sweetness of profits for vaccine, and the daily  mask and faceshield will give profitability of chinese businessman. If there is no pandemic the world can easily advance into the future unlike today the world is like getting pause and controlled

And they're earning billions every week despite the covid pandemic has come. Although it's no longer surprising to see that the rich are getting richer and the poor get poorer but considering that it's happening during these times of pandemic.
There must be something into it and their wealth keeps on increasing because of their businesses that are along side with the situation of the world right now.

Maybe if we look at that aspect, it is quite disappointing as these businesses are proliferating whereas, a lot are suffering. However, looking at the other side of things, pandemic advanced us in terms of digital payments. That's why crypto market boomed during this pandemic. As merchants are trying to look for alternatives of cash payment, they've seen that crypto payments is a very good alternative. I think, that's one positive outcome in crypto during this crisis.

Many businessmen take advantage of the suffering of others into profit, especially companies that are in the health sector, during this pandemic
the profits are increasing. Therefore, there are always irresponsible people who take advantage of the pandemic momentum to seek personal gain.
In my country there are many rogue businessmen who hoard various kinds of medical equipment and drugs, then it becomes difficult to obtain,
and if there is the price soars. I hope the government will solve this, otherwise many people were harmed. I agree on the positive side of
the pandemic, making changes regarding payments. Now that everything is done online to prevent the spread of the corona virus, almost all
financial transactions are done digitally. This finally made crypto start to rise in popularity during the pandemic, no wonder more and more people
are deciding to invest in crypto.

[onecall123]

~

Many businessmen take advantage of the suffering of others into profit, especially companies that are in the health sector, during this pandemic
the profits are increasing. Therefore, there are always irresponsible people who take advantage of the pandemic momentum to seek personal gain.
In my country there are many rogue businessmen who hoard various kinds of medical equipment and drugs, then it becomes difficult to obtain,
and if there is the price soars. I hope the government will solve this, otherwise many people were harmed. I agree on the positive side of
the pandemic, making changes regarding payments. Now that everything is done online to prevent the spread of the corona virus, almost all
financial transactions are done digitally. This finally made crypto start to rise in popularity during the pandemic, no wonder more and more people
are deciding to invest in crypto.

Few months ago people are unwilling to vaccinate, but new Delta and other variants spreads more easily. More cases of COVID-19 found, so get vaccinated become necessary. Due to alarming mortality rate COVID-19 vaccine business unquestioningly boost up. Nice thing is people respond nicley to mask and vaccine recommendations but some responsible authorities take advantages during this pandemic. Such ill-business model complicated to distribute medical equipment the worldwide, especially poor countries. The virus have never left just focusing on your nation, but every parts of the world needs the same treatment as like developed countries.

[oHnK]

~

Many businessmen take advantage of the suffering of others into profit, especially companies that are in the health sector, during this pandemic
the profits are increasing. Therefore, there are always irresponsible people who take advantage of the pandemic momentum to seek personal gain.
In my country there are many rogue businessmen who hoard various kinds of medical equipment and drugs, then it becomes difficult to obtain,
and if there is the price soars. I hope the government will solve this, otherwise many people were harmed. I agree on the positive side of
the pandemic, making changes regarding payments. Now that everything is done online to prevent the spread of the corona virus, almost all
financial transactions are done digitally. This finally made crypto start to rise in popularity during the pandemic, no wonder more and more people
are deciding to invest in crypto.

Few months ago people are unwilling to vaccinate, but new Delta and other variants spreads more easily. More cases of COVID-19 found, so get vaccinated become necessary. Due to alarming mortality rate COVID-19 vaccine business unquestioningly boost up. Nice thing is people respond nicley to mask and vaccine recommendations but some responsible authorities take advantages during this pandemic. Such ill-business model complicated to distribute medical equipment the worldwide, especially poor countries. The virus have never left just focusing on your nation, but every parts of the world needs the same treatment as like developed countries.

The other thing that we should face that Covid-19 is a business for some people. They use every policy to make their own profit. Such as in develop country which has mix system and the government has some private company to earn profit but in the fact they are the mafia in this pandemic, from screening test until medicine they create some policy to give much profit for them. How this will end.

[terrorJR]

there is always wisdom in every incident maybe that's a pretty fitting word to say now.
it's true that covid is a pandemic that harms everyone and even the whole world feels the same way but of course behind it all there are positive things that are stored during this pandemic, one of which is that now there are many jobs based on online and not just work starting from learning systems, ordering food and any payments are now starting to be based on online and maybe this is very common in countries where the majority of the economy is already developed but for those who are still below average this is a new thing and even though this is actually a coercion from conditions but in an increasingly sophisticated era they must be able to adjust the situation so that they are not too left behind by developed countries.

[shield132]

The only benefit I see from covid is that if forced world economy to restart. Weak, useless, ineffective business and services has died, while those who wanted, evolved and survived. Those who wanted, managed to adapt their work to current realities. The bad thing about all this - humankind paid a really high price for all that.

Weak, useless and ineffective businesses always die and Covid has nothing to do with it, this process happens simply because of demand and supply correlation. The problem here is that Covid caused to shut down businesses because people weren't able to use their service.
Let's take GYMs for example, a lot of GYMs were closed because of the Covid pandemic and that happened because the government forced them to stop work for six months and then secondly for three months pretty quickly.

When the government forces you to stop your business activity for a long time and doesn't subsidise anything, then it's not really your fault or weakness to finally close.

What covid did is that it pushed the world to become more digital and personally I think it's not good. Everyday zoom calls, less social activities, staying at home all day, this is very boring and unhealthy, nothing to talk about the other side effects.

[tabas]

Everything in this pandemic is for business, the elite grab opportunity to collect more and more money. The big pharma network benefited the sweetness of profits for vaccine, and the daily  mask and faceshield will give profitability of chinese businessman. If there is no pandemic the world can easily advance into the future unlike today the world is like getting pause and controlled

And they're earning billions every week despite the covid pandemic has come. Although it's no longer surprising to see that the rich are getting richer and the poor get poorer but considering that it's happening during these times of pandemic.
There must be something into it and their wealth keeps on increasing because of their businesses that are along side with the situation of the world right now.

Maybe if we look at that aspect, it is quite disappointing as these businesses are proliferating whereas, a lot are suffering. However, looking at the other side of things, pandemic advanced us in terms of digital payments. That's why crypto market boomed during this pandemic. As merchants are trying to look for alternatives of cash payment, they've seen that crypto payments is a very good alternative. I think, that's one positive outcome in crypto during this crisis.

Yes, the crypto market didn't looked affected on this pandemic since it's not the same as the others that are tangible. Well, if we're only going to look at that perspective.
We're enjoying the run but that's the fact that these big corporations are the ones that have been booming and making billions after billions within a short period of time.

[Sithara007]

Yes, the crypto market didn't looked affected on this pandemic since it's not the same as the others that are tangible. Well, if we're only going to look at that perspective.
We're enjoying the run but that's the fact that these big corporations are the ones that have been booming and making billions after billions within a short period of time.

It will be too early to say that the market wasn't affected as a result of the pandemic. Multiple incidents related to the pandemic had its impact on the cryptocurrency prices, over the past 1.5 years. First it was the stimulus cheques. A lot of people received the additional cash at a time when they didn't needed them. They used the stimulus money to purchase assets including Bitcoin, and it resulted a jump in the Bitcoin prices. And the latest crash (when BTC went down from $35,000 to $28,000) was attributed to the fears associated with the spread of the delta variant (the stock market also went down at the same time).

[Wawa2013]

~
Many businessmen take advantage of the suffering of others into profit, especially companies that are in the health sector, during this pandemic
the profits are increasing. Therefore, there are always irresponsible people who take advantage of the pandemic momentum to seek personal gain.
In my country there are many rogue businessmen who hoard various kinds of medical equipment and drugs, then it becomes difficult to obtain,
and if there is the price soars. I hope the government will solve this, otherwise many people were harmed. I agree on the positive side of
the pandemic, making changes regarding payments. Now that everything is done online to prevent the spread of the corona virus, almost all
financial transactions are done digitally. This finally made crypto start to rise in popularity during the pandemic, no wonder more and more people
are deciding to invest in crypto.

Few months ago people are unwilling to vaccinate, but new Delta and other variants spreads more easily. More cases of COVID-19 found, so get vaccinated become necessary. Due to alarming mortality rate COVID-19 vaccine business unquestioningly boost up. Nice thing is people respond nicley to mask and vaccine recommendations but some responsible authorities take advantages during this pandemic. Such ill-business model complicated to distribute medical equipment the worldwide, especially poor countries. The virus have never left just focusing on your nation, but every parts of the world needs the same treatment as like developed countries.

The other thing that we should face that Covid-19 is a business for some people. They use every policy to make their own profit. Such as in develop country which has mix system and the government has some private company to earn profit but in the fact they are the mafia in this pandemic, from screening test until medicine they create some policy to give much profit for them. How this will end.

In the end, the poor are increasingly disadvantaged, because apart from rising health costs, they also have to face difficulties in earning money.
Because in a situation like now very few companies open job vacancies, even if they want to open a shop to sell goods, the number of buyers
has dropped drastically. Especially for people who are poor and don't understand technology,  it will be more difficult for them to survive in this
pandemic situation. If people who understand technology, can look for opportunities to make money on the internet. I just hope the pandemic
ends soon and we can all return to normal life.

[Brus123]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

It is just inappropriate for me to think positively  about Covid-19. It took so many lives, it prevents us from traveling, going out. So no progress is worth such losses. To my mind, humanity will be able to reach this level of tech-development without this disaster as well. So many problems for the economics of all countries. Of course, investors are not in losses,  we were able to buy more assets both in the stock market and in crypto during this drawdown, but I don’t want to be selfish.

[Rasa nanas]

Indeed, COVID acted as a catalyst to speed up the rates of numerous innovations, inventions  and new ways of life which would have otherwise taken some time to achieve. More lives were saved than was lost. More jobs were save than was lost. Folks picked up new health habits. Till date I still wash my hands for at least 30 to 60seconds.

One of the most important COVID-19 pandemic taught the world is that digital workflows, robots, automation are not some ideals to strive towards in the future but a present and non-escapable  requirement and a must.

but on the other hand covid is also the cause of the extraordinary rate of poverty. The pandemic has cost many people their jobs and made many businesses go bankrupt. it's not about how many people can be saved, but how many people die from this virus. nor is it how many workers are saved but how many people have their incomes decreased because of this virus.

[Betwrong]

Indeed, COVID acted as a catalyst to speed up the rates of numerous innovations, inventions  and new ways of life which would have otherwise taken some time to achieve. More lives were saved than was lost. More jobs were save than was lost. Folks picked up new health habits. Till date I still wash my hands for at least 30 to 60seconds.

One of the most important COVID-19 pandemic taught the world is that digital workflows, robots, automation are not some ideals to strive towards in the future but a present and non-escapable  requirement and a must.

but on the other hand covid is also the cause of the extraordinary rate of poverty. The pandemic has cost many people their jobs and made many businesses go bankrupt. it's not about how many people can be saved, but how many people die from this virus. nor is it how many workers are saved but how many people have their incomes decreased because of this virus.

No one here is saying COVID-19 is a good thing. This plague has taken more than 4 million lives already, and will surely take more. Total daily deaths from COVID are around 7,000-8,000 currently, it is much more than from terrorism, wars and crime combined. It's a terrible tragedy. And, of course you are right, many people have lost their jobs, and even if they were partially compensated, it's still a tragedy.

But in this thread, knowing that CIVID is overall very bad for the world economy, we are trying to find out about some positive effects, like turning of elderly people to computers and internet, in particular. It think right now it's hard to estimate how good it can be for the world economy, we have to wait several years to see the effect, but the effect will be positive and it can be huge.

[oHnK]

In the end, the poor are increasingly disadvantaged, because apart from rising health costs, they also have to face difficulties in earning money.
Because in a situation like now very few companies open job vacancies, even if they want to open a shop to sell goods, the number of buyers
has dropped drastically. Especially for people who are poor and don't understand technology,  it will be more difficult for them to survive in this
pandemic situation. If people who understand technology, can look for opportunities to make money on the internet. I just hope the pandemic
ends soon and we can all return to normal life.

I dont think when you understand about the technology that will help you out this pandemic certainly because when your business go online then your country is lockdown, the society will not have money to buy ur goods although you have online service for costumers. The pandemic indeed teach us a lot about using technology but This pandemic puts a lot of burden on the community which definitely drains our savings to survive and even many have gone out of business.

[Kittygalore]

Totally disagree that we did advance, most of the technology involved with fighting the pandemic is already available so I don't think that it really did advanced us, it more of like halted our progression as a species more than advanced it.

[tabas]

Yes, the crypto market didn't looked affected on this pandemic since it's not the same as the others that are tangible. Well, if we're only going to look at that perspective.
We're enjoying the run but that's the fact that these big corporations are the ones that have been booming and making billions after billions within a short period of time.

It will be too early to say that the market wasn't affected as a result of the pandemic. Multiple incidents related to the pandemic had its impact on the cryptocurrency prices, over the past 1.5 years. First it was the stimulus cheques. A lot of people received the additional cash at a time when they didn't needed them. They used the stimulus money to purchase assets including Bitcoin, and it resulted a jump in the Bitcoin prices. And the latest crash (when BTC went down from $35,000 to $28,000) was attributed to the fears associated with the spread of the delta variant (the stock market also went down at the same time).

It didn't looked affected but at first, we've seen that it's been pandemic since last year before we got into the bull run. And that was the best time to invest in the market but many didn't saw that opportunity because they thought that the market was dying due to the pandemic. That's what usually has been happening when the market isn't showing good, most of the people are thinking that it's already the end of the market and misses to buy.

[Dragonfund]

In my opinion everything has its pros and cons as well as the covid-19 pandemic has made the economy or life of many countries worse, even spread and killed a lot of people, but If after the pandemic will make people grow stronger, like closing one door, another door will open and after the rain the sky will be bright, our future will definitely develop. develop. stronger and constantly growing.

When you weigh the merit and Demerit of covid-19, the latter surpassed the first. There is no way someone will just wake up one day and start writing the added advantage of corona virus to economy.
Since I was born into earth, I never for once think we will come to something like that's similar to world ending.
Some economy are still struggling to recover from corona break and finding it difficult to increase production.
There are still country who are face with challenges of having free movement till now because they fear the spread might trigger the communication.

[Betwrong]

Totally disagree that we did advance, most of the technology involved with fighting the pandemic is already available so I don't think that it really did advanced us, it more of like halted our progression as a species more than advanced it.

Well, that's just your opinion, man. Maybe read through this thread or google about it. It's a fact that because of COVID-19 the adoption of digital technologies has been accelerated throughout the world. Right now the main problem is not the lack of technologies, rather, it's sluggish adoption of them.

But, although this pandemic has nudged the world in the right direction, we shouldn't forget how terrible it is and also that it's not over yet, and if some of us are still not vaccinated, we should do it as soon as possible. I got my first vaccine 2 days ago because my country is pretty slow in this department, less than 5% of population is fully vaccinated, but especially in places like this it's important to be vaccinated.

As always, we as a species, can be halted by some disaster, or be advanced by it. It depends on us.

[monineklutak]

Totally disagree that we did advance, most of the technology involved with fighting the pandemic is already available so I don't think that it really did advanced us, it more of like halted our progression as a species more than advanced it.

Well, that's just your opinion, man. Maybe read through this thread or google about it. It's a fact that because of COVID-19 the adoption of digital technologies has been accelerated throughout the world. Right now the main problem is not the lack of technologies, rather, it's sluggish adoption of them.

But, although this pandemic has nudged the world in the right direction, we shouldn't forget how terrible it is and also that it's not over yet, and if some of us are still not vaccinated, we should do it as soon as possible. I got my first vaccine 2 days ago because my country is pretty slow in this department, less than 5% of population is fully vaccinated, but especially in places like this it's important to be vaccinated.

As always, we as a species, can be halted by some disaster, or be advanced by it. It depends on us.

It's true we can't close our eyes that since the Covid 19, digital technology has been growing,
if we look at the data, there are not a few who have not been vaccinated and of course this is a homework for the government in every country in order to accelerate the vaccination program,
Of course we all hope that this pandemic can end soon even though it is difficult to see it in the near future

[suryana]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

Until now, covid in my country has made everything chaotic, especially the economy. Many people go crazy because of their unpreparedness for this situation. Even people become more unhealthy, rarely exercise, birth rates are also increasing in balance with the number of deaths. I don't know how we have to be able to live side by side with covid. I hope after this we can enjoy life again

[Vishnu.Reang]

The hospital is currently getting a big profit because of Covid, in my country almost everyone who gets sick and is checked at the hospital will become Covid, I have a neighbor who is 67 years old and he is often sick, when he has routine checks and has to test for Covid then he is declared positive .

At least in my country (India), that is not the case. The state governments have implemented strict daily thresholds on medical bills and therefore the hospitals can't charge beyond a certain limit. On top of that, the healthcare professionals are badly impacted by the pandemic, and a number of them have died so far. This has left many of the hospitals understaffed. I can't think of any sector in the economy, other than eCommerce business to some extent, that has benefited from the current COVID pandemic.

[DU18]

The hospital is currently getting a big profit because of Covid, in my country almost everyone who gets sick and is checked at the hospital will become Covid, I have a neighbor who is 67 years old and he is often sick, when he has routine checks and has to testfor Covid then he is declared positive .

I think I know your country , in some countries even many people who are not responsible for using covid as their means to increase their personal wealth because now many  ​governments have budgeted quite a lot of funds to deal with covid so that the opportunity for funds to be corrupted  by those who are related to it.

At least in my country (India), that is not the case. The state governments have implemented strict daily thresholds on medical bills and therefore the hospitals can't charge beyond a certain limit. On top of that, the healthcare professionals are badly impacted by the pandemic, and a number of them have died so far. This has left many of the hospitals understaffed. I can't think of any sector in the economy, other than eCommerce business to some extent, that has benefited from the current COVID pandemic.

To be honest, I am very sad to see the current condition of India, which reportedly even millions of people in India have become victims of Covid right now, the impact of the current pandemic has actually destroyed many aspects and even the eCommerce business is also a little disturbed, because of the restrictions on community activities in a certain area in a country certainly makes them unable to do business normally, because e-commerce still requires the role of workers such as couriers, drivers, warehousing and so on.

[Baihaki Khaizan]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes have occurred around the world, one of which is the use of digital technology which is increasingly being loved and there has been extraordinary economic growth in the digital sector.

[DU18]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes have occurred around the world, one of which is the use of digital technology which is increasingly being loved and there has been extraordinary economic growth in the digital sector.

Before the existence of covid, digital technology has also become a trend for modern society, but perhaps due to the current covid, it is necessary for people to think more about their safety when doing activities and one of them is by utilizing today digital technology which is indeed more efficient, easy convenient and can also minimize the occurrence of limb contact that causes transmission of the virus from other people, but to be honest, no matter how advanced technology is today, I prefer normal conditions like what happened before Covid .

[Betwrong]

~ As always, we as a species, can be halted by some disaster, or be advanced by it. It depends on us.

It's true we can't close our eyes that since the Covid 19, digital technology has been growing,
if we look at the data, there are not a few who have not been vaccinated and of course this is a homework for the government in every country in order to accelerate the vaccination program,
Of course we all hope that this pandemic can end soon even though it is difficult to see it in the near future

We can hope, but just hope is not enough. This pandemic will not end soon if people will be against vaccination. New strains will keep popping up, like these delta variant, lambda variant and so on. We must get vaccinated as soon as possible, not only to protect ourselves, but also to protect others, because the more unvaccinated people around, the higher the probability of new strains emergence.

Let's not mess things up, guys. Let's benefit from the advancement, but don't let this plague kill much more people.

[Luke Briggs]

Because of COVID-19 everyone was forced to stop working and stay at home,
There is no funds to support daily life. Everyone knows the cryptocurrency market. The demand for cryptocurrencies is gradually increasing, but this has also led to many scams.
Some novices do not know how to distinguish between good and bad projects, and blindly invest in them, resulting in the loss of some funds.
Be cautious when investing. Being responsible for your own money means being responsible for yourself.

[Natalim]

Because of COVID-19 everyone was forced to stop working and stay at home,
There is no funds to support daily life. Everyone knows the cryptocurrency market. The demand for cryptocurrencies is gradually increasing, but this has also led to many scams.
Some novices do not know how to distinguish between good and bad projects, and blindly invest in them, resulting in the loss of some funds.
Be cautious when investing. Being responsible for your own money means being responsible for yourself.

Investing in crypto is not the solution to poverty, those who lose their job will not invest their money in crypto as it's very unpredictable here, hence the risk is high. They have to face the situation, if they are not allowed to go work to work, then they should do it online, for sure they can find a lot of business opportunities online if they will just open their eyes.

[dupee419]

I get the OP's idea about how the pandemic has given positive and negative effects to the world, economy-wise, not every country has the same state, it sucks to live in a third world country knowing the economy is already not looking good making it even worse because of COVID, nurses and doctors would have to work overtime almoat everyday, students and teachers would have to adapt right away with the online setup, it wasn't really that positive unless we'd think about it in a positive way and ignore the fact on how big the damage was actually, and also, not every country are experiencing the same, some are already making progress and some are really in shambles, just like in my own country.

[dimox]

Because of COVID-19 everyone was forced to stop working and stay at home,
There is no funds to support daily life. Everyone knows the cryptocurrency market. The demand for cryptocurrencies is gradually increasing, but this has also led to many scams.
Some novices do not know how to distinguish between good and bad projects, and blindly invest in them, resulting in the loss of some funds.
Be cautious when investing. Being responsible for your own money means being responsible for yourself.

Investing in crypto is not the solution to poverty, those who lose their job will not invest their money in crypto as it's very unpredictable here, hence the risk is high. They have to face the situation, if they are not allowed to go work to work, then they should do it online, for sure they can find a lot of business opportunities online if they will just open their eyes.

simple think they do is sell what they have until they have nothing. sometime, they look for, in every place to make money, ask help if they cant find place to work, than sell what they have. crime grow little by little, what they want just money for daily need for today.
online business have good opporunity, but still have high competition cause of pandemic.

[erep]

It's really tragic to live in a developing country, not a developed country, because high-ranking officials who are greedy for their money always take advantage of the existing moment, corruption is everywhere. I don't know what's on their minds, I hope they should die first than the miserable people.

Many high-ranking officials do not have the conscience for social care in pandemic conditions, instead the pandemic is only used to fulfill the desire of greedy rats to cut some of the allocation of social assistance just to get drunk, buy expensive things. Very ironic, may they get the worst fate of their lives.

[qwertyup23]

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

I definitely agree with your statement.

With the COVID pandemic challenging almost all business sectors, most companies have literally no choice but to adapt measures that would still retain or improve their efficiency in the business. Thus, some companies have adopted lots of innovations such as providing digital services or teleconsults. Since it has been proven that some countries can retain this type of virtual service, we could expect that in the next few years, more digitalized innovations would be implemented.

[Rasa nanas]

Because of COVID-19 everyone was forced to stop working and stay at home,
There is no funds to support daily life. Everyone knows the cryptocurrency market. The demand for cryptocurrencies is gradually increasing, but this has also led to many scams.
Some novices do not know how to distinguish between good and bad projects, and blindly invest in them, resulting in the loss of some funds.
Be cautious when investing. Being responsible for your own money means being responsible for yourself.

a beginner will not dare to invest in a project. I'm sure as stupid as a beginner is, he will understand that an investment must have risks let alone invest in cryptocurrencies. take part in airdrops and bounties and after that sell the coins they have for cheap, that's what a beginner does.

[Zilon]

The pandemic didn't introduce any new concept as such most of the ICT innovations that we feel came up due to the pandemic has always been there just that we were carried away by our normal day routine feeling so comfortable in the old way of solving problem neglecting the ICT sector. To me I will say the pandemic only enlightened people on the opportunities we have in the cuber world.

[Pokapoka124]

The pandemic didn't introduce any new concept as such most of the ICT innovations that we feel came up due to the pandemic has always been there just that we were carried away by our normal day routine feeling so comfortable in the old way of solving problem neglecting the ICT sector. To me I will say the pandemic only enlightened people on the opportunities we have in the cuber world.

Cyber world you mean. You should check your spellings before posting. I disagree with you on this one, the covid 19 pandemic actually did teach us something. It exposed loop holes and flaws in our health care system that were left unchecked. The pandemic also made us realize how closely connected we all are across the world. The pandemic was more of an awakening. People are know questioning their health system and the safety of vaccination

[Betwrong]

~ Investing in crypto is not the solution to poverty, those who lose their job will not invest their money in crypto as it's very unpredictable here, hence the risk is high.

I agree, it's like suggesting that gambling is the solution to poverty. It can be, some people do get out of poverty through gambling or crypto investing, but look how rare those cases are!

They have to face the situation, if they are not allowed to go work to work, then they should do it online, for sure they can find a lot of business opportunities online if they will just open their eyes.

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

[King Khaizan]

The digital economy is considered to be the backbone of the economy in several countries during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a multisectoral domino effect (health, social, economic, financial). However, economic activity must continue while taking into account health factors.

The digital economy has made various activities much more efficient, innovation-friendly, and the business model can be diverse.

The digital economy also has room to grow and create an equal level playing field for everyone. In addition, the digital economy also encourages inclusion so that one can get services without having to meet face-to-face.

[Xampeuu]

Because of COVID-19 everyone was forced to stop working and stay at home,
There is no funds to support daily life. Everyone knows the cryptocurrency market. The demand for cryptocurrencies is gradually increasing, but this has also led to many scams.
Some novices do not know how to distinguish between good and bad projects, and blindly invest in them, resulting in the loss of some funds.
Be cautious when investing. Being responsible for your own money means being responsible for yourself.

a beginner will not dare to invest in a project. I'm sure as stupid as a beginner is, he will understand that an investment must have risks let alone invest in cryptocurrencies. take part in airdrops and bounties and after that sell the coins they have for cheap, that's what a beginner does.

but there are also beginners who dare to invest in fomo because they are afraid of missing the moment so they don't think about the risks that must be faced later. this is because of the influence of friends or reading the news where crypto is busy. especially during a pandemic many people want to make money even from home

[oHnK]

I agree, it's like suggesting that gambling is the solution to poverty. It can be, some people do get out of poverty through gambling or crypto investing, but look how rare those cases are!

If you consider that Crypto is like a gambling with ur analogy, I dont think so. Gambling is a zero sum game and crypto is money which is different form. You can decide when you have to buy or sell with ur own choice there is no restriction to do anything you want. When you are lose that isn't always a realize lose and most of them still unrealize. So do u still think they are the same level between gambling and crypto?

[geegaw]

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

The world will be more efficient working at home but I think our social values could take a new low.

Human resources are reduced by more than half, the company only retains important positions, only a few areas are still active, I do not find working from home more effective, before such a challenge, we can only do some small work from home with extremely low salary, educational experience is not applicable, this seems to be the weak point of working from home. Society consists of only rays of sunshine, the streets of fairs are empty of people, tedious and without the quality of the future created by covid

[bryant.coleman]

If you consider that Crypto is like a gambling with ur analogy, I dont think so. Gambling is a zero sum game and crypto is money which is different form. You can decide when you have to buy or sell with ur own choice there is no restriction to do anything you want. When you are lose that isn't always a realize lose and most of them still unrealize. So do u still think they are the same level between gambling and crypto?

He is just saying that investing in cryptocurrency is as risky as taking a lottery ticket or participating in a casino game. It may be an exaggeration, but there is no doubt that the risk factor involved in cryptocurrency investment is much more than the case with mainstream investments such as stocks or bonds. And one more thing. Although it is true that you can buy or sell cryptocurrency whenever you want, it is not always practical. Remember what happened in 2014/15? The prices remained suppressed for almost two years.

[Victorycoin]

Gambling in crypto is like a lottery the same is true of gambling, as it depends on luck I think it is better to invest in crypto than casino gambling investors invest in risky ways and there is no such thing as a complete loss like a casino covid has taken the crypto world a long way. People have been able to solve their problems by investing in crypto. Every job for corona infection is developing online based when gambling becomes too addictive, it brings it to the poor investing in crypto is profitable.

[xSkylarx]

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

The world will be more efficient working at home but I think our social values could take a new low.

Human resources are reduced by more than half, the company only retains important positions, only a few areas are still active, I do not find working from home more effective, before such a challenge, we can only do some small work from home with extremely low salary, educational experience is not applicable, this seems to be the weak point of working from home. Society consists of only rays of sunshine, the streets of fairs are empty of people, tedious and without the quality of the future created by covid

I agree that working from home is ineffective for me. It's like a government employee working from home, but imagine how they do their work at home. That is extremely difficult, and transactions are being held up. I am a government employee as well as a freelancer, and speaking on behalf of government employees, it is somewhat ineffective in terms of work, but it is extremely effective in terms of prevention. However, my main concern is that they are being paid for doing nothing at home. As a freelancer, we are very familiar with this, so it is nothing new to us.

[suryana]

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

The world will be more efficient working at home but I think our social values could take a new low.

Human resources are reduced by more than half, the company only retains important positions, only a few areas are still active, I do not find working from home more effective, before such a challenge, we can only do some small work from home with extremely low salary, educational experience is not applicable, this seems to be the weak point of working from home. Society consists of only rays of sunshine, the streets of fairs are empty of people, tedious and without the quality of the future created by covid

I agree that working from home is ineffective for me. It's like a government employee working from home, but imagine how they do their work at home. That is extremely difficult, and transactions are being held up. I am a government employee as well as a freelancer, and speaking on behalf of government employees, it is somewhat ineffective in terms of work, but it is extremely effective in terms of prevention. However, my main concern is that they are being paid for doing nothing at home. As a freelancer, we are very familiar with this, so it is nothing new to us.

this is the opposite with me, I am very grateful to be able to work from home. Even if you are not a government employee. However, I can do all my work at home. Here I can often meet my family, who I had to leave early in the morning and return in the evening.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I agree that working from home is ineffective for me. It's like a government employee working from home, but imagine how they do their work at home. That is extremely difficult, and transactions are being held up. I am a government employee as well as a freelancer, and speaking on behalf of government employees, it is somewhat ineffective in terms of work, but it is extremely effective in terms of prevention. However, my main concern is that they are being paid for doing nothing at home. As a freelancer, we are very familiar with this, so it is nothing new to us.

Being an IT engineer, I am working from home for more than one and half years now, and I would say that this is the best thing that has ever happened since I started working. But as you pointed out, certain sections of employees (especially those employed by the government) become arrogant when they work from home. Here in India, even before the pandemic the government employees were behaving as if they are gods. And now since they don't have to go to the office, they have become even more boorish.

[Betwrong]

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

The world will be more efficient working at home but I think our social values could take a new low.

Well, we'll see about that. We are talking about economics here, and overall we came to conclusion(in this thread) that it will improve during and after the pandemic.

Btw, I disagree with you regarding a "new low" because it sounds like it implies that our social values on a constant decline. This is, with the exception of a few countries, is not the case.

[JillianTaft]

I think this epidemic has let me know that children can still learn online and work can be done at home. What was the purpose of going to the company to check in before then? Working directly at home is the same as working at a company. It also made me reach the peak of my weight, and the epidemic made me fat.

[Ucy]

And this pandemic, however horrible, has opened the eyes of millions of people. They have started working remotely, or found new jobs online, they've never thought existed. This pandemic will end, but the world will never be the same.

The world will be more efficient working at home but I think our social values could take a new low.

Human resources are reduced by more than half, the company only retains important positions, only a few areas are still active, I do not find working from home more effective, before such a challenge, we can only do some small work from home with extremely low salary, educational experience is not applicable, this seems to be the weak point of working from home. Society consists of only rays of sunshine, the streets of fairs are empty of people, tedious and without the quality of the future created by covid

I agree that working from home is ineffective for me. It's like a government employee working from home, but imagine how they do their work at home. That is extremely difficult, and transactions are being held up. I am a government employee as well as a freelancer, and speaking on behalf of government employees, it is somewhat ineffective in terms of work, but it is extremely effective in terms of prevention. However, my main concern is that they are being paid for doing nothing at home. As a freelancer, we are very familiar with this, so it is nothing new to us.

I guess some people are better at remote work than others.   And the incentive model should be considered also. Workers could be paid more when they solve useful problems. Or they could be paid more based on how much useful contributions they make or how much problem they solve... This would be easy to implement online.

[Ucy]

Gambling in crypto is like a lottery the same is true of gambling, as it depends on luck I think it is better to invest in crypto than casino gambling investors invest in risky ways and there is no such thing as a complete loss like a casino covid has taken the crypto world a long way. People have been able to solve their problems by investing in crypto. Every job for corona infection is developing online based when gambling becomes too addictive, it brings it to the poor investing in crypto is profitable.

Guess you are referring to Betting/Prediction Market... To be honest, it could be designed in a way that works abit like trading... You deposit $50 and you bet little by little like you bet on cryptocurrency price. This will give bettors the opportunity to win some and lose some, the skilled ones will identify patterns and win more than they lose.
It just has to be designed right and you may end up being convinced that it can be both skilled and luck-based, whether the game/competition is luck or skill-based.


You may consider it as a game/competition market where prizes are won or lost. Just don't gamble or take big risk. Bet Responsibly.

[Vishnu.Reang]

More bad factors for the future if we talk about education. Online education in my country is not effective, many children are not able to afford to be able to buy gadgets as the main need for online learning.

There are both positives and negatives for online education. On one hand, it requires a smartphone and internet connection. Although these have become very cheap nowadays, for certain sections of the society the financial burden is unaffordable. And also, online education is not very effective, if the teachers are not capable of adjusting in to such an environment. The plus point is that the student will save some money, since he doesn't have to spend on conveyance. Also, staying at home means that the kids are more or less protected against the virus.

[Ngemmeng]

Gambling in crypto is like a lottery the same is true of gambling, as it depends on luck I think it is better to invest in crypto than casino gambling investors invest in risky ways and there is no such thing as a complete loss like a casino covid has taken the crypto world a long way. People have been able to solve their problems by investing in crypto. Every job for corona infection is developing online based when gambling becomes too addictive, it brings it to the poor investing in crypto is profitable.

Crypto investment during the covid pandemic like now is a smart choice and solution, we can get profits of up to hundreds of percent and it doesn't take long to take years, the courage to take risks is needed if we want to change our lives, and of course crypto is not gambling.

it doesn't seem that easy. in such a situation most people would prefer to use the money they have to survive rather than invest. but at least this difficult situation made many people realize how important an investment is. People who have saved and invested money in the past are the luckiest people today.

[Vishnu.Reang]

it doesn't seem that easy. in such a situation most people would prefer to use the money they have to survive rather than invest. but at least this difficult situation made many people realize how important an investment is. People who have saved and invested money in the past are the luckiest people today.

In times of difficulty, the preference for investment will be towards low risk assets such as gold, bank deposits and treasury bonds. The flow towards high-risk assets such as cryptocurrency is highest when the economy is in good shape. With a smaller amount of disposable income, ordinary people would be more careful with their money and that lowers the preference for assets such as Bitcoin. But history teaches us that high-risk assets almost always provide higher returns when compared to assets such as bank deposits.

[andeluna]

agree it totally advance the world into the future why ? because world economy now are totally adopting and upgrading to an advance technology for their economy to continue the progress and not to lose their economy because of the pandemic. Now all the people are intact in technology where they can no longer live without it because that is the evolution of mankind. Because of the pandemic theres a lot of things change for example in school today we can no longer go to the school just to study but by just simple opening our laptop or just a smartphone, next work meeting today we are no longer go to a meeting place to conduct a meeting but by using video call application and thats the reality of the future and the cause of the Covid-19 virus to advance the whole world by using technology to change the way we live today.

[Charot12345]

I think it is, even though it seemed untrue and imposible for other people to adapt like the people who are not into technologies. They have no choice but to go with the flow. When the pandemic started, different online services or platforms existed and we need to adapt to stay at the fast-paced of technology. Even the students here in our country, need to have a cellphone or laptop to attend online classes, some people need technologies to communicate with thier loveones.

[Sithara007]

I think it is, even though it seemed untrue and imposible for other people to adapt like the people who are not into technologies. They have no choice but to go with the flow. When the pandemic started, different online services or platforms existed and we need to adapt to stay at the fast-paced of technology. Even the students here in our country, need to have a cellphone or laptop to attend online classes, some people need technologies to communicate with thier loveones.

Here in India, online education was something new. There were a lot of teachers and students who didn't had a smartphone or laptop, and on top of that many of them who had these were not knowledgeable on how to use them for online classes. But now, after one and half years, it looks as if everyone got adjusted to it. The initial hiccups have been overcome, and now very few issues are being reported. Now getting the students back to the school after the pandemic is going to be one tough task.

[dupee419]

I think it is, even though it seemed untrue and imposible for other people to adapt like the people who are not into technologies. They have no choice but to go with the flow. When the pandemic started, different online services or platforms existed and we need to adapt to stay at the fast-paced of technology. Even the students here in our country, need to have a cellphone or laptop to attend online classes, some people need technologies to communicate with thier loveones.

Here in India, online education was something new. There were a lot of teachers and students who didn't had a smartphone or laptop, and on top of that many of them who had these were not knowledgeable on how to use them for online classes. But now, after one and half years, it looks as if everyone got adjusted to it. The initial hiccups have been overcome, and now very few issues are being reported. Now getting the students back to the school after the pandemic is going to be one tough task.

That's good to hear, I'm glad that every country is learning how to adapt with this new setup, here in my country, it's almost the same with India, we even had protesters complaining to put a halt to our education system knowing how big of a factor poverty is, but we somehow pulled off a rough year and end up having everyone used to this setup, I can't say it's the best set-up and assure thst students will have fun, but we can't be left behind for sure.

[Vishnu.Reang]

That's good to hear, I'm glad that every country is learning how to adapt with this new setup, here in my country, it's almost the same with India, we even had protesters complaining to put a halt to our education system knowing how big of a factor poverty is, but we somehow pulled off a rough year and end up having everyone used to this setup, I can't say it's the best set-up and assure thst students will have fun, but we can't be left behind for sure.

I am also from India and here the people are split in to two camps - one in favor of re-opening the schools soon, and the other in favor of continuing the online system. My opinion is that the schools should remain shut, at least for 6 more months. The delta variant is proving deadly for the children as well, and in India the vaccination hasn't yet started for those who are below 18 years of age (in most of the other countries, they are vaccinating those in the 12-17 age group with the available vaccines).

[Helen-cty]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

[bryant.coleman]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

The corrections that occurred in the cryptocurrency market are very similar to those happened in the stock market. But the overall picture looks much better for Bitcoin. Ever since the start of the pandemic, the prices increased by around 500%. On the other hand, the stock market indices went up by around 40%. The catch was to hold on to the coins, given the high volatility of cryptocurrency. Those who were unable to do so sold their coins too soon, and suffered considerable losses as a result.

[Fortify]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

I remember the first few weeks of Covid and the amount of traffic dropping off almost entirely. It was a really noticeable change in air quality all around and the amount of noise plummeted - that was quite an amazing experience, even if it meant having movement restricted to the local area. It would have had all sorts of other hidden societal benefits as well, like pushing people into exercise as an activity to keep the mind busy and making it much easier to find drug dealers (one of the few people that were still moving around on the roads at the time to feed to habits of addicts). Now sadly we see traffic levels back to pre-pandemic besides air traffic and nasty side effects like people abandoning dogs that they took on out of "boredom".

[V-t.Ester]

I think that Covid not advanced the world into the future; it irrevocably changed it in many areas and leaved a lot of people without work and money. Restaurant business, small business, big aviation and public transportations really had suffered greatly from lockdowns caused by Covid-19. Moreover, we had faced the degradation of our children, who had to sit at home and had on line education. Most of them learnt nothing especially young children in primary school and university students. They definitely loved this more than year vacations but had lost the whole year of education.

[tabas]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

[AndySt]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

Because if someone sold it, it means that someone bought it from him. Everything in this world is interconnected and the presence of one implies the presence of the other. In principle, the COVID19 epidemic has clearly illustrated the situation when some people become even poorer and others even richer. Someone was forced to sell off the last savings, including bitcoins, and someone was able to buy all this and make good money already with the economic recovery and the rise in the bitcoin price rate. However, the main reason for the rise in the price of bitcoin is the measures of financial stimulation of the economy, when funds do not always come to those in need, and also splash out on other markets such as the stock market.

[James Watson]

During the epidemic, my weight reached the highest weight in my history, and now I am involved in an anxious weight loss exercise.
During the epidemic, my job was also realized at home. Actually I like this state very much. There is no regulation of clocking in to and from get off work, and I can also establish a relationship with my children at home. Moreover, I think the sofa at home is much more comfortable than the office chair. It's just that I don't like the result of weight gain.

[lienfaye]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

I also thought bitcoin will be greatly affected by this unfortunate situation that hit us, but it turned out it will become the way for people to know bitcoin for looking of an alternative way to earn while at home. This pandemic put as in a bad situation indeed, however if we look on the other side there's also positive things that happened. People unite, humanity were restored and bitcoin and alts reach another ath, some of good things that we should focus on.

[Sithara007]

During the epidemic, my weight reached the highest weight in my history, and now I am involved in an anxious weight loss exercise.
During the epidemic, my job was also realized at home. Actually I like this state very much. There is no regulation of clocking in to and from get off work, and I can also establish a relationship with my children at home. Moreover, I think the sofa at home is much more comfortable than the office chair. It's just that I don't like the result of weight gain.

LOL.. almost 90% of those who are working from home are facing the same issue. There is no short fix solution, unfortunately. For me, it is not possible to engage in jogging or any other physical activity, because there are too many active COVID cases in the neighborhood. For a while I tried some of the exercises that can be done at home.. but they are really boring and I gave up after a few days. Now this is going to be one of the major side effects from this pandemic - that a lot more people are going to be obese and overweight.

[NathanielParker]

I agree that working from home is ineffective for me. It's like a government employee working from home, but imagine how they do their work at home. That is extremely difficult, and transactions are being held up. I am a government employee as well as a freelancer, and speaking on behalf of government employees, it is somewhat ineffective in terms of work, but it is extremely effective in terms of prevention. However, my main concern is that they are being paid for doing nothing at home. As a freelancer, we are very familiar with this, so it is nothing new to us.

Being an IT engineer, I am working from home for more than one and half years now, and I would say that this is the best thing that has ever happened since I started working. But as you pointed out, certain sections of employees (especially those employed by the government) become arrogant when they work from home. Here in India, even before the pandemic the government employees were behaving as if they are gods. And now since they don't have to go to the office, they have become even more boorish.

I don't like the feeling of working from home. This is very inconsistent with my character. This makes me feel very depressed at home all day. It may not only be at home. Perhaps the severity of the epidemic makes me feel very confused in the future. The new cases added every day make me feel very annoying, and my work efficiency is greatly reduced.

[dupee419]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

May look great, but economy-wise, it really isn't, I don't think it actually advanced, I honestly think that Bitcoin could hit its ATH anytime this year, pandemic or not, people will stoon start investing and even companies would start to embrace Bitcoin, it is what it is and it is bound to happen in the future, we just really peaked because of the amount of people who actually lost their jobs because of the pandemic, can't say I'm entirely happy because it did ruin a lot of lives, happy for BTC to reach its ATH but never happy on what's happening with the world today.

[tabas]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

I also thought bitcoin will be greatly affected by this unfortunate situation that hit us, but it turned out it will become the way for people to know bitcoin for looking of an alternative way to earn while at home. This pandemic put as in a bad situation indeed, however if we look on the other side there's also positive things that happened. People unite, humanity were restored and bitcoin and alts reach another ath, some of good things that we should focus on.

That's true, the pandemic became the way for the people that still don't know about cryptocurrencies to know about bitcoin and the others. The impact was positive.
And even up to now, the market is still on the good run and this makes a lot of people still attracted to it because of the market's performance is becoming better.

[Sithara007]

I don't like the feeling of working from home. This is very inconsistent with my character. This makes me feel very depressed at home all day. It may not only be at home. Perhaps the severity of the epidemic makes me feel very confused in the future. The new cases added every day make me feel very annoying, and my work efficiency is greatly reduced.

I would disagree. For me, and 90% of the others working from home have been beneficial. And if you say that your work efficiency has reduced, then there may be many reasons for that. And why should anyone feel depressed while working from home? Are you staying alone? I am staying with my family and I haven't faced any such issue. But I agree with you on the pandemic situation. We don't know when this is going to end. Cases are rising despite the progress being made in vaccination and many of the governments are now proceeding with administrating the 3rd (booster) dose.

[geegaw]

I don't like the feeling of working from home. This is very inconsistent with my character. This makes me feel very depressed at home all day. It may not only be at home. Perhaps the severity of the epidemic makes me feel very confused in the future. The new cases added every day make me feel very annoying, and my work efficiency is greatly reduced.

I would disagree. For me, and 90% of the others working from home have been beneficial. And if you say that your work efficiency has reduced, then there may be many reasons for that. And why should anyone feel depressed while working from home? Are you staying alone? I am staying with my family and I haven't faced any such issue. But I agree with you on the pandemic situation. We don't know when this is going to end. Cases are rising despite the progress being made in vaccination and many of the governments are now proceeding with administrating the 3rd (booster) dose.

Offices full of inconveniences as well as noises from different areas really make a lot of work more complicated, besides, time is also uncomfortable and living under pressure from managers, many tasks really cannot be completed on time but based on working from home data, employees become more comfortable with handling as well as warmer in mind when at home. However, the office is a series of departments that work together and complete the big picture, working from home is just the details and it is difficult to put together the whole, discontinuity will occur in this direction, therefore, Covid still needs to be resolved soon

[bryant.coleman]

Offices full of inconveniences as well as noises from different areas really make a lot of work more complicated, besides, time is also uncomfortable and living under pressure from managers, many tasks really cannot be completed on time but based on working from home data, employees become more comfortable with handling as well as warmer in mind when at home. However, the office is a series of departments that work together and complete the big picture, working from home is just the details and it is difficult to put together the whole, discontinuity will occur in this direction, therefore, Covid still needs to be resolved soon

For me, the work from home option is about to end soon. Some of the other offices have already opened, and in my company they have asked some of the priority departments to report to office. I guess my turn will also come in the next couple of months. Here in my country delta strain is still causing a lot of damage. But the government is saying that offices need to open now, since the economy is going down. It has been 18 months since the work from home started, so I can understand this perspective. But still, it is not 100% safe to re-open the offices.

[kendedese]

During the epidemic, my weight reached the highest weight in my history, and now I am involved in an anxious weight loss exercise.
During the epidemic, my job was also realized at home. Actually I like this state very much. There is no regulation of clocking in to and from get off work, and I can also establish a relationship with my children at home. Moreover, I think the sofa at home is much more comfortable than the office chair. It's just that I don't like the result of weight gain.

Exercise is very necessary to increase immunity in the body. and boosting immunity in the body is the best way for us to avoid this dangerous virus. This situation should make you more diligent in exercising and adjusting your diet. If you exercise regularly and maintain a healthy diet, you may not gain weight even if you work from home.

[alpamar99]

During the epidemic, my weight reached the highest weight in my history, and now I am involved in an anxious weight loss exercise.
During the epidemic, my job was also realized at home. Actually I like this state very much. There is no regulation of clocking in to and from get off work, and I can also establish a relationship with my children at home. Moreover, I think the sofa at home is much more comfortable than the office chair. It's just that I don't like the result of weight gain.

first you have to start distinguishing epidemic and pandemic because these things are different
and I think it is felt by everyone and indeed the impact when we are at home is a significant increase in weight. especially now with the still circulating ban on going out (lockdown) in several places or countries, it is increasingly becoming an obstacle and a reason to leave the house.

but apart from that there are actually positive and negative sides as well and maybe positive we can get busy and new income from learning about crypto and increasing knowledge by discussing like this but the negative is there is also a small example like what you complain about in maintaining weight

[worldofcoins]

I get the OP's idea about how the pandemic has given positive and negative effects to the world, economy-wise, not every country has the same state, it sucks to live in a third world country knowing the economy is already not looking good making it even worse because of COVID, nurses and doctors would have to work overtime almoat everyday, students and teachers would have to adapt right away with the online setup, it wasn't really that positive unless we'd think about it in a positive way and ignore the fact on how big the damage was actually, and also, not every country are experiencing the same, some are already making progress and some are really in shambles, just like in my own country.

Well, Disregarding the planning behind this covid it really has damaged a lot economy wise in the whole world (Whether there be real covid or not) I don't get out of my house very often, Not because I'm afraid of getting Covid but recently there's some fuss happening in my city.

Nvm that, I don't think things are going to improve but will only get worse for humans and good for Parma Companies.

[Sithara007]

Well, Disregarding the planning behind this covid it really has damaged a lot economy wise in the whole world (Whether there be real covid or not) I don't get out of my house very often, Not because I'm afraid of getting Covid but recently there's some fuss happening in my city.

Nvm that, I don't think things are going to improve but will only get worse for humans and good for Parma Companies.

Pharma companies have benefitted from the pandemic, and there is no doubt regarding it. The Chinese companies have so far sold billions of doses of the Sinovac/Sinopharm vaccines at around $40 per dose, and you can calculate how much they have made out of it. Even Pfizer has made tens of billions of USD in profits from vaccine sales, although their price is around half of that of the Chinese vaccines. Cheaper vaccines are available (AstraZeneca, Sputnik V.etc), but these companies have faced issues in scaling up their production.

[xSkylarx]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

I also thought bitcoin will be greatly affected by this unfortunate situation that hit us, but it turned out it will become the way for people to know bitcoin for looking of an alternative way to earn while at home. This pandemic put as in a bad situation indeed, however if we look on the other side there's also positive things that happened. People unite, humanity were restored and bitcoin and alts reach another ath, some of good things that we should focus on.

Let us agree to look on the bright side and adopt what is currently taking place. I was in a bad situation when the epidemic hit; I lost my job and couldn't leave the house because of our country's regulations, but I was still able to make money online. If I do not adapt to the internet or online, it will be difficult, but you can now go out, though not as easily as before. We should be grateful for what we have because many people are still struggling today.

[Rasa nanas]

The epidemic has a relatively large impact on Bitcoin. At least, that's what I think. During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs. Because they couldn't make ends meet, they sold the bitcoin they had bought for a long time to make ends meet. Some people bought bitcoin and when bitcoin fell, they did not have enough funds to continue to cover their positions and sell bitcoin.

It is a pandemic because it has affected the world and spread worldwide. Many laid off their jobs and we thought that it will have a significant negative effect on bitcoin.
But it's the other way that surprised us that bitcoin reached its newest ATH during this pandemic.

yes, bitcoin created a new ATH during a pandemic. but I firmly believe that this pandemic has nothing to do with bitcoin creating a new ATH a few months ago. it was just a coincidence as they both happened in the same year. even if this pandemic didn't happen this year of course bitcoin would still create new ATH because this is a bitcoin price cycle.

[CapGelatik]

During the epidemic, my weight reached the highest weight in my history, and now I am involved in an anxious weight loss exercise.
During the epidemic, my job was also realized at home. Actually I like this state very much. There is no regulation of clocking in to and from get off work, and I can also establish a relationship with my children at home. Moreover, I think the sofa at home is much more comfortable than the office chair. It's just that I don't like the result of weight gain.

Exercise is very necessary to increase immunity in the body. and boosting immunity in the body is the best way for us to avoid this dangerous virus. This situation should make you more diligent in exercising and adjusting your diet. If you exercise regularly and maintain a healthy diet, you may not gain weight even if you work from home.

It's true, after all, exercise is still an important thing for us to do because it has been proven to increase the body's immunity as you said,
The reality is that there are still many people who don't realize the importance of exercise

[carlisle1]

Let us agree to look on the bright side and adopt what is currently taking place. I was in a bad situation when the epidemic hit; I lost my job and couldn't leave the house because of our country's regulations, but I was still able to make money online. If I do not adapt to the internet or online, it will be difficult, but you can now go out, though not as easily as before. We should be grateful for what we have because many people are still struggling today.

Nothing we can do but to try what is best to continue to live, looking at the lighter not a brighter
Indeed this pandemic bring more ideas how to maximized the use of the online system.

Learning how to deal with buy and sell, promoting products that was locally made and try not to go out during the time that government advise.

Some of those things that personally we learned that helps us to stay safe but continue surviving from this situations.

[ShowOff]

The economic impact of COVID-19 has been very clear since the pandemic hit until now. Many lives were lost, many companies closed, incomes decreased, the scope of work narrowed and poverty increased and many people lost their jobs. After almost 2 years of this pandemic, all of us must be able to assess which party will benefit the most and which party will be harmed due to government policies and due to the implementation of the new normal. The demand for goods online is increasing while physical shopping is decreasing and that is the impact of changes in human civilization that want to prevent the transmission of covid 19. I know this is also an advantage when it comes to being online, but being online will not help the whole community to improve their economy either way. Only certain groups of people and entities can profit online, while others may not.

Covid 19 helps the online economy grow, but doesn't help boost the economy of healthcare workers "nurse" who treat patients except for big officials and most of the government. At least that's the opinion of one of my friends who works as a health worker at a hospital not far from where I live. According to his confession, he earns a salary from treating COVID-19 patients and and patients with other diagnoses of $100 to $150 monthly for "non-civil servant" work. I don't think that's a fair enough amount to accept because the risks of the job are huge. I don't know what he thought that he had to put up with such a high-stakes job, but the economic factor and the difficulty of getting a new job were the most likely reason for him in my opinion. I want to hear, is this also happening in your country or where you live?

[Sanugarid]

I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).

I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.

demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate

A source on the matter.

Advance in what way? lots of people lost their respective jobs and barely living as of this moment. Moreover, business establishments was force to close down which results to bad economic condition. If the idea of the future you were talking about is like this, thats too bad and not really good in my opinion

[bussybuddy]

The benefit that I think I get from covid is that it gives me time to sit back and reflect on my current messy life. But it also took away so many other opportunities in life that I intended to take. But it is interesting that people are more interested in crypto when the epidemic breaks out.

[xSkylarx]

The benefit that I think I get from covid is that it gives me time to sit back and reflect on my current messy life. But it also took away so many other opportunities in life that I intended to take. But it is interesting that people are more interested in crypto when the epidemic breaks out.

I dont know if it is sad or what but it makes you ponder, makes your sadness as your strength. Your life is messy then fix it, how? Discover it while you have time , take risk . I also lost a job and i have a family to feed thats the time the pandemic hits and it makes me ponder that i really spending much money to not important things so now i am starting to got up and hoping that it would be successful soon. Good luck to your life we can do this !

[goldkingcoiner]

Any hardship, no matter how small or large has always been a driving factor for human progress. Wars especially. As far as I can tell, all of human or even animal evolution is based on the simple principle of suffering and finding ways to alleviate that suffering. As far as Covid goes, I think it was a very necessary "drill" so that we can be better prepared for the next virus, which may be much, much deadlier.

[peter0425]

Any hardship, no matter how small or large has always been a driving factor for human progress. Wars especially. As far as I can tell, all of human or even animal evolution is based on the simple principle of suffering and finding ways to alleviate that suffering. As far as Covid goes, I think it was a very necessary "drill" so that we can be better prepared for the next virus, which may be much, much deadlier.

either coming from  Covid or not the important part of this situation is the idea that Many more people goes inside the crypto.

the search in Google increase thousand percent since the pandemic starts and with this?  meaning crypto world is advancing to the future , and i believe that this pandemic also the reason why El salvador pushes the acceptance of Bitcoin to their country .

The benefit that I think I get from covid is that it gives me time to sit back and reflect on my current messy life. But it also took away so many other opportunities in life that I intended to take. But it is interesting that people are more interested in crypto when the epidemic breaks out.

because you are locked down so you have time to souls search?

[Sithara007]

Any hardship, no matter how small or large has always been a driving factor for human progress. Wars especially. As far as I can tell, all of human or even animal evolution is based on the simple principle of suffering and finding ways to alleviate that suffering. As far as Covid goes, I think it was a very necessary "drill" so that we can be better prepared for the next virus, which may be much, much deadlier.

I don't completely agree with this statement. COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic. Even in the recent times, we had multiple pandemics caused by virus strains. MERS and SARS are examples. I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science. If that was the case, then the current pandemic would have got contained much earlier. Now we are almost two years in to the pandemic and I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. Stock markets have gone up (that might have happened even without the pandemic). Otherwise I don't see any other positive for the last two years.

[jaysabi]

It is indisputable that the virus does not have the ability to mutate if it cannot be passed on, and it cannot be passed on if everyone takes the proper precautions.  At this point, the virus is not likely to vanish or be defeated.  This is very likely something that exists in the human population for the rest of our time on Earth, like influenza.

Even in developed nations such as the United States, there are sections of people who refuse to get vaccinated. Here in India, there is an overload of propaganda against the vaccines going on in social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. Even I have received several messages claiming that vaccinated people will die within 2 years and taking a vaccine will make you impotent. I don't know the real reason behind this fake campaign. Who is going to benefit, if more people die from COVID? But as long as people refuse to get vaccinated, newer strains of the virus will be reported from various parts of the world.

I don't know why these demonstrably false narratives are propagated, but it's clear to me that these types of disinformation campaigns are only possible because of the ease of mass communications made possible by social media.  Older generations didn't have these capabilities, and society was generally smarter and better off because of it.

[goldkingcoiner]

Any hardship, no matter how small or large has always been a driving factor for human progress. Wars especially. As far as I can tell, all of human or even animal evolution is based on the simple principle of suffering and finding ways to alleviate that suffering. As far as Covid goes, I think it was a very necessary "drill" so that we can be better prepared for the next virus, which may be much, much deadlier.

I don't completely agree with this statement. COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic. Even in the recent times, we had multiple pandemics caused by virus strains. MERS and SARS are examples. I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science. If that was the case, then the current pandemic would have got contained much earlier. Now we are almost two years in to the pandemic and I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. Stock markets have gone up (that might have happened even without the pandemic). Otherwise I don't see any other positive for the last two years.

Well before you say "COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic" or  "I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science." Maybe you could weigh in the factors that we have never had such a gigantic outbreak before, in history and the corona virus is called the novel corona virus for a reason. Its new. Its never been observed in humans before. So I mean, both those things kind of contradict what you claim.

[riso2015]

It is true that at least many companies must finally move forward to improve the technology system. Because during the pandemic, technological progress is very rapid, everything is required to be completely online. Can do buying and selling without meeting face to face and transact easily. This is a positive thing we can get from this condition,

[bryant.coleman]

I don't know why these demonstrably false narratives are propagated, but it's clear to me that these types of disinformation campaigns are only possible because of the ease of mass communications made possible by social media.  Older generations didn't have these capabilities, and society was generally smarter and better off because of it.

I don't want to blame social media. In Twitter and Facebook, I can find a lot of useful information about vaccination. But there is a section who try to scare away people from vaccination centers by spreading unfounded rumors. Now it is up to the ordinary people to decide which side they want to trust. Naturally I would go for the information from the scientific channels, as their claims are supported by clinical findings. If someone want to ignore all this and listen only to the anti-vaxxer lobby, then it is his problem (and not the problem with social media). And in a way, I would call this natural selection. The planet has too many retarded and low-IQ people.

[Ultegra134]

Any hardship, no matter how small or large has always been a driving factor for human progress. Wars especially. As far as I can tell, all of human or even animal evolution is based on the simple principle of suffering and finding ways to alleviate that suffering. As far as Covid goes, I think it was a very necessary "drill" so that we can be better prepared for the next virus, which may be much, much deadlier.

I don't completely agree with this statement. COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic. Even in the recent times, we had multiple pandemics caused by virus strains. MERS and SARS are examples. I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science. If that was the case, then the current pandemic would have got contained much earlier. Now we are almost two years in to the pandemic and I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. Stock markets have gone up (that might have happened even without the pandemic). Otherwise I don't see any other positive for the last two years.

Well before you say "COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic" or  "I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science." Maybe you could weigh in the factors that we have never had such a gigantic outbreak before, in history and the corona virus is called the novel corona virus for a reason. Its new. Its never been observed in humans before. So I mean, both those things kind of contradict what you claim.

That's true, a few pandemics did occur during the last 10-20 years, but they weren't that widespread. Let's look at the definition of the word pandemic once more, "it's an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, such as multiple continents or worldwide" (Wikipedia). Thus, just because we weren't affected at some time doesn't mean it didn't occur.

A few examples include the SARS and MERS coronaviruses, which were also declared pandemics, and most of us here were alive to experience it, or not?

[Sithara007]

Well before you say "COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic" or  "I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science." Maybe you could weigh in the factors that we have never had such a gigantic outbreak before, in history and the corona virus is called the novel corona virus for a reason. Its new. Its never been observed in humans before. So I mean, both those things kind of contradict what you claim.

We had such "gigantic outbreaks" several times in the past. Ebola pandemics have occurred in Africa multiple times in the past two decades (although the death toll was in tens of thousands, and not in millions). One century ago, it was the Spanish Flu pandemic which killed millions of people. Before that it was the small pox pandemic and the black death. But these pandemics didn't contributed much to medical science. If that was the case, then the current COVID 19 pandemic must have never occurred.

[finaleshot2016]

Well before you say "COVID 19 is not the first virus pandemic" or  "I don' think that these pandemics have contributed anything to medical science." Maybe you could weigh in the factors that we have never had such a gigantic outbreak before, in history and the corona virus is called the novel corona virus for a reason. Its new. Its never been observed in humans before. So I mean, both those things kind of contradict what you claim.

We had such "gigantic outbreaks" several times in the past. Ebola pandemics have occurred in Africa multiple times in the past two decades (although the death toll was in tens of thousands, and not in millions). One century ago, it was the Spanish Flu pandemic which killed millions of people. Before that it was the small pox pandemic and the black death. But these pandemics didn't contributed much to medical science. If that was the case, then the current COVID 19 pandemic must have never occurred.

Well we can't actually tell that because viruses have different variants and the medical equipment or vaccines that are being developed each day aren't the solution for the new variants. I believe that the medical science are improving daily, it's just that viruses are very strong and many of them is really hard to create a solution. If there's a solution then another variant come or new viruses will pop up out of nowhere so it's non-stop and we thought that it doesn't advanced our medical science but it is really improving right now.

[bakasabo]

If we speak about science or medicine, then we can say that thanks to covid it has advanced to future or developed. Instead of one vaccine, we have multiple now, we have different approaches how to cure and scenarios. Due to covid, most managed to find out weak links in their work and substitute it or develop. That is all about technology.

But people imho did not advance to future. With all this restrictions, lockdowns, closed school, home education and etc, people has made a step back. Our development was limited. Only few had chances to improve or develop.

That is why we are in a sort of a balance. Improvement in something (+) and unimprovement as people (-). Which leads to standing on the same place (0).

[Desmong]

The benefit that I think I get from covid is that it gives me time to sit back and reflect on my current messy life. But it also took away so many other opportunities in life that I intended to take. But it is interesting that people are more interested in crypto when the epidemic breaks out.

Covid-19 had opened our eyes to see what the future has for us and it's had make many persons to have a person thinking about having there own investment rather waiting for companies to pay you for job weldone. He pandemic affect almost everybody but also bring in the importance new era of digital life that show be adopted. Bitcoin and other altcoins were able to surge high during the  same period. We now have a future of digital money and trades that can be embraced by all.

[bryant.coleman]

Well we can't actually tell that because viruses have different variants and the medical equipment or vaccines that are being developed each day aren't the solution for the new variants. I believe that the medical science are improving daily, it's just that viruses are very strong and many of them is really hard to create a solution. If there's a solution then another variant come or new viruses will pop up out of nowhere so it's non-stop and we thought that it doesn't advanced our medical science but it is really improving right now.

Almost two years have passed since the virus was first detected in China. For the last 14 days, the United States has reported a total of 27,440 deaths. I find it hard to believe that despite all the advance in the medical technology, it is not possible to contain a flu virus in 24 months. Now a lot of the analysts are saying that we need to learn on how to live with the virus. If that was the case, then what is the point in getting everyone vaccinated? The only ones who are benefitting from this situation are vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna.

[markdario112616]

.. If that was the case, then what is the point in getting everyone vaccinated? The only ones who are benefitting from this situation are vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna.

Well, that's the point if we are to live with the virus. The vaccine is our so-called protection to the virus so there are scientific studies provided to prove it (they say). So what I'm trying to point out is that in this aspect, the vaccine is one of the keys to at least somehow we can still live like we use to be. But yeah I'd agree that these manufacturers are just milking the people, but what can we do we can't even see what we are up to.

[TopTort777]

If that was the case, then what is the point in getting everyone vaccinated? The only ones who are benefitting from this situation are vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna.

This is all about politics. This is like weapon manufacturer benefit from wars. In most wars everything can be negotiated through compromises, but it is more profitable to start a war campaign and spend billion, than let diplomats find a solution that suits both sides.

I am pretty much sure, that when manufacturers will earn enough, COVID will just disappear in few weeks. Like bird flu, swine flu and ebola. There is no real "advance into the future". I cant say that it is conspiracy, but like COVID suddenly appear, it will disappear suddenly.