What will Change After Covid 19?

The world is very different than it was two months ago. World wide, many are working from home, or not working at all. There is no regular school, just distance learning. Most stores are closed. All restaurants are closed except for take out. Travel has come to a stand still, whether for business or pleasure. There are no vacations.

But people are pulling together to help and support their communities, countries, and other people across the globe. Lady Gaga raised over $125 million with people making their own music videos at home. Sports teams, corporations, and billionaires are buying planes full of supplies for hospitals and healthcare workers. And the air and water is getting cleaner.

Environment
Across the world, air pollution is plummeting during the lockdown. A new study from IQAir shows that air pollution levels in 10 major global cities have dropped 9 percent to 60 percent during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Delhi, India, has had a 60 percent reduction in pollution compared to this time last year. Seoul, South Korea, had a 54 percent reduction and Wuhan, China, had a 44 percent reduction when the city was on lockdown.

Changes for Nonhuman Animals
Reductions in tourists on the beach and water sports have led to prime conditions for sea turtles to lay eggs in nests; less boat traffic results in fewer injuries and deaths of migrating sea turtles. By the end of the summer, because of such a drastic reduction in human activity, Godfrey says, he anticipates a higher nesting rate and survival rate for sea turtles. “We expect a lot more survivorship of the hatchlings that are produced in Florida this year.” Sea creatures are now seen in the canals of Venice. Wild animals are moving safely around suburbs and cities because of reduction in traffic.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/surprising-ways-coronavirus-pandemic-impacts-environment-175639408.html

Economy
What Covid-19 is throwing into sharp relief is just how false our beliefs about markets are. Around the world, governments fear that critical systems will be disrupted or overloaded: supply chains, social care, but principally healthcare. There are lots of contributing factors to this. But let's take two.
First, it is quite hard to make money from many of the most essential societal services. This is in part because a major driver of profits is labor productivity growth: doing more with fewer people. People are a big cost factor in many businesses, especially those that rely on personal interactions, like healthcare. Consequently, productivity growth in the healthcare sector tends to be lower than the rest of the economy, so its costs go up faster than average.
Second, jobs in many critical services aren’t those that tend to be highest valued in society. Many of the best paid jobs only exist to facilitate exchanges: to make money. They serve no wider purpose to society. Meanwhile, we have a crisis in health and social care, where people are often forced out of useful jobs they enjoy because these jobs don’t pay them enough to live. The pandemic is highlighting that many jobs are not essential, yet we lack sufficient key workers to respond when things go bad.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200331-covid-19-how-will-the-coronavirus-change-the-world

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