The COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 Pandemic

Economic Impacts

Extreme global economic downturn: - Beginning on February 20th, the DOW Jones and global economy began decreasing - Due to the end of production, many countries reliant on exports to support their economy have suffered - Countries reliant on exports from other places are lacking necessary supplies and essentials (i.e. masks, etc.)

Job Loss: - Nearly 1,000,000 Canadians applied for EI in the third week of March - Majority of manual occupations cannot be completed from home

Environmental Impacts

Animals reliant on human interaction are suffering: - Animals who have become accustomed, and therefore reliant to human support for food, etc. (i.e. pigeons, ducks) aren't quite prepared

Animals returning to once densely populated areas: - Areas such as cities and outdoor meeting places have seen an increase in animal populations returning to these areas, no longer inhabited daily by humans

Decrease in emissions: - Closure of factories - No incentive to use cars/transportation for majority of individuals

Technological Impacts

More chances for companies to get personal information: - Zoom, an application that has increased significantly in popularity since the beginning of the pandemic, has reportedly been selling information online without the knowledge of its users

Increase in forms of communication: - Technology is being implemented in fields that typically don't involve it (i.e. classrooms moving online) - Adaption has become necessary to communicate in big groups or face-to-face (i.e. increase in users of Zoom application)

Sociocultural Impacts

No human-to-human contact: - Social distancing is something unnatural for human societies, and it took time for people to adhere to adjustments - Led to increase in technological communication

No Gathering for Religious Holidays: - Due to health restrictions, people globally won't be able to gather to celebrate religious holidays - One of the believed causes of Coronavirus' global spread was people travelling to China to celebrate Lunar New Year

Racism: - There has been a noticeable increase discrimination against those of Asian descent - New York City has created a hotline for Asian-Americans to call if facing discrimination

Political Impacts

Citizens trust in the government: - Many citizens globally have been vocal online about their perception of their governments and national leaders handling of the pandemic - Ex. Citizen trust of President Trump's handling of the pandemic in the U.S. has been unfavourable

International Relations: - Boris Johnson's government is reportedly furious with China for its spread of disinformation and fabrication of case numbers - Canadian politicians are upset with decisions made by U.S. President Trump (i.e. 3M production)