How will coronavirus change the way we live?Archived Message
Posted by oakwoodbank on 1/5/2020, 12:18 pm
Now for some serious thinking that should keep you all busy.
From: 'Twelve BBC correspondents offer their thoughts.' But what follows is my personal view. You will have to go to the BBC website for their views.
1. We will be increasingly tech dependent?——Yes
2. Will we stop buying new clothes?—No, but probably fewer as more people work from home and holiday travel becomes less but more expensive.
3.Will the rush hour be confined to history?—Hopefully, yes; but time will tell.
4.Will there be fewer flights but will they be more costly?—Probably. I believe that firms will recognise that trips abroad for employees have become perks that are not financially sound in the aftermath of CV-19.
5. Will there be virtual lessons for the long term?—Hopefully not. School attendance is a good thing for both study and the future independence of our young people. Children also need the discipline that is imposed by formal lessons and the face-to-face contact with their teachers.
6.Will there be fossil fuel frenzy or a green recovery?—This is an opaque question which could be challenged by suggesting neither is applicable to our present life. No doubt, use of fossil fuel will decrease over time; how green we become will depend upon so many variables – person-to-person; country-to-country, that it is impossible to decide at present.
7. [Now we are getting serious!!] Will Bill Shankly’s quote still be relevant? Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly famously said: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death... it is much, much more important than that." It will take a long time for football (as a way of life for many) to change. However, I am sure that changes are on the horizon and I hope that some of them will be about reducing the daft financial situation in the upper echelons of the game.
8. Will cinemas and theatres bounce back?—I hope that theatres do but I am ambivalent about cinemas. They are out of my life anyway, so perhaps I am not the best person to offer judgement. What I will say (as a fringe comment) is that I do not consider film music to be ‘classical’ just because classical instruments and a part of it. For me pieces of classical music can only truly be assessed on whether they are still in vogue in 75 years’ time.
9. Will we still be neighbourly? It reminds me of another question, which puts you in the wrong whether you respond, yes or no—Have you stopped beating your wife. I will leave that one to others.
10.Will the “overlooked” care sector still need help?—Well those being cared for will certainly continue to need help. For that purpose, we need a much stronger assessment solution for when things go wrong for the individual. In my view, the ombudsman situation is over-ripe for change and improvement.
11.Will global trade survive?—Yes.
12.Has this pandemic killed global tensions?—No and not much will as far as I can see.