EXPOSITORY ESSAY: World Challenges Faced Post-Covid

World Challenges Faced Post-Covid Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date The year 2020 changed our perspective on life due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 has been affecting the worl ...

World Challenges Faced Post-Covid Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date The year 2020 changed our perspective on life due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 has been affecting the world social and economic structure, and it seems that the problem might go away any time soon. Due to the effects of the pandemic, things around the globe have fallen out from their typical structure, and the pandemic has created challenging and systematic differences. For example, companies that rely on physical human appearance have been affected as a number of people in one place have to be controlled in the same maintaining physical distance. At the moment, it is considered unsanitary to share a hand greeting, making the normal life structure different, and some people might be taking a lot of time to adapt to the situation. Through these new rules, people have to wear masks in all social gatherings or even in their work areas, and this has created a new normal. Therefore, the shift and changes of life have created post covid world challenges that we have to survive with and come up with ways in which we can deal with the problems (Fernandes, 2020). Therefore, governments and private organizations have been faced with the task of coming up with new ways to deal with problems created by the pandemic. Thus, the following essay will explore some of the post covid world challenges like difficulties in trade and connectivity performance, social life changes, and adverse global governance effects. Trade and connectivity in the global market have been affected by Covid-19 as all countries around the globe rely on international trade, but with the effects of travel bans through different states, the global trade market has been affected. Due to the virus, many countries have been forced to stop their production processes, meaning that the number of goods required for exportation has reduced. Because of this, their GDPs have been reducing with time and their economic structure shifting with time. It is also noted that countries that heavily rely on the importation of goods have been having a hard time getting their products. Due to the low supply of products, prices have increased exponentially, causing people to heavily pay more for things because of low supply (Singh, 2020). Therefore, measures like workplace closure, border closure and international travel restrictions have hindered global trade flows by increasing trade costs and delaying or entirely prohibiting border clearance. With fear of new Covid variants, the problem might take longer to go; however, most governments have put in measures to help the flow of global trade, but with the international restrictions, more problems might occur in the future. Social structure in society has changed drastically due to the impacts of the pandemic. Many groups in society have been affected by Covid-19, but older persons have significantly been affected by the virus. The lives of older people in the community have been lost because of their low immunity towards the virus, and this has left them vulnerable as they have to take extra care of themselves (Sohrabi et al., 2020, pg.75). For example, older people in the workplace have faced the loss of employment as they are afraid of exposing themselves to the virus due to fear of not surviving once they contract the virus. The nature of the virus and halted the social activities that bring people together. For example, in many countries across the world, people have been denied the opportunity to go worship places so that the virus can be contained. Social gatherings like weddings and birthdays have been stopped by the pandemic where only a certain number of people can attend such functions. People have lost touch with each other due to a lack of social interaction, and the problems might not change very soon as more cases have been reported every day. The lack of social interaction affects citizens negatively, and it is feared that this will result in a more depressed population in the coming few months, and the cases of self-harm are also reported to go higher. Due to strained social interaction, many businesses have been out of business for a long time, and the pressure to create sustainability among themselves increases anxiety and worry among these people. The COVID-19 has posed a risk that the world could be yet more divided, conflictual and nationalistic hence adverse global governance effects. It is feared that politics could become toxic as different governments fail to control the pandemic actively. Some could ease the restrictions for safety, such as removing lockdowns without explaining to their citizens the reasons for such actions (Casagrande et al., 2020, pg. 11). Because of this, some politicians might create tension and uneasiness in public, and this could resort to fear among citizens. The lack of good governance has been observed in countries like the United States, India, and China. Due to this, international cooperation in helping fight the virus has become difficult. The failure to have good collaboration internationally will prevent a safe fight against the virus, and this will make the virus take a longer time to end. Governments have been fighting each other on the vaccines, and each one of them wants their vaccine to seem superior. Other governments have taken this as an initiative to dismiss good vaccines, and people in different countries have also rejected the vaccine, and this creates more problems than solving it. According to (World Health Organization, 2020), some governments have closed down trade, making it hard to requisition preventive materials such as masks and PPE kits, and creates difficulties for innocent citizens who depend on their governments for protection. With the closing of borders and ripping up of international rules, it will make it even more challenging to restart trade and travel and extend the lockdown, heightening anger and anxiety among citizens all over the globe. Nonetheless, governments that are working tirelessly to provide for their citizens are feared of facing substantial national debts. Many households and businesses were already heavily indebted before the crisis, and with the attack from Covid, the governments are at huge risks. Therefore, post covid world challenges have created problems such as difficulties in trade and connectivity performance, changes in social life and adverse effects in global governance. However, through different implementation measures, the problems will be tackled, and people will be able to survive some of these problems. For example, governments should facilitate international trade by imposing laws that will control the trade through different safety measures. This creates sustainability for people and governments that depend on this trade. Investors should be allowed to set and run businesses, as this help sustain different economies, especially in developing countries. Political leaders in different countries should acknowledge that there is a problem that needs to be solved, and this will make them see the bigger picture of founding solutions rather than shifting the blame. For example, countries that are producing the vaccines should not create hatred among each other; instead, they should encourage the public to accept the vaccine and create more awareness for the benefits of getting the vaccine. 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