What do you think the post-virus world will be like?

[BestestBrownies]

I think the divide between rich and poor will widen considerably, and the repercussions will be major civil unrest unless serious measures are taken to mitigate it (universal basic income brought in, minimum wage increased to appropriate living wage, decent social housing for key workers etc).

The inevitable global recession will see a generation of completely disillusioned youth with large university debts and poor employment prospects. Their anger will fuel necessary change.

Mental health care will require major investment to prevent endemic depression and suicide.

This will be an unpopular view, but I also hope multiple airlines go bust and air travel becomes largely unaffordable/unnecessary as people who previously would fly to Europe for the day for meetings hold them online instead. I hope momentum from the Greta Thunberg movement combined with the visible improvements lockdowns have made to the planet puts massive pressure on governments to make real and quantifiable changes to protect and heal the earth from the damage the human race has done.

[Bitterglitter]

^Well all line the streets and clap at 8pm on Thursday's and no one will really remember why
^
This is how religions begin..

[babasaclover]

Mass office blocks in the city will not be built anymore, it will be so much more widely accepted to work at home

[RedToothBrush]

Well all line the streets and clap at 8pm on Thursdays and no one will really remember why

Wasn't that this Thursday just gone? When people were setting off fireworks, clapping for the Prime Minister or organising a clap for children who don't understand why they have been told they can't go out whilst people filmed themselves clapping, just after their post about how nice it was for their kids to play in the paddling pool with their neighbours kids today.

[justanotherneighinparadise]

Air pollution will be much improved.

[colouringinpro]

I think it will be pretty shit tbh. Many, many businesses will have gone under. We will have previously unheard of levels of national debt. State and Police power will remain heightened and due to Covid Tracking and Tacking efforts we'll all be monitored. Vulnerable children and women will have suffered significantly during lockdown and mental health difficulties and anti social behaviour will have risen.

Sadly I don't think there'll be some massive rebirth. Those that can will get back on the treadmill.

[StealthPolarBear]

Well all line the streets and clap at 8pm on Thursdays and no one will really remember why

[Frompcat]

I do think we may well see a generation of children with OCD caused by this.

[LilacTree1]

I don’t think whether or not you work at home has much to do with bullshit jobs.

[LilacTree1]

vera “ Maybe the sun is setting on human civilsation . We have had a good run.”

That’s what I think.

[RedToothBrush]

Tbh if you can work from home then for a lot of folk you have a non-job. The froth on a post-industrial society may get blown away.

Yes I'm sure you'd feel like this when all your online shops crashed, your internet banking went offline (includes payment systems in shops), your NHS computer system with patient details went down or any personal or financial account of yours was hacked.

Lots of 'none jobs' working from home there.

Some pretty crucial to assist key workers in carrying out their roles on the front line.

[sanityisamyth]

@ProfessorPootle 100% agree with everything you've said.

The planet can't sustain the amount of abuse we through at it. This proves that people can work from home if necessary so no reason why not now.

Hopefully much more local holidays (within the same country at least) rather than flying half way around the world just to fly back a week later.

Continuation of the community spirit and shopping locally would be good.

[Frompcat]

Essentially it'll go back to the same as it was before.

That isn't a popular opinion on here, but that's what I think.

[Bitterglitter]

Bit of a recession, then much the same as before.. hopefully with at least a better funded and supplied nhs. Though probably not. Humans being so adept at adapting..

[MNnicknameforCVthreads]

Link that works : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs

[MNnicknameforCVthreads]

I’m sure people who wfh don’t do nothing, but I do think a fair few have Bullshit Jobs

[Bonkersblond]

Tbh if you can work from home then for a lot of folk you have a non-job

Are you of the mindset that people who work from home do nothing?

[Pipandmum]

I agree with @DBML. Sure some economic repercussions and maybe some people will continue to telecommute, but things will more or less will return to as it was before.

[KenDodd]

Tbh if you can work from home then for a lot of folk you have a non-job

A non-job?

[vera99]

Tbh if you can work from home then for a lot of folk you have a non-job. The froth on a post-industrial society may get blown away. Capitalism will have to reform or die and don't get me started on automation and global warming. Maybe the sun is setting on human civilsation . We have had a good run.

[Eskarina1]

@bevelino without lockdown, I'm afraid we weren't talking about a few tens of thousand deaths. You need to add a nought. And the economic impact of so many people being ill at once, of people being afraid to go out because once the nhs saturated the death rate would be much higher would still be huge.

I think things will be different for the medium term, even after lockdown so hopefully things will change.

[Leobynature]

Post virus I think the impact will be as follows: Greater poverty, greater unemployment, less self-employed people and more businesses will go bankrupt. People will
only want to be in secure work. More people will demand or work from home. There will be less air travel and more stay vacations. NHS will change massively, Gp surgery’s will do more online consultations and People will be discouraged from going to A&E. More people will shop online. And there will be more online educational learning

[KitKat1985]

I think there will be lots of changes to 'day to day' things as well as big social economic changes like a global recession, and massive impacts for families like increases in divorces and domestic violence rates, and probably a baby boom on the other side of the coin in 9 months time. Lots of people have mentioned 'big' things on this thread, but some little things that I think will change are:

1. More shops and businesses will want to go cashless, partly for the reduced infection risks, and also because they will have realised other benefits (such as saving them time cashing up tills etc).
   
   
2. More people will realise they can work from home, and will want to work from home more often. Subsequently traffic etc will be reduced. Alongside that flexible working will become more common as people move away from working 'standard' hours to fit in with their home lives (e.g, work in the evenings when the kids are in bed).
   
   
3. More people will want to become more self-reliant than rely on shops alone for food supplies (apparently there has already been a massive increase in people wanting their own chickens)!
   
   
4. Confidence in the travel industry will be knocked for a long time, so lots more people will plan holidays in the UK.
   
   
5. Video calls will gradually start to replace traditional phone calls.
   
   
6. Sales of books etc will increase as people re-discover reading.
   
   
7. Handshakes will become less common as people move towards other non-contact forms of greetings.

[MarshaBradyo]

Won’t a large amount of housing stock go to children in the wills, if they don’t need it to their dc.

[safariboot]

Pick whichever recession you remember the worst.

Then think worse than that.

[SleepingStandingUp]

Large amounts of housing stock will be freed up
Surely that's assuming that the who die are living alone or that while households are dying?