Honestly, the last couple of years have been pretty crappy. Just about all our “normal” activities have had to be modified in some way. I know we’re always supposed to look on the bright side of things, or for the “silver lining,” but that’s sure a lot easier said than done recently.
But I decided to honestly take a look and see if I could think of anything good that has come about as a result of COVID. So here are (possibly) some of the positive changes that have happened during Covid-19. Maybe some of the changes will remain in place and become building blocks for the future.
Although I haven’t experienced it, apparently some places have opened drive-through doctors clinics and some doctors are even making home visits. Being able to get a Covid or flu shot in your car seems like a good thing.
This whole work from home thing has revealed some advantages to a lot of people — reducing travel time, saving on travel costs. Online meetings have become popular, if not the norm. I guess that makes it easier for more people to attend (although I’m not sure bigger meetings are necessarily a good thing.)
Shopping from home has become more popular…. more and more businesses are offering home delivery services including for groceries and essential items.
Museums and art galleries are starting online tours and live streamed concerts and there are more online courses available for all sorts of subjects. Religious services are being shared online.
From what I’ve read, carbon emissions are down globally — China recorded an 85 percent increase in days with good air quality recently.
Most everyone has had to become more innovative — lots of businesses have had to reinvent themselves with a “business as unusual” philosophy… for instance, gin distilleries turned to making hand sanitizer.
And COVID gave us all a new sense of appreciation and gratefulness. We probably all gained a new perspective on everything we have taken for granted for so long — our freedoms, leisure, connections, family and friends, and work. Life as we knew it was all suddenly taken away from us. Maybe when this finally ends, we’ll all have gained new levels of gratitude.
Obviously all these “positive” aspects come at a pretty hefty price of death, sickness, depression, the economy, etc.
I guess it’s up to us to change ourselves and our system to make the most of these “positives.”
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