I think most of us would rather not have had COVID. It has been devastating for many economies and it took a bad toll on people. However it has had some side benefits (some may argue that having Trump removed for now may be one of them, LOL).
I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.
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I am talking about the digital revolution that was already taking place, yet still had some bumps along the road to occur, and has been forcefully implemented by many companies that required their people to keep on working. I am also talking about the immense number of new influencers and subscription services that had increased their adept several times-fold. All this would have taken ages otherwise.
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demand for services that can be performed remotely or provide solutions to the challenges of reduced personal interactions, such as information and communications technology (ICT), and deliveries, has increased significantly. In a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing demand for ICT by a comparable rate
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I remember the first few weeks of Covid and the amount of traffic dropping off almost entirely. It was a really noticeable change in air quality all around and the amount of noise plummeted - that was quite an amazing experience, even if it meant having movement restricted to the local area. It would have had all sorts of other hidden societal benefits as well, like pushing people into exercise as an activity to keep the mind busy and making it much easier to find drug dealers (one of the few people that were still moving around on the roads at the time to feed to habits of addicts). Now sadly we see traffic levels back to pre-pandemic besides air traffic and nasty side effects like people abandoning dogs that they took on out of "boredom".