Current Events > What do you think will have changed after the pandemic is over, if anything?

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Legally, society wise, behaviorally, the way the economy is structured, etc?

This is a pretty major event and no one alive has ever dealt with something like this before (except maybe some centenarians that were around for the Spanish flu). Will things be different at all after this is over? Or will it be business as usual?

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I have a feeling a lot of people telecommuting are going to want to keep telecommuting so there should be an uptick there. Stocks like slack and products around teleconferencing will probably become more valuable.

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Business as usual. Some companies may allow work from home if it saves the company money and is efficient for them.

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not much honestly. maybe more folks will get an emergency pantry together.

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Depends on which country.

China, business as usual.
Italy, definitely in for some social changes.

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As far as America from this I expect
Increase in automation
Increased government powers that passed when nobody was looking like the earn it act
more layoffs
More regulations removed
Departments depleted even more of resources

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yeah I can definitely see more telecommuting for sure. a lot of companies were saying they couldn't let employees do it, until suddenly they could because there's a pandemic

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one thing's for certain

nothing will ever be the same again

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bump

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ThyCorndog posted...

yeah I can definitely see more telecommuting for sure. a lot of companies were saying they couldn't let employees do it, until suddenly they could because there's a pandemic

Nah. It'll go back to "but you gotta be here!" for some stupid reason.

Consequences will never be the same again.

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nothing. and when the next one hits politicians on the right will still fuck it up, like every other national disaster.

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we will lose more rights.

just like Bush did to us after 9/11
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which laws are they pushing through while the pandemic goes on that takes away rights? I heard about the encryption thing but I don't know the status of it

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i dunno what to think honestly. i want to be optimistic and believe that things will change. that countries will invest more in health and have teams prepared to deal with situations like these in the future. but part of me has a hard time believing it will happen...

ThyCorndog posted...

which laws are they pushing through while the pandemic goes on that takes away rights? I heard about the encryption thing but I don't know the status of it

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-
emergency-powers-140023

justice department wants the right to hold you in custody without a court appearance.

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