Running head: SOCIETAL IMPACT OF COVID-19

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ENGL 106

Societal Impact of Covid-19

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This article brilliantly investigates and outlines the expected long-term impacts and

consequences prevailed by Covid-19 on our societies. The most concerning result is that this

health crisis is anticipated to negatively worsen both inequalities among people and lead to social

deprivation, which is really catastrophic. All the samples and evidence chosen carefully to

demonstrate that this crisis will result in difficulties for most of us. When it comes it consuming,

studies showed that customer expenditure decreased sharply, which in turn, affected all societies

worldwide. What’s more, fear found its way among people and that was due to the sever

lockdowns imposed by governments and by the decline all economies experienced leading to

lower in income for the majority of people.

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Personally, this article is so informative to the extent that it shows not only societal impacts

of Corona-virus, but also includes clarifications and information related to what has happened to

economies around the globe. Besides, it addresses both individual and collective problems

caused by lockdowns, including financial crisis for most of the poor who are still perplexed

whether to go out for earning money to manage life basics, or to stay home and protect the health

of everybody in their families. An interesting part of this article is that it shows light at the end of

the tunnel by mentioning optimism and hope after all. However, I do believe that the impacts

caused by Covid-19 over societies around the globe are not to vanish so quickly; in other words,

there are other unnoticed consequences popping up every now and then which is a scary sign

showing that not all about this novel virus has been fully yet discovered, and that scientists and

specialised doctors are yet to encounter the most difficult scenario on economies and societies,

individually and collectively.

We can watch this video for more reflection on the topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0l2USlxg30
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References:

Bavel, J. J. V., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., … Willer, R.
(2020). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.
Nature Human Behaviour, 4(5), 460–471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z

Fitzgerald, H. (2020, March 16). Coronavirus Risk Doesn't Stop at Your Front Door. The
Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/what-does-social-distance-
mean-within-a-family/608044/.

Greg MillerMar. 16, 2020, Lucy HicksJul. 17, 2020, Lucy HicksJul. 16, 2020, Charlotte
HartleyJul. 15, 2020, & Charlotte HartleyJul. 14, 2020. (2020, March 16). Social
distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences. Science.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/we-are-social-species-how-will-social-
distancing-affect-us.