The world after Coronavirus

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After this long period of isolation caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus, a world totally different from the one we know awaits us out there. People are waiting to get back to normal, but do we really want to get back to normal? We want to return to a world where globalization without limits or alternatives reigns, inadequate exploitation that damages our ecosystems and a society that is more unequal than equal.
We imagine that this Coronavirus is a punishment for our way of living, however, we can see this issue from another perspective that consists of changing our way of living.
One of the first lessons we will learn will be to live in a diversified economy with production limits. This virus has been able to show the weak and defenseless face of our strong and powerful economic system in which we believe. This catastrophe will cause new economic, social and geopolitical models to flourish.

The neediest are those who will be most economically affected by the coronavirus, starting with the lack of jobs. Education here is also influenced, children now study at home, but we do not count the fact that not all families can afford to have an internet connection or that there is only one computer per family. The digital divide exists in Western societies and is very visible in African countries. 
Many governments have opted for the privatization of key sectors such as public health. But with the collapse of the hospitals for the patients of Covid-19, we are now more aware of the importance of public health systems. Perhaps this will make us realize the inequality that existed in the economic field long before this crisis began and we will rise up to fight against it.

Industrial unemployment almost everywhere in the world, and the inactivity of airlines due to confinement, is affecting our planet positively, with fewer greenhouse gas emissions and falls of up to 40% in carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, improving air quality, lung diseases and decreasing global warming. This may be another lesson to learn, as there is always talk about a climate emergency but nothing is ever done about it. The economic system that reigns in the world capitalism, must adapt and change their way of producing betting on more equality and withdrawing from key sectors such as health.
 Whether or not this continues after confinement depends on the measures that are taken in order to build a more sustainable and ecological future.
Nationalisms will have to mature in order to build a path towards global progress where solidarity and humanity reign. It is said that there is always light at the end of the tunnel, let us hope that at the end of this hard stage the world we find ourselves in will not be the same or worse but better than the previous one and in the end we will see the light.

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