I've been doing a lot of thinking about the way life is right now, the slow pace to recovery and whatever we're going to salvage afterwards. While thinking, I sort of imagine, or should I say project the current situation and extrapolate it to create a mental picture of what the near future will look like and it doesn't look pretty.
We all know society will never be the same and paranoia will be at the centre of our existence for at least 5 years after all the movement and business restrictions are lifted. People will generally reduce human contact, which in isolation is a small victory to me but will create a new problem that I can't say for sure right now.
With all the businesses closing down and unemployment rising over this period, economies need a major upheaval and that will take time. This means there will be a lot of unemployed people on the streets and if you mix that with the wicked inflation, it really seems all downhill.
People have a lot of time to dwell on things and show their frustrations. As more and more young people get unemployed and dissatisfied by the system in their country, we will experience even more riots and show of outrage around the World. American citizens are showing theirs and all it took was a spark of racism from a police officer to light the flame that's engulfing the whole country.
On a personal level, I worry for myself sometimes. I have a plan to escape this hell hole called Nigeria but looking at the current trajectory of society, I wonder if they'll even let me. I wonder if countries will be welcoming to foreigners when this whole saga ends, and if so, how will certain white-dominated countries view black people like me, considering the recent events?
Schools have been shut down for quite some time now and prior to the virus shutting everything down, I was a few months away from the end of my Master's program. I tried to keep up with my thesis but motivation has been at an all-time low and there's been zero progress. I suspect schools around here will blitz through like two semesters to readjust to the standard calendar. That's going to be really rough for me and other students.
Everything started the virus that swept through the World, and while it hasn't been the most mortally threatening illness, it has crippled economies, led to unemployment and changed our way of life forever. I don't know man, I'm really nervous about what comes after all this is behind us.
