"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change" - Charles Darwin
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything and made the world a gloomy place but the human race is a survivor – we know how to emerge and win. We have done it in the past, we shall do this again.
Look at our track record
During World War II, when American men went off to war, women proved that they could do the so-called “men’s” work — and do it well too! Women never looked back after that.
Similarly, the Y2K problem demanded the extensive use of Indian software engineers, leading to the tripling of employment-based visas granted by the U.S. Fixing that bug enabled Indian engineers to establish their credentials, and catapulted them as world leaders in addressing technology problems. Alphabet, Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe are all headed by India-born engineers today.
Way ahead
Undoubtedly, the present COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown has changed the way we live. With schools, colleges, Universities closed for months, e-learning came to the forefront, across the world! Even with the lockdowns opening up, we now know that this change is here to stay.