Coronavirus--Stormy Clouds Ahead for Europe, USA
Truth is often stranger than fiction. If somebody suggested a thriller novel plot set to the backdrop of gyrating stock markets, falling oil prices, rising tensions with Iran, amidst a spreading worldwide health pandemic, all juxtaposed to a contentious American Presidential election, most literary agents would gruffly scoff, “it’s too far fetched.” Perhaps, but look at the news.
The Coronavirus, which started in China late last year in Wuhan has since mushroomed into
a full fledged flu epidemic from the Far East to Western Europe and Middle America.
Corona or more properly COVID-19 has dramatically changed day to day life and drastically reduced business activity, shut schools and Universities, and cancelled sporting events.
Even James Bond, or should we say his latest movie No Time to Die, has been postponed due to
the Corona.
The 24/7 media and especially social media has turned the crisis into a near frenzy of information, disinformation and often simply information overload. People are nervous and rightly so given the dire health predictions and infection rates.
There are serious medical and economic storm clouds ahead for Europe and the USA--Italy, France and Spain have seen the worst of the pandemic. Now it is in the United States and Canada and spreading.
STAY SAFE!
STAY HEALTHY!
STAY ALERT!
