Happy days are coming back

 I had written an article on why 2021 can be a terrible year for many people. Today I am going to present the other side of the coin, 2021 can be a great year for us. 2020 has been a gloomy year with news of sickness and deaths all around the world, economic slowdown and job loss in an unending loop. Everyone is missing the free lifestyle of the pre covid times.

Now the availability of a vaccine is not a distant dream but reality with some countries even starting the vaccine. The Moderna vaccine was tested on 30000 people and it showed a 94.5 percent efficacy. India which is the largest producer of vaccines expects the start of vaccination process as early as January 2021. Most of the vaccine trials around the world are in the final trial phase and 2021 will see majority of the population getting vaccinated. Experts believe that by spring or summer life would be as good as normal again. Once the vaccines start rolling out it will be a reason for cheer and happiness for the people all around the world.

Experts were expecting a great depression but now countries are expecting a V shaped recovery. It is expected that people will spend big amounts once the lockdown and social distancing becomes a thing of the past. For the last year people have just been locked up so the spring effect will induce people to come out enjoy and spend more getting the economy rolling again. Just imagine the relief people will have with no restrictions and the vaccine.

Most people who had covid came out recovered with the death percentage being low. This experience has made people more aware about fitness and healthy living. Now people will be more careful about a healthy lifestyle with more people taking up some sort of fitness activity. Also people are now more aware hygiene. Doctors in UK found that children have less seasonal flu cases. Though some of it is attributed to schools being closed but most of it is due to children following a good personal hygiene routine like washing hand regularly and using masks.

The air pollution around the world especially around big cities and industrial areas has come down significantly. Though when things get normal the pollution level is likely to increase but people are now more aware and concerned about pollution after seeing the better effects of a less polluted world. This pandemic has seen the better side of humans coming out to help each other. More people came out to volunteer help irrespective of the threat of the disease. We saw communities coming together to help others in need and people showing solidarity by playing music and lighting candles from their balconies. Now people are expected to have closer family bonding and also better bonding with neighbors. Many people learned to cook, started gardening or even repair their house.

Similarly there was a surge of people taking to the internet to learn new things through online courses. Google saw a huge jump in its search for online courses. Now many companies started work from home which gave the employees more freedom. In fact after the pandemic is more or less over the work from home culture will be the new normal. This would lead to less rush of vehicles on the roads and more freedom to work. Those who don’t have the work from home option will return to the jobs most of which were lost due to covid. There will be a set of digital nomads who will have the capability to work from anywhere in the world.

2021 will see a boom in the tourism sector as people are now itching to go out on vacations as the things get normal. The skyscanner website has seeing an exponential increase in searches for air travel. People will be eager to have their long due vacation with families. People will be able to go and watch sports in stadiums, watch movies in theatres, and go to live concerts again.

The better days are coming back for the people in general and what a relief it will be to return to a normal life again without thinking about the disease.