Impact of Covid-19 on Social Life.
There are significant impacts of covid-19 in social life. This paper will discuss the effects of covid-19 on women, people with disabilities, middle and low-class economies, and on people with color.
Women make up to 70% in the sector of social and health sectors globally, and they do three times unpaid work than men at home. They are the majority in the health care centers, and they are at higher risk during this pandemic. Most of them are caregivers into the family, and they are also parents. There is a disproportionally top care burden in the standard times in this pandemic, yet they continue to serve. This puts them under pressure and stress. Most of these health workers work in the informal economy, and they are likely do not have health insurance, which puts their lives at risk, and their income is not secured, and they are finically on their own.
This covid-19 pandemic is likely to hit women harder since there will restrictions of movements, thus affecting women whose abilities are to make a living and to provide for their families (Peterman et al. 2020). The UN Women, through the director of policy program and intergovernmental Division at UN Women, Sarah E Hendrik’s said that they are working with the partners to consider taking in consideration the gender-differential impact on covid-19 and put in account the response strategies on global levels, regionals, and the country. They needed to pay more attention to women’s leadership and needs that will strengthen the response to covid-19.
Due to economic and health disparities, people of color are likely that the outbreak of covid-19 will bring about challenges in terms of financial and potential health risks (Filut et al. 2020). The communities of color have a high chance of getting severe illness if they have infected with the coronavirus sue earlier existence of chronic health conditions as compared to whites. They will face increased increasing challenges in accessing medication, testing, and treatments of covid-19 since most of them are uninsured and faces barriers in accessing medical care in comparison with the whites. Due to unfortunate social and economic circumstances, there is likely that people with color will face health risks and financial crises associated with covid-19.
The states and federal government have put down in mitigation of financial challenges and health challenges. Still, the access of these services varies, and the people with color are likely to continue facing such financial and health difficulties. Communities of color have most people uninsured, and they will face challenges accessing these services since they are costly.
The outbreak of the covid-19 will have significant impacts on the people of the poorest economies even when they do not any confirmed cases yet. According to the vulnerability index, we have the Philippines, Viet Nam, and Sri Lanka as the countries with top risks. The sub-Saharan region is likely to lose about $4 billion of exports from China since it is dampened, and the global demand is high.
In 2003, when there was a SARS virus, it brought down the world’s output by $50 billion. China’s GDP share in 2019 was four times more than it was in 2003, which is 17% globally, and the pandemic is like to cost the economy up to $360 billion. This pandemic has declined the china’s stock exchange and closed borders, halted production, and canceled flights. This will affect other countries that depend on china’s exports. In any fall by 1% in the Chinese demand, the low, middle countries will lose about $4 billion of the worth of goods of exports and $0.6 billion in the tourism sector.
Based on three impacts, the low and middle-income countries are likely to face challenges—health impacts on population and its connectivity since there are canceled flights. There will be a shortage in economic links with China, and there will be global integration since those countries which have close with china will have links suspended, especially those dependent on china for exports, investments, and movement of people. On the resilience, the countries that have constrained fiscal resources and have weaker health systems are more vulnerable and less resilient.
The global crisis experienced in the world due to the covid-19 pandemic would bring about a high risk of people with chronic diseases and persons with disabilities. 26% of adults have some type of disability in the USA, and it’s the right time USA address the needs and the rights of such individuals in the wake of covid-19 response and planning (Stankovska et al. 2020). They are the most affected group in terms of services that include; access to information, access to steady employment, access to education, and access to health care and critical needs. The social distancing habit will affect them negatively since some of them on in-home service provision and community-based provision. The government should provide service that helps older people and those with disabilities to maintain their independence, dignity, safety, and health.
In my opinion, due to the covid-19 pandemic, there will be high cases of crimes. People after restriction of movements with no food to engage themselves in illegal activities such as robbery to gather for their needs.
The covid-19 will have a negative impact on each country and the economy and the people in those countries that are both affected and that have no cases. Therefore there is a need for countries to prepare and be flexible for the future since this pandemic might last longer.
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