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Envision of Post-Pandemic Coachella Valley
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a feeling that the world is at a historical turning point and things would never be normal again. As the virus wreaks havoc across the universe, governments are taking charge of directing the fights against the pandemic. The virus has taught us the essence of recalibrating our expectations and retraining our brains. In his opinion-based article, What Might the Post-Pandemic World Look Like?, Eugen Linden imagines how the coronavirus pandemic will transform the city of New York and completely change the ways of living. In his imagination, he sees the good that will come out of the outbreak of the virus. He envisions that in 2050, there will be greater good that will come to happen as a result of how people reacted to and adopted a different way of life in order to fight the virus. Linden makes good suggestions that we may actually anticipate. He argues his points very well by giving good reasons as to why he speculates how the world they will be in the next thirty years. It is very much possible to make an inflexion point on how the post-pandemic world will be by studying today’s scenarios. For instance, measures that governments are imposing for their citizens to abide by in order to avoid the spread of the virus. A lot of changes have taken place since the last few months after the outbreak of COVID-19, with this if things remain as they are, it is much easier to anticipate how the post-pandemic society will be. In this article, I would like to share my visualization of the post-pandemic Coachella Valley basing on Linden’s What Might the Post-World Look Like?
First, in the future, the Coachella people will be socializing at a distance. In his article, Linden speculates that handshakes will be replaced with kisses and waves. He even adds that the traditional bowing style of Japan has come back. All these changes are in order to protect people from the infectious virus. I can envisage the same scenario in Coachella Valley. A scenario where people will not physically see their friends. Unlike the busy life before, the outbreak of the disease in New Coachella, people dress up for their video chats. There is no joy where one could dress nice and look fancy in front of their friends. This instead happens in front of a camera. There are few people in the streets in a post-pandemic world Coachella. Most of these activities will be happening indoors, and their way of living is entirely different from how it was before the outbreak. Social isolation is highly practised, with only family members interacting at most. With this comes strong family bonding unlike before. People of Coachella make friends among their families, thereby boosting family ties.
Love acknowledgement and appreciation of neighbours. Before the outbreak of the pandemic, most of the people of Coachella never knew their neighbours. They had busy schedules and no time for knowing the people around them. The post-pandemic Coachella is totally different. It is the exact opposite of how it was before. People now get to know their neighbours. It is undeniable that natural disasters often bring people together. The disruptive and scary natures of these calamities bind people together, even those who never cared about before. With this comes the improvement of the fundamental of lives. The people of Coachella loved their neighbours and cared about each other. Social distancing and isolation have broken long-distance relationships among friends, thereby improving short distance instead. People living in apartments seem to know each other very well. Most of them check on their neighbours if they are doing fine. These habits are natured as people struggled and formed out the way to deal with the virus. I could imagine some individuals giving recitals to their very appreciative neighbours. Therefore, the outbreak of the virus has instilled some good values among the people of Coachella. These positive values might have been practised if the act of social distancing and isolation, which led to boredom in house and forcing people to get to know those who live around them.
The virus has inspired innovations. In his article, Linden imagines the post-pandemic world will be less innovative. However, I tend to disagree with this statement because people have adopted new ways in order to deal with the pandemic. For instance, the education system in the new Coachella takes a different direction. In order to help children and youth develop intellectual skills without actually having to attend classrooms physically, people had to come up with new and advanced ways to learn. Traditional learning has been fully transformed into online writing. Most students attended their classes in their homes, and most of the teachers taught using videoconferencing software. Moreover, children of New Coachella are able to acquire skills that aren’t taught at schools. The new education supplements students with other skills as they interact with their parents and learn from them. Moreover, technology has been greatly advanced in New Coachella; most of these innovations and inventions are made to counter the pandemic. Therefore, the outbreak of the virus has grey inspired inventions and innovations.
In conclusion, I agree with most imaginations of Eugene linden that after pandemic will be better. As the virus turns our world upside down, there is also a lot of good that may come as a result. Among these are positive values such as kindness, discipline and love. Moreover, the new millennial might also be characterized by new inventions and innovations. The traditional way of learning will transform into modern video conferencing methods. During this difficult time, people tend to invent new ways to deal with the situation, which is the reason I can visualize the post-pandemic Coachella to be better and more advanced.