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The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a brutal blow to many small-business owners. A recent analysis conducted by the Federal Reserve Board found that the pandemic resulted in the permanent closure of...
The pandemic shook the world's economy, with especially severe economic damage in the United States, Europe and Latin America. [ 434 ] [ 435 ] A consensus report by American intelligence agencies in April 2021 concluded, "Efforts to contain and manage the virus have reinforced nationalist trends globally, as some states turned inward to protect ...
As of 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‑2). Its effect has been broad, affecting general society, the global economy, culture, ecology, politics, and other areas.
Within the first months of the pandemic, several ICE detention centers were home to hunger strikes in response to inadequate COVID-19 protections. [57] Prisoners are more likely to have preexisting and/or underlying conditions which make them susceptible to illness, especially in facilities the deteriorating quality of which can exacerbate poor ...
Adapting to the pandemic and the need for music patrons to wear a mask, the conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer invented an acoustic "music-enhancing" face-mask, which has two life-sized hands made out of transparent plastic that cup around the ears. Audience members reported that the mask improved the sound.
The pandemic left millions of people in the U.S. at-risk when it comes to nutrition and overall health status. The pandemic complicated food insecurity among children, older adults, and undocumented immigrants. Feeding America stated that the estimated number of food-insecure kids could jump from 11 million to an estimated 18 million.
Leading businesses advanced digitization more frequently, but some enterprises fell behind and were less likely to convert digitally during the pandemic. [ 100 ] 53% of surveyed firms in the European Union had previously implemented advanced digital technology and invested more into other digital technologies. 34% of non-digital EU firms viewed ...
This made the pandemic a time of exceptional stress, [1] driving some people to seek peaceful escapism in media and others to consume media concerning fictional pandemics (i.e., zombie apocalypses) in an effort to make sense of the event. [2] Themes include contagion, isolation and loss of control. [3]