Post Covid 19 Era and Anticipation

The ravaging effect of the corona pandemic brought to the entire world many devastating problems and challenges forcing everyone to embrace a compulsory change in the ways of doing and perspectives.

The new normal has been forced upon all people in all nations of the world and this only option for us is to embrace the change making needed adjustments. At the end of covid 19 saga, which is classified as post covid 19 era, there are some anticipations such as:-

1.  Loss of jobs.

2.  Crippling of industries.

3.  Downsizing of businesses and workforce.

4.  Increase in unemployment.

5.  Increase in social vices.

6.  Increase agitation for good governance.

7.  Increase in tension, depression and suicidal rates.

With all of the above mentioned in place, the general populace would have been so traumatized and driven to a point of elastic limit, which if not attended to urgently and competently too; the resultant effect may be very disastrous for us all.

Since people are becoming more distressed on daily basis, with life becoming more unbearable for many, behaviours of people are being altered as their coping capacities continue to dwindle on daily basis, making many people to react very sharply with anger to the slightest provocation.

People will actually become very irritated and violent even at slightest provocation which at times result into taking life or destroying properties. The possibility of the general populace becoming more exposed to mental health problems will be very high, this require that urgent action be taken to prevent the looming disaster by both the government and mental health professionals.

Let all mental health care professionals arise now so as to forestall the looming disaster.

Chap. Prof. David Mike-Jacobs CPC, CPST, BCC.

Professor of Anthropology, Certified Chaplaincy Educator & Trainer.

Oct. 17th 2020