Second, “research from social psychology predicts that, in times
when individuals become more vulnerable to death anxiety, there
tends to be a rise in prejudice and racism,’ she said. Chapdelaine
is also curious about how our fast-paced technological culture will
influence people's behaviour after COVID-19. To explore this, she
offers several observations.

First, the fact that “we live in a fast-paced technological
culture that does not encourage individuals to take the time
to carefully evaluate a stimulus, before responding to it” Asa
culture, we have become, she says, untrained in the valuable skills
of careful deliberation and delayed gratification. We need this
patience though! Without it, we lose the ability to act rationally. Her
hypothesis, which we should take heed to as students potentially
on summer break soon, is that we could behave irrationally when
the pandemic lockdown is lifted, thus compromising the gains and
benefits of the physical distancing measures. “There may be some
who could react with excessive carelessness, joy, indulging in all
sorts of passions. By contrast, others may succumb to irrational

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fears about venturing out because strong emotional cues will cloud
over the ability to [properly] evaluate the stimulus: She cautions
again that it is hard to see past the present, however.

WHAT SHE HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

She hopes that this forced pause will counter her hypotheses.
Perhaps, she states, this isolated time will allow us to “nurture
back our capacity for reflection: Her view is that this period could
allow us to imagine a new beginning instead of a return to the
norm. She points out that the word “Krisis,’ in its origins, meant
“the turning point in a disease in which there would be recovery
or death” She hopes that this crisis will educate us on the best
decisions to recover life—and go beyond that to “affirm life”

If history is doomed to repeat itself, we can thank our lucky
stars humans are such adaptable creatures. The faster we can
adapt to these new surroundings, ideas, and information, the
faster we can resume our lives with a degree of normalcy. Life will
go on, and so will we, as we have seen historically.

A report from Global News states that the divorce
rate in China has surged during COVID-19.