So in 50 to 100 hundred years time what do you think people will think of Covid19?

AMKC · 13-01-2021 11:36pm #1

Will people look at it and compare it to WW1 and WW2? Will it be forgotten just a small blip in history?

What do you think history will say about it?

13-01-2021 11:38pm

Spanish flu

mickdw · 13-01-2021 11:39pm

I dont things will ever be exactly as they were so it will be remembered as a major point in history where the world changed.

punisher5112 · 13-01-2021 11:39pm

China virus

punisher5112 · 13-01-2021 11:40pm

Matt Damon

completedit · 13-01-2021 11:48pm

People making ****e bread before realising there's a reason we have bakeries.

El Tarangu · 13-01-2021 11:51pm

They will scratch their heads at the social convention that obliged us to grasp the hand of everyone upon entering a room, including total strangers.

Montage of Feck · 13-01-2021 11:56pm

In 100 years the human race will have have become a cybernetic collective species incapable of independent thought.

Thelonious Monk · 13-01-2021 11:57pm

They'll probably long for the days of covid 19 while theyre choking on the polluted air and drinking contaminated water and fighting in climate wars etc.

gozunda · 13-01-2021 11:59pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

In 100 years the human race will have have become a cybernetic collective species incapable of independent thought.

And we'll ll be living on the Moon and Mars

Mad_maxx · 14-01-2021 12:00am

doubt its viewed as a big deal at all

in truth not that many people have died

punisher5112 · 14-01-2021 12:04am

completedit wrote: »

People making ****e bread before realising there's a reason we have bakeries.

Since Brennan's went halal friendly it's gone to sh1te.....

punisher5112 · 14-01-2021 12:04am

It will be remembered as the flu, the one that ended up causing so much more to die from other reasons....

FortuneChip · 14-01-2021 12:05am

In 50/100 years we'll hopefully have a consistent set of tiers.

Ten of Swords · 14-01-2021 12:08am

AMKC wrote: »

Will it be forgotten just a small blip in history?

^^This

How do people remember the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago? Many people have heard of it, few have studied it in detail, or would particularly care to

Capt'n Midnight · 14-01-2021 12:50am

El Tarangu wrote: »

They will scratch their heads at the social convention that obliged us to grasp the hand of everyone upon entering a room, including total strangers.

It's very important to shake hands with total strangers.

How else would you confirm they aren't brandishing a small weapon in their dominant hand ?

Dravokivich · 14-01-2021 12:52am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It's very important to shake hands with total strangers.

How else would you confirm they aren't brandishing a small weapon in their dominant hand ?

By brandishing a large one in my own? You know kinda setting up the ole, "That's not a knife!"

Cerveza · 14-01-2021 12:55am

Chyna virus COVID 69.

jmlad2020 · 14-01-2021 1:02am

They will look back and realise what the fuss was about. By then they will unfortunately maybe have had many more severe pandemics and maybe some endemic evolved continuation of Covid.

Not to mention a HIV like, but different strain of a sexually transmitted disease that will wreck havoc on society.

14-01-2021 1:14am

3 and 4 day weeks and working from home will be normal for many people by 2100 and the Covid pandemic will be seen as the factor that proved that working from home as standard could be feasible for many.

It will also be looked upon as signalling the end of a period of naivity among many of humanity, where for decades they had been divorced from the natural world and the fact that we are animals susceptible to contagious diseases, and that the world isn't just some arena in which the doctrines in economics textbooks can be played out by people oblivious to the limitations and realities of the actual planet we live on and the realities of human health and the human condition. I wouldn't call myself left wing but this whole crisis has proven that laissez-faire libertarian ideology goes out the window when a serious frightening situation like this emerges which requires super-coordinated responses, with everyone playing their part.

bb1234567 · 14-01-2021 1:18am

It will most certainly be a very historic event based on the extremely dramatic way in which almost all of the planet reacted in unison, and the protracted nature of highly restrictive limits on daily life in a lot of the world for over a 1year. That's not something we will all just forget!

In terms of health impacts, not as much. Deaths probably will probably not go much over 3 million it looks llike . There have been a couple of pandemics since the Spanish flu that led to proportionally similar death tolls globally, although the spread of deaths from COVID is not very even as there are almost none in massively populated regions like China. So in more affected regions like USA and Europe and Latin America it would be the worst epidemic since Spanish flu more than likely.

raven41 · 14-01-2021 9:48am

Think it will be viewed as a turning point, not in terms of how a pandemic is handled, but the rights and freedoms that were removed and the message drilled into our heads "its for your own good".
A continuation of the nanny state ethos where the lives of the 1% vulnerable population must be protected to the social and economic detriment of the rest of the populace. Rolling and regional lockdowns during the flu season and continuing bombardment of statistics to hammer the message home.
Driving to work in the pissing rain and the sign above me on the motorway sez "caution standing water" or "low road temperature" when its freezing cold. No **** sherlock. We need the government to do the thinking for us and all risk must be eliminated as we arent capable of weighing it up for ourselves.

SpacialNeeds · 14-01-2021 9:52am

Yeah if anything I think my morning commute should be more dangerous.

begbysback · 14-01-2021 9:59am

It will be remembered as a catalyst for a new form of protection from viruses. The biggest problem with viruses is that they are not visible to the human eye, if they were then they would not be as successful as they are, so we need someone to make them more visible, like special glasses or something. In 100 years from now people will laugh that we hadn’t got the ability to see viruses.

JasonStatham · 14-01-2021 10:32am

punisher5112 wrote: »

Since Brennan's went halal friendly it's gone to sh1te.....

Lol. Halal bread. Muslims a big fan of Brennans, is it

seamus · 14-01-2021 10:45am

Yep, same as we view the Spanish 'flu. Most people will have heard of it and will be able to read contemporary accounts, but aside from "major pandemic", they won't know much else about it. Only people with an interest in medtech, epidemiology and immunology will know the impact it had on those fields. For our great-grandchildren it'll be just a blip.

When they have to deal with a pandemic, they too will ignore the lessons of 2020 and think they know better until they figure out they need hygiene and social distancing while they await a vaccine.

raven41 · 14-01-2021 1:10pm

SpacialNeeds wrote: »

Yeah if anything I think my morning commute should be more dangerous.

Hey, dont knock a bit of danger. It brightens up an otherwise dull day!:D

rainbowtrout · 14-01-2021 2:16pm

It's a lot different to Bubonic Plague which wiped out 30-50% of Europe's population at the time. It's fairly unimaginable to think of a disease that could half the countries population.

Ten of Swords · 14-01-2021 7:11pm

I'd say historians will get a laugh out of both the conspiracy theories (THEY and THEIR PLAN... :eek:) and the 'OMG the end is nigh, society and human civilisation will never be the same again' posts in digital repositories like boards facebook and twitter etc

Church on Tuesday · 14-01-2021 8:54pm

El Tarangu wrote: »

They will scratch their heads at the social convention that obliged us to grasp the hand of everyone upon entering a room, including total strangers.

I sincerely hope that won't be the case.

raven41 · 15-01-2021 10:40am

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I'd say historians will get a laugh out of both the conspiracy theories (THEY and THEIR PLAN... :eek:) and the 'OMG the end is nigh, society and human civilisation will never be the same again' posts in digital repositories like boards facebook and twitter etc

I really do hope you're right!

completedit · 15-01-2021 1:21pm

It will be interesting to see how life expectancy changes in the decades ahead. Right now, I could imagine a more clinical mindset taking hold whereby people wonder why we shut down whole economies to save people who were in the twilight of their lives. Because revisionists will always look at the demographics and correctly state that the vast majority were safe from the worst affects of the virus. They'll probably struggle to envision how our health systems were so bad that we couldn't contend with the threat of a virus that's most common sysmpthom was that there were none.
Alternatively, if life expectancy dramatically and quality into old age increases it will be viewed quite differently.
We seem to be getting more empathetic(except to unborn babies) so I'd imagine the latter is probably more likely.

Homelander · 15-01-2021 2:49pm

I think comparisons to Spanish Flu are a bit over-stated. Spanish Flu killed around 50 million people at a time when the world population was much lower. It infected more people, and it also killed the young in high numbers.

Covid-19 isn't going to be a huge part of history books in 100 years. The Spanish Flu was 10x more lethal almost exactly 100 years ago and most people know very little about it today, nor do they care.

Of course it is and will be part of "history" and it will be remembered for other reasons, but in the far distant future the average person will care little and mainstream history books will explain it in a paragraph or two.

is_that_so · 15-01-2021 2:50pm

mRNA vaccines may be the story and how they revolutionised medicine.

Dr. Bre · 15-01-2021 2:50pm

In 50 years time they will be still saying the next two weeks are crucial

riffmongous · 15-01-2021 3:18pm

Ten of Swords wrote: »

^^This

How do people remember the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago? Many people have heard of it, few have studied it in detail, or would particularly care to

I'm not so sure, I do get the impression that the Spanish Flu is exceptionally poorly remembered because of it's timing, in the middle of a period of massive upheaval and deprivation due to the war.

rossie1977 · 15-01-2021 3:42pm

riffmongous wrote: »

I'm not so sure, I do get the impression that the Spanish Flu is exceptionally poorly remembered because of it's timing, in the middle of a period of massive upheaval and deprivation due to the war.

Yes.

Whereas this will be considered a major turning point especially in the world economy after a decade of prosperity.

I expect in 100 years time people will be shaking their head that certain world leaders downplayed the severity and many called it a hoax and went out of their way to purposely not protect themselves.

growleaves · 15-01-2021 3:47pm

It won't be passed over as a blip since the lockdowns are the most significant change in Europe and the world since 1945.

The willed obliteration of culture and freedom and the socio-economic and psychological crushing of whole populations will be seen as an act of mass insanity or death wish.

MOH · 15-01-2021 3:51pm

The handful left will be living underground, trying to build a time machine to go back and stop Donald Trump before he releases it in China, or whatever garbled historical theory they have.

GreeBo · 15-01-2021 3:54pm

They'll be thinking "if we can just flatten the curve..."

landofthetree · 15-01-2021 3:58pm

They will be hopeful that we can get to level 3.

As no election can be held safely Leo will still be telling them just another 4-6 weeks and we will be over the worst of it.

Potatoeman · 15-01-2021 4:01pm

They’ll look at the picture of Trump supporters storming congress, shirtless with a buffalo headdress on and think we were still Hunter gatherers.

So in 50 to 100 hundred years time what do you think people will think of Covid19?

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