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With the world-wide spread of the new coronavirus, present days are delivering incredible uncertainty for everybody. Just the same, there are some ‘tectonic’ shifts underway that one can speak of with a fair degree of certainty, although some of the points listed below may not transpire exactly as set out.
Furthermore, there are going to be consequences that will seemingly appear out of nowhere, but which will later be viewed as embarrassingly obvious, leading to the question, “How could I have missed that?”
Also, keep in mind that I’m coming at this subject matter from an impact-on-construction point of view.
- We’re all going to be living on the Internet going forward even more than we already have been. A key implication is that individuals keeping telecommunications up and running are becoming ‘essential’ workers.
- In periods of past crises, it was ‘first responders’ who were the heroes. In the present coronavirus crisis, extra responsibility is being placed on ‘front-line workers’ ‒ i.e., those being required to risk illness while working with the general public in health care, policing and firefighting. More broadly, ‘front-line workers’ will also encompass grocery store and pharmacy staff, bank tellers and mechanics keeping machinery operating and vehicles on the road.
