Wealthier, developed and democratic countries were better able to weather the storm, with the resources to provide furloughs and welfare benefits for those unable to go to work due to lockdowns, to strengthen medical care, to invest in research into vaccines and to produce and disseminate the vaccines.įor countries, already in poverty, such as my own nation of Myanmar, countless numbers of people died without treatment, without a vaccine and in destitution. The virus did not discriminate - rich and poor, developed and less developed, free and oppressed countries all suffered. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated millions of lives, through death, long-term sickness, economic hardship, mental health challenges and the grief faced by so many who lost loved ones. The rise of far right populism and far left militancy, of nationalism, extremism and intolerant secularism in various forms across the Western world, from North America to Europe and across Asia and beyond, has shaken well-established pillars of stability, foundations of tradition, accepted norms and truths and values. While the world, throughout its history, has faced many crises, many dark chapters and suffered many wounds, recent years appear to have ushered in a new dark age across the world.
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