Pandemic

The society, as of December 2019, experienced the worldwide presence of a highly contagious virus, and is currently undergoing an unprecedented change, ranging from local to global, personal to political, individual to collective. Until this day, the situation hasn’t had any significant changes. Still unable to create an effective vaccine or contain the spreading of the virus, it seems like the past year and a half did not do the world any good. However, these were the exact same circumstances Londoners experienced on the 7th September 1940. It was the day Germans sought to overtake London (by dropping thousands of bombs on the city) in the event known as The London Blitz. As the bombings began, thousands of people died, more injured and in excess of a million buildings were left standing in ruins. But to their surprise, the intended mass panic of the millions of Londoners never happened. Dealing with a global pandemic is totally different from dealing with a bombing. However, there are lessons to be learnt from the attitude and mentality the Londoners presented. They got through the bombings stronger than ever. The Blitz was able to successfully make people administer an unanticipated sense of solidarity and a pursuit of equity while in the midst of a catastrophe that made the general public better off. In the same sense, the idea of “desirable difficulties” suggest that not all difficulties are negative. That some disadvantages (current global pandemic) may well be larger advantages in disguise. Making them desirable.

The outbreak of a virus seems to only be related to a health crisis. However, it turns out to also disrupt the country’s macro along with the micro-economy. Businesses are falling to its lowest peak and needs alternatives to survive. The drastically changing consumption pattern have led to bankruptcies and struggles. With that said, consumers tends to prioritize basic necessities rather than goods that are not important. Even though crisis hits Indonesia’s economy hardly, demand for coffee did not plunge. Through the presence of the online market, it provides a more advantageous offer for retail owners.

This research is a quantitative research which attempts to measure the elasticity of coffee based on 2 variables that are disrupted during the pandemic. While businesses are forecasted to fall, the coffee industry seems to have the possibility to develop and survive the crisis. The method carried out in this measurement is a survey & questionnaire method.

This set of measurement-based project shows how protected the steadiness of the coffee’s demand. Thus, providing a view on investors on strong forecasts in this industry. Therefore, this research can show the changes on how trends for drinking coffee becomes more popular within the presence of the pandemic. Not only providing a view on how the society sets coffee as a stay at home trend, it provides numerous economical advantage for investors.

The world has gone through numerous respiratory diseases, almost all of which left a high number of casualties and an economic crisis. These show how ill-prepared we are when facing a pandemic, thus making it essential to take lessons from the lack of preparation and global cooperation. This study investigates some successful approaches to respiratory pandemics, analyzes them for other countries to draw lessons from and apply.

To satisfy these research objectives, the students employ both qualitative and quantitative methods such as researching, analyzing, and observing. We also gathered data from multiple sources as well as past research on this topic in order to ensure the objectivity that characterizes any trustworthy research papers.

In this paper, the students will first discuss the current reality, then a description of our methods of conduct, which will be followed by an analysis of various countries’ past responses. From there, the paper arrives at a list of general procedures essential and applicable to any policy of any government designed to protect the wellbeing of its citizens from future novel respiratory pandemics.

Ever since the outbreak of Covid-19, the education system around the world has been affected severely. The sudden widespread disease quickly exacerbated the pre-existing weakness of our education system. Vietnamese students are not an exception to the worldwide diseases, and their education has been facing the adverse effects the virus brings. To combat the situation, methods to alleviate the situation have been carried out. This study provides an overview of how Vietnamese students were affected by the education crisis and the impact of the education crisis upon the poor and marginalized students. In our research process, we have been using statistics from UN reports as well as information from various international and Vietnamese newspapers to demonstrate the education crisis in Vietnam. We have also conducted a public interview to ask the students how their life was affected by Covid-19. The study finds that a significant amount of students’ education was disrupted by the epidemic, and an estimated 4.4 million Vietnamese preschoolers' education was affected. The study further discusses the drawbacks in the Vietnamese education system like poor infrastructure and insufficient learning materials. The paper also illustrates what has been done to deal with the crisis, and further discusses short-term and long-term solutions to the Vietnam education crisis.

The growing pandemic has brought about significant economic and health impacts on the human population, resulting in a drop in businesses’ monetary income and tourism revenue. A rough estimation of 3.3 billion, half the world’s population, are at risk of losing their jobs. Studies have found that international tourist arrivals decreased by 58% to 78% globally. To quote efforts in curbing this issue, countries such as Germany have been doing much to salvage these losses, like using virtual reality tours to boost tourism. Our country, for example, has been distributing rediscovery vouchers to encourage Singaporeans to visit local attractions. Thus in this video, we will be highlighting the various efforts towards innovations at recouping business losses, made by both the developing and developed countries and how these solutions would benefit them, as well as proposing a plausible solution to the financial impact stemming from the pandemic.

This project aims to discern the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic violence cases against women. Domestic violence can be identified as a pattern of controlling, threatening, and violent behaviors and incidents to gain and maintain power and control over the other person. It is mostly practiced by a partner or a close family member and can be categorized into six different categories including emotional, psychological, financial or economic, physical and sexual abuse and stalking; anyone regardless of their socioeconomic background, age, race, gender, sexual orientation can become a victim of it. Covid-19 has drastically affected various matters, including the risk of domestic violence. Due to the lockdown, many women were forcibly trapped at home with their abusers. As a result, many women were at higher risk of experiencing dreadful and repeated forms of domestic violence. Moreover, the economic, health and security pressures during the pandemic had escalated the matter. Research has also shown that the risk of emotional abuse is higher in cases in which the pandemic resulted in the failure of the breadwinner working in an income-generating job. In this project, we have analyzed the current situation in different blocs, including the middle east region and the central African republic. We have also looked into different solutions which can help in tackling the issue. These solutions include but are not limited to awareness-raising programs, improving the conditions of domestic violence shelters and investigating in different support systems that can be applied to the pandemic context.

In 2003, SARS exposed the weaknesses of the health care system for emerging infectious diseases and pandemic management infrastructure in Singapore. Learning from the outbreak, Singapore introduced several measures to strengthen its pandemic management capabilities. The Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) framework was established. This framework serves as the foundation for the national responses to any outbreak and is divided into four levels of incremental severity (green, yellow, orange and red), based on risk assessment of the public health impact of the disease and the ongoing disease situation in Singapore. Through her experience gained from SARS, Singapore improved her ability to tackle virus outbreaks. However, despite the improved measures in placed to tackle outbreaks of diseases, the full extent of the impacts of COVID-19 on Singapore is still uncertain as the situation remains ever-evolving. Hence, our team aims to conduct a comparative study on both viruses to 1. evaluate the measures put in place to tackle the viruses, 2. examine the differences in scale of impact of both viruses on Singapore, and 3. propose measures to further enhance our defenses against future outbreaks of diseases in Singapore.