Trajectory #14: The Covid-19 Pandemic

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The High-Level This Week: This is a truly extraordinary moment in history. Thanks to a global pandemic for the first time ever the world is demobilizing and shutting down societies and economies worldwide. From Asia through Europe and the Americas people are being asked to stay home, businesses are being shut down and people are losing their jobs. This crisis will be remembered not only for the scale of the shutdowns it triggered but the speed at which if moved. In just 3 months the entire axis of the world has shifted and we are hurtling towards a recession of potentially gigantic proportions.

Instead of a full-length piece, this week I’ve decided to link to and briefly cover a range of different stories that touch on the many nuances of our current crisis.

Air Pollution Vanishes Across China’s Industrial Heartland

China’s lockdown profoundly improved air quality across the country. While this will be temporary, the same effect has also been observed in other countries in lockdown such as Italy.