The COVID-19 crisis scenario is definitely the elephant in the room in terms of topical discussion and appears to be the only show in town devouring all media space and airtime. We have already witnessed signs of a structural breakdown in relation to the existing social fabric such as stress, anxiety depression as well as the impending threat of an economic downturn. However more worrying are the long term threats to wider society, catalyzed by recent events such as stay at home orders, lockdown, commercial and economic closure and curtailing of civic and social liberties.
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