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The Black Swan of COVID-19 Outbreak creating a New Normal

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We continue to flounder with the COVID 19 pandemic, flounder because we do not have a plausible complete solution for it. The scale of this pandemic has been   ā€˜never beforeā€™. The rate at which it has been propagating has been exponential. And letā€™s face it there are going to be some permanent changes in our lives. Without a doubt, it is a Black Swan! A lot of people are waiting to get back to normal life! But I dare say there will be no old normal but a new normal, a different type of! Typically with every Black Swan event, there Is a huge shift in people and their behavior. With this shift in behavior, many people are wondering whether the crisis offers the world an opportunity for a more sustainable and equal(ity) path. This pandemic will result in a loss of approx. $1 trillion worldwide which means it will have a terrible effect on developed countries and a devastating effect on poorer countries even if they are not affected directly by the virus ( which is unlikely...