Did you know that technology has made our lives easier during this coronavirus pandemic? We all have been living with technology for all of our lives; we often make light of them and take them for granted. Maybe it’s time we take a closer look than usual and give technology their well-deserved appreciation for making lives a little bit easier for all of us stuck at home during quarantine. Here are several things to be grateful for technology during the pandemic:
Medical Advancement
Technology played an invaluable part in helping create the life-saving coronavirus vaccine that we all need to survive this calamity. With software programs that can sift through millions of medical studies on the internet, we can directly access countless extensive medical research and studies on virology and utilize them to formulate a working vaccine. AI technology also helped gain unique insight, run simulations, and do clinical trials to develop COVID-19 vaccines.
Communication
If you sit down and really think about it, the coronavirus has made us humans as biological weapons that are dangerous for each other, and we must limit our conversation and interactions if we want to keep ourselves and others safe from harm. Communication is part of our daily lives, and we cannot forgo them entirely because then nothing will work, and our economy could collapse. Luckily, businesses can still run even if their employees work from home by using online meetings and conference calls!
Entertainment
The very thing that we keep pushing to the side as something inconsequential, but we go back to them when the going gets rough is entertainment, and we need them all the more than before during this coronavirus pandemic because most of us are stuck in perpetual lockdown and doing quarantine. Technology made streaming movies and TV series possible. It also connects gamers to play with or against each other online. It also gives us the joy of listening to music on the internet!
News Update
Although the news that we see on the media can vary depending on what our interests are, the general news from trusted mass media companies like BBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc., can still give us detailed insight and highlight what’s really happening in today’s world. Technology allowed their reports to reach even the furthest reaches of the planet’s edge. As soon as we have confirmation that the pandemic is officially over, we will revel freely once more.
Safety and Security
Did you know that scientists and researchers use technology to predict infection and estimate new COVID-19 cases? We can accurately identify an infected person and stop the virus from spreading to other hosts using artificial intelligence and wearable tech devices. These valuable insights can serve as the ground-level basis of understanding for policymakers to create policies that could ensure our safety and increase the security of nations from being overrun by the coronavirus pandemic!
