I think that the world will not be any better. Humanity have ruined the planets natural life cycles far beyond repair

I believe there is too much 'nonsensical' behaviour in the world...I do not understand the thinking of some people who want to change the understanding of our history, destroy statues and now do not want us to call Mum a Mum and Dad a Dad...I will not abide by this!!!

It will be again but I don't how long it will take.

No, people are driven to blame someone for what is going wrong and take it out on them.

Only the good Lord knows, what the Future Brings, I just hope its for the better

No as it’s driven people apart so no support or community spirit

Yes, I believe we will treasure human life more

I don't know but it doesn't look promising

No

Be of strong faith, believe in climate change in some form or another, think of what the past eighteen months have been handed to us.FAMONS, FLOODS FIRES. Clean out the old decay and look once more cleanliness and a fresh start. Please look with ?? great heart at just what has been happening and think from within your own heart, space or commonsense. Question your self what is happening and why andlook for the answers they are closer than Oe thinks

If the world doesn’t protect itself and takes the climate change seriously, there will be no world, nor good, nor bad. The virus...well, just part of the whole tragedy.

We can only wait and see! Each day brings new challenges and I’m not sure we know for certain if it will be a better place or if we accept it.

No if anything it has shown how selfish they can be

People's attitudes have got a lot of changing before the world can be a better place. There's a lot of good in the world but still so much inequality!

it will be under " new normal" especially our long distance travels?

Just reminded me of what the oldies used to recite when things went wrong "while the world remains a world, it can only get worse and worse". It is credited that it was first spoken by an old gypsy, in fact very often. Hope I have given it the correct translation from Hungarian.

I don’t think so, given that the pandemics we have experienced once a century for the last few centuries have made no difference. Sad, but true.

Changed but not necessarily better

nope, its made everytone so rude. Shopping is a nightmare were all tied to govenment apron strings from now on, sorry. Eileen

no

It depends on who they let in from overseas

yes - the world will be better, especially in NZ aswe recognise our ability to control some of the worst nightmares!

hope so, but unfortunately I'm afraid it is going to get worse

l hope so but people being what they are l think not

NO.

Sure there is, onwards and upwards. There's been a lot more worse things happen in history than Covid.

Hell YES!!! So many lessons. Its going to be great!! WE ARE AUSTRALIANS!!!

There is ALWAYS hope!!!!

I hope nothing more can eventuate.

Maybe

At the moment I think many won't agree with this outlook just yet. Having suffered drought, then fire, then the Covid pandemic, a mice plague and now floods that haven't been seen in 30 or 40 years, they are probably wondering what next can possibly happen. All I know is that the sun will come up tomorrow, not sure how many will be happy about it, or whether it will rise on a better or worse place.

Hey Mike - Forget the bible and prayer for a moment. Come into the real world. Pandemics occur every now and then and you are not responsible, Take a deep breath and look around you. How many people are nodding their heads. saying God is in control ?

yes

The Bible says that when you made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life you have no need to worry about anything for God said that he will take care of us.so what if china takes over the world. My God is in control. my God will never leave me nor forsake me. My future is in my God. and without him I have no future. if you want to know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour Prayer this simple prayer Lord Jesus I ask that you be my Lord and Saviour come into my life and be my King. Acknowledge: We have sinned - Romans 3.23, Luke 18.13 Repent: Repent of Perish - Luke 13.3, Acts 3.19 Confess: Jesus is Lord - 1 John 1.9, Romans 10.9 Forsake: Forsake your sins - Isaiah55.7 Believe: Believe and be saved - John 3.16, Mark16.16 Receive: All who receive Him are his children - John 1.11,12 Attend a Church: Find a Faith filled Church.

Yes

Yes, after any Pandemic better days are coming, but unfortunately will not last for long. Too much trouble makers are around us. They will find way how to destroy everything.

I don't know about the world, they don't seem to learn, the saying "History repeats" but I think people here in Australia will be changed, the pandemic was in no one's living memory but the WHO and governments did not heed the warnings, they should have known from the Sars outbreaks, now we have these massive floods in eastern Australia, a whole lot of mess on top of what people have been through, but we have a great capacity to help each other, always the neighbour will help a neighbour, a lot of people help out in the community, and our rescue services are always fantastic, they are all volunteers, by the way. I think people learn but those at the top, don't, too busy with their money making.

I am more worried about China then Trump.

It has taken everyone's attention away from the elephant in the room...Climate Change....until we start making a massive effort to try and reverse this...things are only going to get worse I'm afraid...Everyone is going to be living in bunkers under the ground soon...until the air, water and food run out... Edited 22-Mar-21 12:16pm

Yes although doesn't mean there won't be problems in the future. Look at the past and what our ancestors had to deal with eg world wars. Things improve and things go bad. Its how it happens.

I honesty can not see much of a future, the Earth can not sustain the population growth. The destruction of places like the Amazon rain Forest which controls a lot of the Worlds weather, over fishing and the amount of rubbish being dumped into the Oceans. And all the time people are wanting the latest gadgets etc. At what cost to the planet. I am glad that I hopefully won't be here to worry about it. I don't have Grandchildren to worry what the future holds for them. And with all this going on the nutters are running around demanding their rights. I would like to see their faces though when they realize that it doesn't matter in the scheme of things.

We can only hope so, but for some they’re never happy.

no,while everyones bben worried about the china virus the enviroment is still degrading,big business is still robbing us blind,the loony left will have us believe there are no genders,China is still running concentration camps for organ harvesting,robots and automation are taking away jobs,the list is endless,even science says we are in a 6th mass extincintion event

No the Pollies have stuffed it up and I do not believe that there is any hope for it. The refuse to accept Climate Change and then say that the Disasters that happen cost them too much so they no longer have any money to address the basis of the Problem and then stand back and watch large areas die without a second thought. Large areas of Mangroves have dies in the past decade at least 2 Bleaching Events on the Barrier Reef massive die off's of trees across the country and Rain Forrests Burning but there is no sign of Climate Change. Give me a break they are so stupid that wehn they have killed everything they will still claim that there is nothing wrong.

I think a lot of people have really had their eyes opened about what is really happening in the world and it has become very apparent that Australia must STOP RELYING so much on China thereby giving them so much power. We must become more self supporting. Yes - I do think people have become a lot more aware of hygiene. Edited 24-Mar-21 18:28pm

No....after a big breath it’s going to be more of the same old stuff...lol

No.Covid19 has been a godsend for all the self-styled psychologists, social workers, counsellors who have been given a million times more publicity than they should ever have, Within weeks, if not days, of the announcement of the Covid19 Pandemic self-styled "experts", just as they did at the time of 9/11, came crawling out of their holes. They immediately started yapping as to how people would be traumatised, they would not be able to cope with being isolated, or even not being able to meet their friends, never mind that today we have more methods of communication than we have ever had before with phones, i-pads, email, the whole gamut of contact possibilities thenks to the Internet,. Wherever you go you see adilts and children using all this gear. The anxiety, the traima was created., It was totally unnecessary. cast your minds back to the Vietnam War, Iraq, Afghanistan and before that the Korean War and World War II. There were no phones, i-pads etc. Men & Women disappeared. Some for years, Their loved ones had no idea whether or not they were alive or dead. All they had was Hope, nothing more, Governments simply told people "We regret to inform you that ABC is Missing in Action". After anytjing up to 6 years people were reunited with men and women who were entirely, mentally altered as a direct result of what had been done to them, many had to accept that their partner, husband, wife, brother, sister, cousin had died and they had to wait 6 years before they could even begin to mourn. None of todays so-called victims had to endure any of that. They had almost constant, instantaneous contact until soemone got really ill and was locked awy in Intensive Care, I make no apology dor saying that it is time people toughened up and stopped casting themselves as "Victims" when it comes to dealing with the Covid19 Pandemic.

I like the fact that new innovations are coming forward in many areas. Improvements in online services, communication, shopping etc is so much easier. Working from home is so much easier and is now acceptable. People do not need to crowd into city centres.

It comes down to the individual. Some people will come through the other side as a better human, others not at all, or maybe worse than before the pandemic. Personal experiences will shape how we behave in the near and distant future. We just have to remember that there will always be negative people in the world. There is good and bad in everyone, in each country, in everything.

I hope Covid-19 goes away soon so everyone could back to their normal lives without dealing Covid-19. To me I hope everything goes back to normal without wearing a mask all of the time public places.

Yes, I think we have seen so much goodness, kindness, sharing and helping each other, that the world will be much better! Hope is a very strong thing to have! Without it, we as well just give up!

I think in a short time it will be back to the same as it was. Maybe a few people will see some change but the majority will revert to there usual selves.

Don't know about better, it will have to be different. I keep hearing the words new normal & covid normal, but I'm not sure what that is yet. On this same site we discussed the vaccine, but with so many variants of covid 19 the 'jab' will have to be tweaked & tweaked same as the flu shot.Keep practicing 'covid safe' & take care of each other.

Its how you make of its. Look back to spainish flu was its the same.

Be kind to one another. You never know what is around the cornerEdited 22-Mar-21 09:01am

I don't hope for the future. I just it one day at a time.

I has turned me into a more cautious person, hand hygiene, masked up and social distancing. Even when we get Covid under control I will be the same for a long time.

It is an interesting topic. Personally I moved to a rural community six months ago. I had been keen to move for years, but in the end it was COVID that was the driving factor, mainly because there was so much time just sitting around and plenty of time to pack and organise the move. Since moving I have met so many people who have also relocated from other states of Australia and England. I recently started a pottery class. There are 10 students. Everyone of us has relocated in the last 12 months, three from England, one from Queensland and one from Victoria and the rest from other parts of NSW. I have also met lots of other people who have relocated. The place where I live, two hours out of Sydney is booming. There are housing estates growing everywhere. I heard on the news the other day that housing developers in Dubbo are begging the government to release some more land for housing as they cannot keep up with the demand. Are the regional centres going to keep on growing while the major cities dwindle. Two of the people I know of, who have relocated is because they have been told that they can continue to work from home permanently. They have to attend an office in Sydney once a month. That is quite doable. Will the Taxation Office start moving jobs to regional centres. I can see that there will be less taxes going to them as the home workers will be making all the claims for working at home. If lots of jobs are created in regional centres I feel it would be pleasant having a five minutes drive to an office or any workplace. Major companies I think will be better off as some of them are already moving to smaller premises with lower rents. Another thing, my daughter had a fall recently and sprained her ankle. She was told to take two days sick leave by her doctor. However, on the second day she was working at home as she did in the early days of COVID. This is a save for employers. Less people taking sick days would add up to a great saving for employers. There is a realisation now that if there are jobs out of major cities people will happily relocate to regional centres. Will governments push ahead and provide the infrastructure required with this knowledge? When COVID is really well in hand will people get sick of regional centres and crave city life again? I think thrown into the mix is the fact that the baby boomer generation is now at retirement age and here in Australia it is the first generation where both partners in a relationship have worked and are cashed up with saving including superannuation. It is interesting times.

We all need to actively do three things to make the world a better place. 1. We need to really love people (even those who hurt us). 2. We need to fight for justice (as many of the world's problems are caused by injustice). 3. We need to be humble (putting everyone on equal terms with each other, even if you're in a leadership role, where you should be "serving" others rather than being "the boss"). Just imagine how great the world would be if everyone did all these three!

may be, it could be worse we where very lucky in Australia

Without hope, we have nothing

No, the world will be the place it has always been ...evolving for better or worse...

If you are still breathing there's always hope.

I have seen the future, and it's just like the past, only longer.

No I don't believe so. I don't think so as Covid-19 is going to impact for a lot longer than we think. The degree of it will be less but I don't believe we will entirely remove it from the world. It could be like what most do now have a regular yearly flu shot. We may need to have a yearly Covid shot.

You are

Yes I hope so peace and love to all

Due to worldwide air travel, pandemics will no longer be the once in a century event they have been in the past. We'll have others, & hopefully, we'll be a little better prepared.

will be better, we have better knowledge than the 100 years ago.

Yes

Yes. It would be.

Lots of things have changed and can't say that it's all for the better. There's so many still suffering from all the terrible events happening these last few years including COVID-19.

I think in the near future Covid will be the least of our worries with China and Russia etc. rattling their sabres. Unfortunately, if there is a WW3 the world will not survive and no country will win. I can hope smarter heads will prevail but unfortunately, it is history repeating itself over and over with leaders wanting to rule the world to feed their egos. Edited 22-Mar-21 04:11am

No. We are more divided than ever. Once money comes into it on a wide scale, everything changes

NO!