Name the positive things caused by the pandemic

[little2add]

not necessarily in order of importance

 

1.   homeschooling- homeschooling is much more respectable and valued.  
I think it exposed to a lot of parents the social engineering/hogwash that is  being taught our children in public education 

[GraceUk]

Here there has been a lot less traffic on the roads which is good. But it's built back up again this last two weeks. Hardly anybody homeschools in the UK by choice.  They had to for a while when schools were only open for key workers children.

Edited June 20, 2021 by GraceUk
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[Ash Wednesday]

Greater appreciation of having access to Mass and the Sacraments. Sadly this is a cross that many worldwide have to bear even without a pandemic.

[Pax17]

Folks now know how awful it is to commute to work.

[islandanchoress]

There is nothing and I mean NOTHING, good or positive re the pandemic. To imply there is is to dishonour the victims.  

There can be good in how we react to it With empath y, prayer. courage in suffering.  Compassion for others  But that is not from the pandemic but from God within us.     

 

But nothing listed here meets that criterion. When set against the suffering and loss and grief. We have lost loved ones.. 

 

I am shocked by the responses. Just shocked and very saddened .  Signing out.    

 

[little2add]

3 hours ago, islandanchoress said:

 

There is nothing and I mean NOTHING, good or positive re the pandemic.

 

Even Pandora’s box had a silver lining

[Ash Wednesday]

5 hours ago, islandanchoress said:

There is nothing and I mean NOTHING, good or positive re the pandemic. To imply there is is to dishonour the victims.  

There can be good in how we react to it With empath y, prayer. courage in suffering.  Compassion for others  But that is not from the pandemic but from God within us.     

 

But nothing listed here meets that criterion. When set against the suffering and loss and grief. We have lost loved ones.. 

 

I am shocked by the responses. Just shocked and very saddened .  Signing out.    

 

I think you are overreacting to the OP's choice of wording. If you want to charitably make a correction on that, I think that's fair. But it's pretty universally understood in the faith that God allows suffering and trials for a greater good -- that is the nature of the Cross, after all. I think we should give the OP the benefit of the doubt as far as what message he was intending to convey as opposed to assuming dismissiveness of human suffering.

[islandanchoress]

On 6/22/2021 at 2:45 PM, Ash Wednesday said:

I think you are overreacting to the OP's choice of wording. If you want to charitably make a correction on that, I think that's fair. But it's pretty universally understood in the faith that God allows suffering and trials for a greater good -- that is the nature of the Cross, after all. I think we should give the OP the benefit of the doubt as far as what message he was intending to convey as opposed to assuming dismissiveness of human suffering.

We have lost seven loved ones.  End of this debate.  The OP trivialised and dismissed that in favour of trivialities . I wept and weep still at the insouciance // nothing to do with the  Cross; to say that in this   case is an insult and a blasphemy. Commuting? Clear roads the greater good from millions of deaths? From so many grieving. 

 

I am checking out if phatmass.  Not a  good place.  Could have been. 

On 6/22/2021 at 12:43 PM, little2add said:

Even Pandora’s box had a silver lining

Jesus weeps. so do I . May you grow and see clearly . 

[Norseman82]

Three things at my parish:  

1)  Being a COVID volunteer, I got to know many of the parishoners that I had not known previously.  
2)  Without a choir and without EMHCs, the liturgies seemed more quiet and reverent.  
3)  As a result of 1 and 2 above, we were able to correct a situation that many would consider a Eucharistic abuse.  

[Didacus]

People don't see me talking to myself beneath a mask.

[rosamundi]

The last 18 months have been appalling, but the vaccines which have been developed are showing promise against other diseases. Imagine an Africa free of the drain on people and resources that is caused by malaria and HIV.

[Mercedes]

On 6/29/2021 at 2:09 AM, Didacus said:

People don't see me talking to myself beneath a mask.

My daughter says a similar thing.  She works in customer service and people often ask her what she is smiling about when she hasn't realized she is doing it.  The mask hides that.

We may see some of the greater positives in subsequent years after the pandemic such as happened after the Spanish flu.  In Laura Spinneys' history of that pandemic "Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World." she detailed the advent of socialized healthcare in many  European countries, separate from the Communist model.  There was a shift in how people were viewed because of how indiscriminate the flu was.  So the eugenics type thinking that people with poorer constitutions were in some way inferior or that it was their fault changed to regard people as equally deserving of good care regardless of their constitution or class.

Wouldn't it be great if this pandemic caused a shift that caused the unborn to be regarded as equal!

 

 

[Mercedes]

This is emerging as another positive of the pandemic.

Study finds 'great reset' happening among American workers

The pandemic has prompted a massive re-assessment of work in America, with approximately half of respondents in a recent survey either rethinking their career or saying they would retrain for a different job if they had the chance.

The survey by Prudential and Morning Consult indicates a “great reset” is going on as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. “As vaccination programs continue to roll out and American workers gear up to return to ‘normal,’ it’s clear that they believe that where, when, and how we work will never be the same as it was before the pandemic,” the researchers said in a statement released with the survey results.

The new report explores the reason for the change in attitudes, as well as expectations that workers said they have about their jobs going forward. Financial security; opportunities and training; and work-life balance are top issues that workers are concerned about, according to the survey.

Overall, 48% of American workers said that the pandemic has made them rethink the type of job and career they want in the future, and 53% of American workers said they would retrain for a career in a different field or industry if they had the opportunity. The survey found that nearly 1 in 4 workers (24%) reported that they are planning to look for a new job once the pandemic is over.

“The road ahead will see the market for talent heat up, and it will become increasingly competitive for employers to attract and retain top talent. Employers looking to be a magnet for top talent in the post-pandemic economy must understand workers’ expectations of work and what they need from their jobs,” said Prudential Vice Chair Rob Falzon...

Read on here.

 

 

[Clean Water]

On 6/22/2021 at 4:17 AM, islandanchoress said:

There is nothing and I mean NOTHING, good or positive re the pandemic. To imply there is is to dishonour the victims.  

There can be good in how we react to it With empath y, prayer. courage in suffering.  Compassion for others  But that is not from the pandemic but from God within us.     

 

But nothing listed here meets that criterion. When set against the suffering and loss and grief. We have lost loved ones.. 

 

I am shocked by the responses. Just shocked and very saddened .  Signing out.    

 

Well said. Around 900,000 are dead here in America. I have friends right now in Uganda who are sick and many people there are without food and work.

[Clean Water]

Maybe your next topic can be "Name the positive things caused by abortion" or "Name the positive things caused by white supremacy"