Reflecting on my very first article on Medium from a year ago

Here Are 7 Predictions About the Emerging 2020 Pandemic That Actually Came True

Revisiting predictions I made in March 2020 forecasting global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Gabriel Molina

I tend to be a very positive person, and that came through in my initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was published in my very first article on Medium from March 16, 2020:

Creating a better post-COVID-19 world

I still stand by what I predicted at that time as the potential benefits that could emerge from the pandemic (the 7 predications are in bold text below). I follow each of these predictions with comments from today, a year after the pandemic was first declared by the World Health Organization.

1. The pandemic is bringing the entire world together in a shorter period than anything has ever done before. Yes, international travel has nose-dived.
   — However, Zoom and other ways of connecting virtually with other have exploded. More people…