Global Scans · Coronavirus · Weekly Summary

Future potential spread of the coronavirus is impacting world trade and threatens a global economic recession and inflection point. For the first time, Illness is now a major driving force. We first reported this virus way back in 2010 and regularly since July 2015 as a predictable surprise: a known unknown to most. It is not a Black Swan; it was foreseen! Forewarned is forearmed and forearmed is protection against unpleasant possibilities and this inflection point will most likely change everyone's future profoundly.

Here are some actions you could take offered by and our friends at WavePoint and BCG and McKinsey.

Companies are asking people to work from home (we have always worked from our homes since 2003). We think the latter will become a long-term and rapidly growing trend as people reduce traveling time, buy more online, and increasingly recognize the benefits to their health of staying home. More emerging, potential behavioral trends here. Begin regularly evaluating predictable surprises, be prepared and act in time, while others lose their shirt through inattention to the future.

• [New] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly weighing whether it will place a black box warning label on COVID vaccines, according to CNN, despite research and real-world data demonstrating their safety. Scientific American
• [New] Urgent Care Visits, The C. D.C. Reported Covid vaccines administered last fall sharply decreased the risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in children. KFF Health News
• [New] In past research, people who had COVID had an approximately 63% higher risk of experiencing any heart complication in the year after getting the infection than people who did not. Scientific American
• [New] Drastic policy shifts from the U.S. government and major European donors continue to jeopardize TB services and research around the world, threatening the post-COVID - 19 pandemic recovery. IAVI
• [New] As COVID-19 continues to evolve, many people are searching for reliable information about new COVID variant symptoms and how the latest strains may affect their health in 2026. Priority Care Clinics
• [New] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to change how COVID vaccines and other shots are approved and administered. Scientific American
• [New] We appreciate that Covid-19 has had a substantial influence on air quality across the UK and there is still uncertainty regarding how long-lasting some of its effects could be. https://www.reading.gov.uk
• [New] Between COVID-19 school closures, historic declines in public school enrolment, and the rise in school choice policies, the decisions made by state lawmakers in the coming years will help shape generations to come. / USA Reason Foundation
• [New] Should the U.S. and China fail to reach a compromise, the U.S. could face what one economist described as a COVID-19 level shock, with economic growth slowing and inflation soaring. Yahoo Finance
• [New] U.S. veterans may have faced an increased risk for experiencing more pronounced stress across multiple life domains during the COVID-19 pandemic. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] For the first time, the US FDA will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children. The Guardian
• [New] Conservatives have pointed to rampant fraud as one reason that enhanced subsidies for ACA plans enacted during the coronavirus pandemic should be allowed to lapse at the end of 2025. Healthcare Dive
• The decline in productivity growth has been largely driven by under-investment, compounded by a series of economic shocks including recent trade disruption, the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine on energy prices, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Brexit. FoodManufacture.co.uk
• Geopolitical and economic challenges, from the Covid-19 pandemic to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and unpredictable trade tariffs, have emerged as barriers to the Paris climate goals. WoodMac.Site.Features.Shared.ViewModels.Metadata.Publis

Last updated: 21 December 2025