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The Year Ahead 2021

Cómo la COVID‑19 puede cambiar el mundo

LOS ÁNGELES – La COVID‑19 está devastando el mundo. Está en proceso de contagiar a muchos (tal vez la mayoría) de las personas, matar a algunas, clausurar las relaciones sociales normales, detener la mayor parte del tráfico internacional de viajeros y provocar un grave daño a las economías y el comercio. ¿Cómo será el mundo en unos pocos años, cuando esta grave crisis llegue a su fin?

Muchos dan por sentado que en poco tiempo las vacunas nos protegerán contra la COVID‑19. Pero esta perspectiva sigue siendo muy incierta.

Científicos de muchos países (China, Estados Unidos, Rusia, el Reino Unido y otros) trabajaron a toda marcha para desarrollar vacunas eficaces contra la COVID‑19, y ya comienzan a aparecer las primeras. Podemos imaginar tres escenarios: el peor posible, el mejor posible y todas las variaciones intermedias.

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