You point out a great deal of multi-million dollar future business opportunities here.
Solve this paint problem, get some government contracts and eventually sell this to smaller buyers. And the rest of these things as well. As for the poor, homeless and other disadvantaged people, they are in for incredibly hard times and will have to dig their way out themselves, or suffer, possibly to their death.
Mark my words: There are many new taxes coming on consumption and it will be done through failed leadership, leading to even more chaos. After Iceland crashed in 2008, the government issued a new tax every month for, if I remember it correctly, three years.
Whoever can find the eye in this hurricane and focus for long enough to bring something important and sellable to the market, will shoot to the top of the social hierarchy, financially, like a rocket.
Money, time and energy are all currencies, but the most important currencies are focus, patience, perseverance and resilience. Not to forget how one reacts to overwhelming problems. Many get beaten down emotionally and resort to rage and giving up. I get excited. It’s like an adrenaline rush.
Personally, I find these last two years and the coming two decades to be the most interesting and inspiring time I have seen since my birth in the mid 70’s.
As for covid; 5.64 million people have died according to some numbers I found. During the same time, 6.2 million children under the age of 5 have died from starvation in the world. No outrage, no action, no new legislation, no lockdowns, just total abandonment because they are so far away, hence we don’t care. The hypocrisy with “saving lives” is absolutely stunning.