It has finally come. The reckoning is now upon us. For better or for worse it has come. And what was originally meant to be judgement day, has mutated and become judgement year.
One of the biggest mysteries in all of mankind finally has a suspect. A German man who has already been imprisoned has been marked as a suspect in the Madeleine McCann trial. A terrible pandemic known as the coronavirus has struck the earth, leaving tens of thousands dead. And with an awfully eerie likeness to Sheku Bayoh's death in 2015, the death of George Floyd has brought about protests and riots in America almost too similar to those during the civil rights movements of the 1960s.
To all of that I say, what is the year 2020? Is it a force of good for mankind? Sightings of dolphins in the Venetian Canals, a drop in the number of cars on the roads and planes in the sky is causing the amount of air pollution to plummet and bringing streets together every Thursday night for weeks as they clapped for those who care for the people in need, key workers and NHS staff alike. Or should we fear it? Significant rises in mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, rises in the number of victims of domestic violence and rises in unemployment and furlough rates.
So, What is 2020? Is it good or evil? Is it the end of the world? Or just the beginning of a new and very different one?
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The Effect of the Year 2020
General FictionThis will be a story depicting the lives of a multitude of people living with the numerous negative effects of the pandemic and other aspects of the clearly terrible year 2020. Some stories may seem slightly depressing but it is what people are real...
