Governments and policymakers must acknowledge that COVID-19 is a result of nature mismanagement and pledge more conscious efforts to conserve nature to prevent future pandemics. A nation’s relationship with the environment underpins the quality of all citizen’s lives, and COVID-19 is a concrete example of what will continue on a global scale if that synergy is not protected.

Rural communities each face a unique set of challenges, but a common theme appearing in almost all is unreliable internet. Bridging the rural broadband gap will not only assist economic recovery, but also have positive externalities that will connect people to resources related to healthcare, education, food, and infrastructure.

In 2018, for the first time since 2014, life expectancy in the United States rose. The life expectancy is now “78.7 years for the total U.S. population — an increase of 0.1 years from 78.6 years in 2017.”