The Gift of hope for 2021
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you! We are excited to have made it to the end of December, and even more excited to join the festivities with you!
In many ways than one, 2020 has been a historic year.
We underwent a global pandemic, experienced a universal shutdown and complete modification of our lifestyle habits, and we had a universal awakening of social justice. Although much of our personal lives has been put on pause, our group initiatives and sentiment towards social and environmental causes have had time to jump-start and prepare to fight for a better tomorrow. What’s more, the vaccine for Covid-19 has already been distributed and many individuals at risk such as the elderly and the ones with preexisting conditions, as well as members of the medical staff have already been vaccinated. To us, these and so much more, are cause for a great 2021!
It turns out, there really is light at the end of the tunnel. Noticing patterns throughout our past history, humans have never made more progress on any disease in a year than during this case, given that many vaccine developments take as much as 10 years to be officially completed. That information alone sheds light into a much wanted resolution for progress in the medical field, at a time when this particular virus has affected the global population entirely.
Among the two reasons to be hopeful for the future are the usage of masks and social distancing, and the new vaccine.
The vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, and Moderna are the ones that currently received emergency approval in the US and UK. Following the two companies examples, there are many more conducting clinical trials and exploring new ways to help immune our bodies. However, before deciding to get the vaccine, we suggest that you research how the vaccine is preparing you against the virus, as they do function differently and approach the problem on various ways. The existing approved vaccines are both mRNA based, meaning that they do not contain the Covid-19 virus, and cannot infect you. They work by using mRNA messenger to code for a spike protein that is then detected by your immune system, helping it familiarize and prepare to fight Covid-19.
We are making progress by staying united
The real hope here stands in the united progress that we are making in working together with governments, scientists and well-funded companies to help make these big steps into a safer future. Countries are adapting and sending aid where needed to pull through this global health emergency together. We see a world that is collaborating globally to ensure bringing back a certain normalcy and sense of security in the next year, and that helps us cope with a new beginning, as well as a farewell to 2020.
Good News in Climate Change and Clean Energy Innovations
In other good news for the near future, we see a reintegration of the US in working on issues of climate change and will join other countries in their meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, for the first major United Nations summit on climate change next year. We are hopeful that the US will begin establishing the clean-energy innovations to eliminate greenhouse gases. In other trends, whether design or marketing we expect a significant rise in eco conscious choices and varied available options for educated consumers. Because of our involuntary reset in life, consumers have become more sensitive to pressing issues like climate change and social justice. Knowing how demand controls the market, 2021 will become a year of change and beneficial progress. We expect 2021 to bring noticeable change and we are ready to experience it.
Hopeful for 2021
2021 will be a significant improvement from 2020, simply for the fact that the world is working on solving current problems that have disrupted life as we know it, and having provided multiple solutions to tackle a global pandemic and reduce its death rate, we are very much hopeful and looking forward to a brighter year!
We hope you are feeling more joyful this Christmas holiday, knowing that the world will be set in a better place only moments from now and that we are all working together to stay safe and healthy. That being said, please wear your masks and continue social distancing! The fight is not over yet, and we should show our sense of solidarity to all the people around us. Christmas is a holiday for sharing, and what better to share than secure proper health for your loved ones! At Design Land NYC, we are happy and healthy, and excited for the New Year to begin!
Stay healthy and safe and we wish you a most hopeful Winter season!
Sending joy and love:
XOXO Lori / Design Land NYC