Pandemic and Economy

Our ancestors said health comes first.

The words of the late Vehbi Koç are a lesson for us.

Vehbi Bey said, “If you have a house, you should put a zero to your house, If you have a job, you should put another zero, If your work is yours, you should put three more zeros, If your work is going well, three more zeros, If you have a car, one more zero if you have a summer house, More sortable zeros digit. … However, you put one on top of your health, then all zero reaches a meaningful value. Otherwise, the result is zero, do not try to be in vain …”

The pandemic told us very well that health is directly related to the economy.

The rapid privatization of the health sector has created an environment where those who have money can access health services.

It caused it to break the social contract in favor of the rich.

However, the pandemic showed that countries cannot sustain their economies without socially inclusive policies.

It was once again demonstrated that a state must provide health, education and justice in order to become a state.

Yes, health is first priority and it is everyone’s business.

The long-term payoff of $ 1 invested in health is $ 4.

Individual and society are intertwined and protecting the individual protects the health of societies.

While our capitalist structures, which enable the individual to compete, perhaps provide the gathering of wealth in one place, when we do not provide the basic rights of the individual, our social contracts are broken and our inequalities increase.

Greed is corroding society from within. Social states, if not refuted by their politicians, are in a better position in these circumstances.

A society that cannot take good care of its elderly population may have weaknesses in holistic thinking, and will remain in the class at the point of being a wise society.

Our second problem, as well as health, is food security and agriculture.
The easiest way to defeat an army in battle is by cutting its food. It is one of the most important items that can threaten independence in agricultural policies and foreign dependency.

This week, Mckinsey’s report on food safety examines the fast-growing demand of Feeding America during the pandemic.

Both food security and inequalities caused by the pandemic are in a position to affect our social conventions.

States have to take and are trying to take measures regarding this.

Our other social problem is inequality of opportunity in education and training. This is among the most important problems of societies.

While technology seems to make this somewhat more democratic, democratization moves are becoming more ineffective in a community that cannot access technology, food and health.

Of course, one of the needs such as air and water is justice.

As the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic threatens the seats of politicians, more autocratic governance needs can arise.

For all these reasons, health, agriculture, education and justice policies in the upcoming period will be among the main factors that determine the future of countries.

While the world is going through such chaos, I hope that my country will pass through these difficult conditions in the best way possible.