Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future

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As they look toward 2021, members of Generation Z share concerns that their lives may have taken a worse hit from COVID-19 than their predecessors, the Millennials, suffered after the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

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December 27, 2020, 3:48 PMAfter a year driven by COVID-19, protests and a presidential election, are we headed for more unrest in 2021 or a brighter future?Lives that had been focused on school, university, sports or even K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck., this younger generation -- born between the late 1990s and the early 2010s -- also saw their worlds turned upside down in 2020.

Then Italy became the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic. It put her plans on hold and forced her to become the de facto head of a stricken household. "It was a very negative period for me. But it also made me grow a lot," said Dossena, sitting in the living room of her family home in Crema.

A new spike of the virus in late autumn meant her graduation ceremony was held via webcam, denying her the extended family celebration that usually accompanies the personal milestone. The situation makes her anxious, she said from the one-room home where she lives with six other family members. The pandemic forced BTS to cancel a world tour in 2020 that would have taken the seven-member band through Asia, Europe and the United States, and its New Year's Eve concert will be online.

It was a year that reminded her how special it was to have friends even though they remained apart. But it left her hoping that the new year will allow her to pursue her dream of studying mass communications and law at university. At home, Murguia concentrated on schoolwork, and on skills she would need after graduation. She learned how to build websites, improved her graphic design proficiency and studied event planning. She also worked with her parents, both immigrants from Mexico, picking grapes in California's Central Valley vineyards.

Wuhan's surprise 76-day lockdown, which cut the city off from the rest of China overnight on Jan. 23, began long before other countries began to feel the pain of the pandemic.

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GenX is the only tough generation alive.

I hear if we pit them against each other we can get whomever we want elected...a battle for victimhood! the prize? welfare - AKA “UBI”!

Hey Millenials are still alive too wtf

We have a sad pathetic generation of losers

The present generation 'Z', who will accept the chaos in the administration of the countries around the world today. is that so ?

I wonder what’s next after Gen Z

Very soon

Quit listening to the media!! Bought and paid for, every tv station, every news link, all bought and takes back to 6 companies Turn you tvs off and use your brain

every generation has its challenges

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At least they have their health.

These kids need to grow tf up seriously

Millennials are the most oppressed generation in the history of the world.

True 👏

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