This COVID-19 Wuhan virus thing is a one-shot wonder. Short of an approaching asteroid aimed at the Pacific Basin, not much will exceed it in importance. But it had to hit at just the right juncture in history to have the impact be as great as it is turning out to be.
There is a state of equilibrium called homeostasis, in which even extreme events can upset things for only for a short while, then the “normal” quickly recovers. The “new normal” is only slightly displaced from the “old normal”, if at all, and the extreme condition is absorbed into the existing balance. That is how life has managed to exist on this turbulent planet for billions of years, and why it shall again resume, rather more quickly than slowly.
As others have said, this too shall pass.
Thanks for taking the time to post your non-armageddon thoughts.
It made my morning.