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2020
10 million died from coronovirus – a new strain of common cold which spread across the globe.
In the beginning many were in denial. It will only affect the elderly. The Western capitalistic economies thought – this is awesome. > 60 year olds are a burden to healthcare and social security budget. Let the virus take them out of the system – economy which is tanking at 2% growth can grow up by a few decimals.
The virus killed the elderly who were deposited in old age homes. It looked like a success. The western countries allowed the virus to spread. They relaxed the lockdown because the economy was tanking.
In populous 3rd world countries in Asia and Africa – the multiple chain lockdowns couldn’t stop the virus. People living on a day to day earnings all died of hunger and Mal nutrition. The Governments supplied food – once a day meal – to the poor. But the Govt ran out of money and commodities.
Then the virus mutated. It started targeting children and young adults.
Towards the end of 2020 – the most vulnerable were not the > 60s, but the < 20s.
Schools and colleges shut down permanently.
Old age homes were mostly empty – across the world.
2021
By mid 2021 – < 20 and > 60 were mostly gone. A few survivors in this age were still left. Those who had not yet come in contact with the world or they had really strong immunity or had very special anti bodies which could resist the virus.
Unfortunately the scientists who could have taken advantage of these antibodies to create a vaccine – they were all dead. Most of the hospitals have closed. Permanently.
The virus again mutated, having decimated children, the young adults and the elderly population.
There was mass depression. Mass suicides were the norm.
Concerts across the world started happening – the very last concert. There were booths were one can go to get infected with Covid and die.
2022
The worlds human population has dwindled. Just over a billion.
All human activity has come to a standstill. Animals were multiplying everywhere in hordes – just like how humans had multiplied everywhere.
Snake bites, leopard attacks, stray dogs – turned into wolves – roaming around and attacking humans – became the norm. Animals out of hunger broke out of the zoos – and started multiplying.
Urban Concrete Jungles became the home for the animals – all big and small.
The few human survivors tried to create barricades around their cities. But it was of no avail. The animals like Leopards, Panthers could easily circumvent all the defenses .
Elephants and Rhinos could just push them aside.
2023
Human population has dwindled even further. Just over a million now.
Where one could look only animals were there. All human activity has ceased completely.
The virus has stopped its work, but now the poor humans with no special skills like other animals wait their turn to die. Either dying of hunger, or water borne disease or being mauled by a small predator.
By end of 2023 – the species called Homo sapiens became extinct.
