On the 6th April, the UK Guardian website published an article entitled, “Coronavirus is Revealing How Broken America’s Economy Really Is,” where it detailed the severe failings of the US’s health care and economic systems which have led to the country being unprepared to deal effectively with the coronavirus pandemic.

Today, Capitalism faces its own plague nightmare. Though the COVID-19 virus may kill between 1 percent and 4 percent of those who catch it, it is about to have an impact on a much more complex economy than the one that existed back in the 1340s - one with a much more fragile geopolitical order, and on a society already gripped with foreboding over climate change.

According to the TOLO News, residents of Kabul city on Sunday, the 4th April 2020 criticized Afghan political leaders who remain locked in a standoff while the people are faced with “difficult times” in the country because of COVID-19. The people say they are struggling “to find food for survival," but the leaders “worsen the situation” instead of finding solutions.

 The covid19 crisis underlines just how far America is prepared act to secure vital personal protective equipment (PPE) and combat the virus back home. The Trump administration has justified its aggressive stance citing the Defense Production Act. The Act forces American firms to provide more medical supplies to meet domestic demand. The same act was used to intercept 3M masks bound for Germany, America’s staunchest ally in Europe.