MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT MONEY TO PAY RENT OR BUY GROCERIES. THOUSANDS LINED UP AT FOOD BANKS. BY THE END OF MAY, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FOUND THEMSELVES EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR WORKING PART-TIME. THE PANDEMIC HAD PRODUCED THE WORST DOWNTURN SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. COVID-19 CREATED ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS OF UNPRECEDENTED PROPORTION. PEOPLE WERE SHELTERED IN PLACE, BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC SERVICES SMALL AND LARGE WERE FORCED TO CLOSE. ISHWAR JI CONTINUED TO ASSUAGE THE PAIN BY BEING AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA LIVE STREAM. THIS CONTINUED TILL THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE SCIENTIST CAUGHT A MORE MENACING COVID-19 VARIANT.