People in Latin America have tested more positive with 81% of Peruvians, 76% of Brazilians and 69% of Chileans expecting a successful vaccination in 2022. Europeans were more skeptical. Only 42% in France think that the target of 80% is achievable, 38% in Switzerland and 33% in Germany.
Although people around the world expected extreme weather events caused by global warming to intensify in 2022, especially in European countries severely affected by the 2021 floods, there was more optimism about to the will of people to take action to stop them.
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More than two-fifths (45%) expect fewer people to fly in 2022 than in 2019, with Asians most convinced that habits will change: 68% in China, 67% in Singapore and 66% in Malaysia.
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3. Company
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Almost a third of people around the world expect their societies to become more tolerant of the events of the past two years. This feeling is stronger in China, where 83% expect greater tolerance in 2022, while only 9% of French people agree.
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More than seven in ten people (71%) believe that urban centers will become more alive as people return to office work in 2022. Nine in ten people (87%) in China say this is likely to happen, just like four in five (78%) in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.
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Optimism about the state of the global economy is resuming. People have higher expectations for stock market stability in 2022 than in 2021, when 40% said major stock markets around the world could collapse.
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Although three-quarters of people globally expect prices in their country to rise faster than incomes, more than two-fifths (42%) think a stock market crash is unlikely.
Optimism about the state of the global economy is resuming. People have higher expectations for stock market stability in 2022 than in 2021, when 40% said major stock markets around the world could collapse.
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Although three-quarters of people globally expect prices in their country to rise faster than incomes, more than two-fifths (42%) think a stock market crash is unlikely.
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5. Alien invasion
Of course, there is still a lot to fear in 2022. But according to the survey, the alien invasion is not at the top of most people’s lists – only 14% thought it likely, although almost a thirds of people in India expect to receive visitors. from another planet.
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Meanwhile, 39% of those polled said they expected a natural disaster to strike a city in their country, 38% believed that hackers from a foreign power could bring down their computer systems, 34% believed that nuclear weapons could be used and 27% feared malicious AI.
The article first impression at the World Economic Forum.
Douglas Hall is a senior writer, educational content.
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