HOW THE PANDEMIC DESTROYED OUR ‘SOCIAL CAPITAL’? A HOLISTIC REVIEW

The COVID-19 pandemic shacked up our ability to work physically together, to solve complex problems in the field, and form initiatives that make up the new developments of our communities. This paper reviews how our social capital is being threatened, especially in unprecedented times. The research explores what challenges the pandemic and the new normal brought to our social capital, social mobility, social behaviours, while created an appreciation for our spiritual- and social being. The researcher investigates how our social capital values, and beliefs, besides our attitudes, have been affected by the changes in the social interactions that became more virtual since the outbreak. The implication of the paper carries early notes for mitigation against loss or destruction of social capital, which usually plays a puffer against collective social cognitive impairment. The paper concludes with recommendations and a scope for future framework that could help to bring initiatives that focus on citizens engagement, and optimising multidisciplinary thinking that targets the enhancement of future generations social networks capacity; taking in consideration the rise of aging populations.