Write an article on covid 19 a lesson for mankind.
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Last week, I read a poignant account from a man whose wife had just died from Covid-19. 'Anything good I could say about this would be a lie. She’s dead, and I’m quarantined. That’s how the story ends.'
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But for those who survive this pandemic, which should be 99% of the humanity, this will not be the end. For them, the post-Covid-19 world will bring lasting changes that would have been considered impossible earlier. The virus and state-imposed lockdowns have wrought changes that are not just temporary. They will change the world as we have known it most of our lives. We need to learn from the lessons already arising from the disease and shutdowns, and adopt changes that will take us to a better world.
The foremost lesson is how to better prepare for the next pandemic. Weeks before its outbreak in China, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the World Economic Forum (WEF) conducted a high-level simulation exercise for pandemic preparedness, ‘Event 201’ on October 18, 2019. They found that governments, businesses and public health leaders were all woefully unprepared. Covid-19 has revealed the need to devote resources for future epidemic prevention, and create cost-benefit models to evaluate the timing and various types of shutdowns to save lives without excessive economic disruption.