Silver lining to this pandemic?

JakeTheDog
2020-03-15T17:56:41Z

I'm wondering if there could be a silver lining to this coronavirus pandemic, at least for the current generations.

Maybe everyone will be more careful in the future about spreading infectious diseases by practicing better hygiene e.g. coughing in the elbow, washing hands more often, considering staying home etc. And maybe the number of people accepting vaccines will increase? I'm willing to make a bet on that one: a modest increase. I'm also hoping we can shame all the hoarders after this is over and have a better understanding of how society functions via cooperation which might lead to more self awareness. This is not going to be the last pandemic let alone epidemic, so I also hope that more governments will be better prepared for future biological natural disasters, like how Taiwan and S Korea seem to be dealing with this rather well because of their previous history with SARS.

What does everyone else think? I don't expect this to last too long, maybe a decade or two, but that would still be a good thing.

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