Society will not be the same after lockdowns are lifted: The Economist coined the term “90% economy” to describe what will happen as lockdowns are eased across the world. Under strict lockdowns, economies tend to operate at about 60% capacity, analysis from Goldman Sachs suggests. But as they are eased, that figure rises to 90%. Many offices and factories reopen—but not all do, and people, scared of being infected, are likely to shun many social activities.

Can You Envision a World Without Pandemics? We can.

Why time seems to be going faster while we are in lockdown: One reason is that we create our own subjective experience of time in our minds and it doesn’t always match up with what we read on the clock or the calendar.

Europe Technology Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery calls for transparency, interoperability, privacy, and scrutiny in COVID contact tracing: essential principles and practices for the design and deployment of contact tracing technology

Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy: This document sets out a plan to rebuild the UK for a world with COVID-19. It is not a quick return to ‘normality.’ Nor does it lay out an easy answer. And, inevitably, parts of this plan will adapt as we learn more about the virus. But it is a plan that should give the people of the United Kingdom hope. Hope that we can rebuild; hope that we can save lives; hope that we can safeguard livelihoods.

Coronavirus: The Pandemic Is Exposing the Limits of Scientists: The 2008 financial crisis led the public to discover the limits of economics. The Covid-19 pandemic risks having the same effect on scientists and medical doctors.

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