It may well be that this was the pandemic we needed - really bad, but not so bad as to be catastrophic. When the next pandemic comes along, we'll be a lot bett

It may well be that this was the pandemic we needed - really bad, but not so bad as to be catastrophic. When the next pandemic comes along, we'll be a lot better at fast vaccine production and lab testing, more prepared for how to lock down early and effectively, and understand better how to keep an economy running in lockdown. And the supply chain, when it eventually recovers and has time to breath again, will realize the value of building in more slack, shorter supply chains, etc. In the end though, while a lot could have been done much better, society generally has survived this disruption surprisingly well so far. Will it survive a worse future pandemic or larger disruption? I guess that depends on how well the lessons from this one are learned.