Covid might end up being kind of like WWII where a global emergency led to massive R&D spending that benefits humans in all sorts of other areas due to the tech

Covid might end up being kind of like WWII where a global emergency led to massive R&D spending that benefits humans in all sorts of other areas due to the tech being created. Would be nice if something good could be salvaged from the situation and these treatments can be generalized to treating other viruses