I have spent a great deal of time reflecting on the course our lives are taking. While I do not believe this is a paradigm shift (excepting the present moment), I do foresee significant and meaningful changes. First in the way people work (even more remotely); second in supply chain patterns (more home delivery of goods and curbside pick-ups as well as increased nationalism) and finally in our attention to potential pandemics.
This virus is not going to disappear anytime soon. Many scholars are estimating that the U.S. should, at a minimum, maintain the lockdown for 2 months. Some suggest 4 months to truly move past the danger. While I am not an epidemiologist, I do understand that viruses don’t simply “go away”. Instead they mutate until
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