Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Covid 19 isn't over yet and may never be over.
But I can't help thinking about what people are going to say once this is over.
They are still writing about the flu from 1919. Research is still being done on that epidemic.
After this catastrophe , if there is an after, what will people be saying?
Will they ever come up with an answer as to where and why the virus started?Right now we are flooded with conspiracy theories that usually come with a fair amount of racism. Science will have its work cut out for many years and they may not come up with a precise answer. I hope they learn many other things as they're trying to chase down an answer.
Commentators and writers will find work for themselves for a long, long time dealing with how the virus was handled.
Was quarantine effective? Did quarantine start too late? Should there have been a much tighter shut down? Were masks effective? Was the two meter space effective? Did santitizers do any good? What simple routine did we miss that would have been very helpful? We will be reading books about this issue for a long time.
How have our governments handled this as far as the economy is concerned? Was it the right thing to close down business? Did the government propping up the economy help us to come out of the situation? Did economists get it right in forecasting the future? I'm sure comparisons will be made between the different approaches to support the economy.
Politics? Politicians? What will be said of their actions.
Blame? Who will be blamed for so many things.?
So even though we're not there yet , I'm sure that some books are well under way and we will probably have some books to read before the end of the summer. Somebody will want to be the first with a book to come out.
Some of this will no doubt bring much benefit to the situation and other things will only muddy the waters.
