| I'm actually surprised that no country seem to have had any protocol in place for this kind of tragedy. It seem all is very disorgonized and not really thought through. You'd think with all budgets around the world put in the military and R&D, some kind of protocol should be in place to reduce impact. Things like: - Build hospitals in x Days by Army - Identify key equipment in case of Bio tragedy and either stock them or have them produced locally by at least two different companies in different location but same country - Supply chain impact - Distribution of aid, either medical or even monetary. Even with all advanced tech we have, we still can't figure out how to get things from A to B, when B really needs it. The above would not need only to be put on paper, but also tested, evaluated and continously reviewd. I'm also very surprised that a lot of companies I deal with do not have a Business Continuity Process that would deal with the above. A lot of customers want their staff to work from home now but are struggling with the HOW. Should the users use their own devices (BYOD) and connect to the VPN? what's the impact on security?. Should the company provide laptops?, if yes how fast can we buy them, configure them and send them out. There are some companies who were prepared, because they took this seriously, they tested this frequently and were expecting a similar event. |
Pandemics haven't really been a real threat for people to take seriously, and for good reason. Society and infrastructure is unrecognizable since Spanish Flu. Laws and procedures... well, no one really has real experience for this kind of problem. It's just a back of the mind kind of what if. More spy-novel fantasy than potential reality.
I relate this to 9/11. It's a massive wake-up call and learning experience. If you're old enough to know of a pre-9/11 world, at least in America, it was totally different. I had to explain to my niece that before 9/11, no one thought twice of an unattended backpack. You leave your backpack somewhere for a few hours in a cafe, park or wherever, either it was stolen or it was still there. Post-9/11, bomb squad is called out to investigate. Hell, Crocodile Dundee 2, lighting dynamite to "fish" in the waters with NYC in the background. Then a NYD coasty rolling up on him having a laugh. Dude, you can't make that joke anymore! Straight up, it's not funny or practical. Dundee would have been lit up post 9/11.
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure, the world won't be the same after this. Maybe not as extreme as 9/11, but we will know of a pre-covid world and a post-covid world.