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As the United States begins to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic’s consequences, and the recent convulsions in our country, we are all wondering what a post-COVID future will look like. The pandemic-driven disruptions to the economy, society and the polity will be profound, long-lasting and, in some cases, permanent. Americans will look to the private sector, not just to government, to drive the recovery and blunt the pandemic’s consequences.
Our friend Bob is a client services manager for an investment firm. Pre-COVID-19, he made five calls a day, driving about 75 miles to visit clients in their offices. He’d stop two or three times at Starbucks in between calls. Post-COVID-19, he is calling seven clients per day via Zoom. He’s sleeping better because he’s dropped the four or five coffees. By not driving, he’s saving gas and is less stressed and he has time to jog every day. Bob’s happy.
Businesses should embrace broad community health as an economic imperative. Getty Images Early images of Florida beaches flooded with Spring Breakers was reminiscent of scenes from the 1975 film “ Jaws,” when Mayor Larry Vaughn kept local beaches open for Fourth of July celebrations despite knowing that a man-eating shark swam in their beach waters. “We depend on the summer people here for our very lives,” he says.
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