It's not supposed to be the same.
We are probably somewhere in the middle of a phase in which most of our efforts are focused on solving problems of epidemiological, virological and molecular biological nature. However, we are approaching a moment when we will have to concentrate on the economic, social, political and societal categories, and on trying to return to 'normality'. For our lives have been turned upside down in recent weeks. We could not have imagined until recently that travel, assembly or business could be restricted. Suddenly this is the reality we are living live. We do not know how the situation will evolve or when the restrictions will end. However, we need to start preparing for things to come. How, why and for what? Almost every question has the germ of an answer and every problem contains a potential solution. Even the current coronavirus situation is an opportunity to cut back rotten roots, cut off dry branches and plant new species. Meditating on whether we have had too much of a good time, and thus the logical punishment has come, or whether cyber warfare has mutated to a new stage, will lead nowhere. Neither does the constant emphasis on the consequences of the current state of affairs in the form of the impending financial crisis, which the de facto economic collapse is bringing about and more or less creating. I think the optimal approach is to take this February to (hopefully only) May as a period to see what deserves to be changed about the recent state of affairs, and what deserves to be preserved. The quality of political representation, the health care system, the level of education, the resilience of the money institutions, the adequacy of civil service staffing, as well as taxes, wages, employment, construction, the sharing economy, and much more can be included in a critically constructive view. We can tidy up a bit, put things back in the right drawers and grease the door handles. "The 'warnings' we are now receiving are perhaps too harsh, disproportionate, harsh, inadequate and excessive. It costs us a lot of effort, money and even lives. But once in a while, human society needs something like this. I hope it is not cynical. But it's not supposed to go back to the way it was. It's not supposed to be the same, it's supposed to be better.