Almost everything we should ask about Covid

If the numbers for the virus turn out to be less serious than anticipated, are you willing to amend your views accordingly and admit overreaction?

If the numbers for the virus turn out to be more serious than anticipated, are you willing to amend your views accordingly and admit under-reaction?

Are you willing to view the response to the virus as a failure of almost all western democracies, rather than just your home country?

What can we anticipate as 2nd, 3rd, and Nth order effects of the global shutdown to be in the near-term? Long-term?

How did this impact your view of your country’s healthcare system? Political system? Democracy?

Did this expose any strengths/weaknesses in democratic government for you?

Did this expose any strengths/weaknesses in central-planned government for you?

What would the incentives be for China to release the virus and pretend it was an accident?

What would the incentives be for another government to release the virus in China?

How much can we trust the CCP to release good data on Covid?

Could the virus turn out to be tiny catalyst in a state sponsored misinformation campaign to make some subset of people panic at a strategic time?

How can we learn from this and make our systems more robust?

Should we introduce some sort of scheduled stress test of the world economy?

Did this make you more fearful of globalism? Nationalism?

Did you become more or less distant to the people you care about?

Do you believe total lockdown is the best solution? Herd-immunity?

What happens during flu season next year?

Can we operate schools and institutions effectively, online?

What did this expose about your beliefs that could be changed?

What did this reinforce in your beliefs?

Was the proper response an economic stimulus?

How could the stimulus have been more effective?

What could have happened if the internet started breakdown with higher traffic?

What are the implications of people commuting less?

How will the world change if this becomes an annually recurring situation?

Did this increase, or decrease, your trust in media and public figures?

How long will this period be in our history textbooks? One sentence? One page?

How will your lifestyle change when things are back to normal?

Did you realize any wants were actually needs?

Did you realize any needs were actually wants?

Did you document your experiences in any format for the future you to recall?