Welcome to Covid Curiosities.
The effects of Covid on our societies has been dramatic and extremely fast. Much of the impacts are currently, rightly so, focused on the negative human cost of the virus and we are not out of the woods yet. Our thoughts go out to all who have been affected.
Some other impacts are also already been observed around the world. These include economic, political, social and technological. Here at Covid Curiosities we will explore some of these and look at the potential future consequences they might have. Some may be fleeting until a vaccine or other virus management mechanism is found, while others could have more longevity and become part of our everyday world.
Back in 2006 on reports of a potential security risk to airlines almost overnight air travel changed forever. We don’t think about it much these days but to date we are still required to limit the quantity of liquids we carry on board. Who back in 2006 would have imagined that nearly 15 years later we would still be applying that restriction.
Pandemics can lead to massive changes. They are one of few events that are attributed with moving socialal norms at an accelerated pace and shifting policies and behaviour in their wake. Will this one fizzle or fuel fundamental change ?