COVID-19 Lessons Businesses Must Promote

Clearly, COVID-19 is not what we were told it was four years ago, and the lockdowns were not, as almost everyone accepted, a rational response.

Members of the public are seen out on Princess Street during the COVID-19 pandemic in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 17, 2020. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Commentary

Four years have passed since much of the world reacted to a coronavirus bug as if a new strain of smallpox threatened to wipe out a sizable portion of humanity. Lockdowns shut the economy almost everywhere; distaste for government and a negative outlook for the future almost certainly turned the 2020 presidential election against incumbent President Donald Trump despite the historic economic boom enjoyed up until COVID-19 hit; and, as was ultimately discovered, top Washington health care officials were engaging in deceit.