What’s Trending: Responding to COVID-19
It should come as no surprise that our collective response to Covid-19, and the long term consequences of this response, are questions firmly top of mind for the community.
The second wave hitting Victoria has triggered a second wave of thinking around the pandemic and the decisions that are being made. Here are some questions to get you started.
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Top discussions
The crux of it: Allan addresses the elephant in the room. What price are we willing to pay to eliminate COVID? What are the unintended consequences of lockdowns, closed borders – are they worth it?
“I think the whole first lockdown was a terrible policy mistake we’ll be paying for decades, driven by incredibly risk-averse, decision-makers being ill-advised by public health officials who seemingly think nothing at all of the economic cost of their recommendations”
What the community are saying
The crux of it: Grant asks us to think beyond lockdown. What should the ideal COVID-19 response look like? What other tools do we have available, to navigate this and future pandemics – with less consequences?
“We need to consider how our Australian Standards, the design of the physical environment, product design, hygiene actions could reduce our risk of spreading infectious disease. Most urgently, COVID-19.”
What the community are saying
The crux of it: You don’t need to be Nostradamus to predict tough times ahead for the global economy. Larry asks are you ready for the COVID Economy?
“The COVID Economy is real, and it is up to our innovators to think, link and do what needs to be done in this new environment. This is a ‘call to arms’ for innovators to create a new sense of economic value, identify how such value helps people from the grassroots up and how crisis can generate sustainable value for all.”
What the community are saying
