In order to open up the economy and allow people to engage with each other, you need to insure that an extremely large majority of people are not sick. In order to do that,you need to test people every 14 days to make sure that they're not sick then, and then they're also not sick two weeks from then. Under this a potential scenario where actually there is like a strong multiple in the number of people who have had chrono virus compared to the confirmed cases that we about. All these things are kind of up for grabs right now. No one knows what this, you know, medium term future might look like, but these are the types of a, realities like that
In this episode, I speak with Steph Smith (@stephsmithio), the Senior Analyst for the popular tech and business newsletter, the Hustle. In our wide-ranging conversation, Steph shares her thoughts about the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can expect over the coming months for life and business.
We also discuss the complex nature of the virus, why the entire world missed its window to react, how these “black swan events” lead to second and third-order effects, why many people may default to optimism, and what data we should pay attention to.
You can find the show notes, which include a bunch of Coronavirus resources, at https://calvinrosser.com/podcast/