Chell Lindgren, MD and NASA astronaut, comparing being in isolation on a space station to having to isolate oneself because of a coronavirus, notes that humans go into space of their own volition. At the same time, he stresses that, unlike the space mission, “the earth mission comes down to taking care of the health and safety – both of our relatives and loved ones and the entire society. The pandemic has led to a crisis in many areas of life, but if we solve problems “together, not alone, not in opposition to others,” impressive results can be achieved. In his words, “we are all members of the same crew,” not only within our family, but also “our neighborhood, our country and our planet.”
Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, recalls people coming together in the face of past large-scale disasters to support one another, noting that they are “aware of their interdependence and commonality. In doing so, he expresses his confidence that society will require changes whose consequences we will see for years to come.
Eric Klinenberg, professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, is of the opinion that the pandemic will cause a period of recession and depression, causing many employees to lose their jobs, and the authorities will have to help them through the situation. Otherwise, “the economy and the social order maintained by the economy will collapse. He predicted that the pandemic would inevitably force people to “change their character and values and eventually change for the better.
Michael Laitman, Ph.D. and a scholar of classical kabbalah, speaking of the consequences of the quarantine, calls for the restoration of production and distribution “in such a form that it provides mankind with the necessary products, but without the excessive consumption that has already almost completely ruined the globe. He also asks us all a very important question: “When you leave quarantine, think about what you would like to take with you into the open world? What would you like the world to feel like when you leave quarantine? Perhaps many people agree with you, and you could change the outside world?”
