(Come to think of it, putting some thought now into how to mobilise those forces to avert the next pandemic is probably warranted, since I think there’s a pretty good chance all that energy dissipates without much to show for it within a few years of this pandemic ending.)
I agree with this. I generally suspect it’s important to give people “things to do” when they’re currently riled up/inspired/motivated about something, and that if the absence of things to do they’ll just gradually revert to their prior sets of interests and focuses (or those of the people they’re around). I suspect it would be very valuable for people to currently think of concrete things that a wide range of people (not just biorisk experts) can productively do in relation to biorisk after this pandemic has been handled, and be ready to spread the word about those things during and right after the pandemic, so we can capitalise on the momentum.
(I have no firm data or expertise to back this view up.)
I agree with this. I generally suspect it’s important to give people “things to do” when they’re currently riled up/inspired/motivated about something, and that if the absence of things to do they’ll just gradually revert to their prior sets of interests and focuses (or those of the people they’re around). I suspect it would be very valuable for people to currently think of concrete things that a wide range of people (not just biorisk experts) can productively do in relation to biorisk after this pandemic has been handled, and be ready to spread the word about those things during and right after the pandemic, so we can capitalise on the momentum.
(I have no firm data or expertise to back this view up.)