I’m not sure we’ve collectively reckoned with the permanent implications of the coronavirus. The fact is we’ll all be living with it for the rest of our lives. It’s here to stay, and although the vaccines are promising and there’s a hopeful future ahead, it’s clear the world will never be the same again. The Spanish Flu and the Black Death didn’t occur when we had such technology and communication available. Nor was our population as large or densely grouped. We will face many challenges, even with our technology, that those who experienced prior plagues did not have to consider. However, this daunting reality also brings an impetus to change, to come together, to be better. Let us learn from our mistakes, discard our differences, and work together to build a new world. We have been given such an opportunity; all we have to do now is decide whether we wish to take it.