I can't draw, but if I could, and was trying to draw a cartoon for these times, it would show God and an angel contemplating the Earth from on high. And the angel would be saying to God: "Have you tried turning it off and on again."
Our lockdown halfway point was 100 days since the World Health Organisation was notified about Covid-19. One hundred days was all it took to turn the world upside down.
There's a feeling abroad that the pandemic crisis offers the opportunity for a reset on a large scale. With the pause button pressed more or less firmly around the planet we can see what is necessary or not; what works and what doesn't; and what things could be done differently. There's even a name for people who see this as an opportunity: apocaloptimists.
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Climate change activists are sure that now people have shown they can put up with inconvenience for a long-term good they will be ever-so eager to apply their newfound discipline to saving the planet. That's possible. It's also possible that many people will take the attitude that they've done quite enough for now thank you and we'd just like to go back to normal. Living in an isolated New Zealand, bartering feijoas for homemade cider over your front gates with your neighbours, will be a source of pride for only so long before people want to get back to their artisan butchers and liquor stores.