TechTank Podcast Episode 2: How has COVID-19 transformed work, education, and healthcare? – Brookings Institution

As the pandemic spring has turned into the pandemic summerand with no sign of abating once fall arrivesAmericans are beginning to grapple with how the disease will change daily life forever. Across the country, empty streets and empty office towers dont just mean a change in how we workentire communities have relocated to new places.

Reopen the economy has entered the pantheon of American political catchphrases. And while white collar workers may reap the benefits of a post-COVID worldone in which employers recognize thatwith a powerful enough internet connection, anyone can work from homeblue collar workers wont see those benefits.

But its not just in the workplace. Medicine and education are also being rethought in real time. Come September, school will look radically different than it did a year agobut who are the students that stand to gain from at-home learning? How can we ensure that all studentsregardless of race and family wealthcan thrive while learning digitally? And how do we make sure that doctors appointments conducted over the internet are accessible to everyone who needs care?

One day the pandemic will end. But before that happens, we need to make sure that the world it leaves in its wake is a just and equitable one. Finding the answers to these questions is the first step.

In this episode of the TechTank podcast, CTI Senior Fellow Darrell West hosts a conversation with Annelies Goger, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, and Makada Henry-Nickie, a fellow in Governance Studies. The three discuss how COVID-19 is impacting employment, healthcare, and education during pandemic-related shutdowns and how its effects may be felt in these areas long after the virus subsides.

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TechTank Podcast Episode 2: How has COVID-19 transformed work, education, and healthcare? - Brookings Institution