The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 – WHYY

Its been four years since COVID-19 struck, transforming our modern world in ways wed never seen before and were still processing the aftershocks. The pandemic exposed fault lines lurking beneath the surface of our everyday lives friendships and bonds that werent as strong as we thought; political rifts that turned into chasms; shifts in our fundamental beliefs of who we should trust, and what rules we should follow. It showed us how fragile we are as human beings, and as a global community.

Now, we find ourselves trying to pick up the pieces to understand what happened, and what we can do better next time. On this episode, we explore the major changes caused by the pandemic, what we can learn from them, and how we can move forward. We hear stories about one mans dogged search for a treatment for his long COVID, how the pandemic both hurt and revived the field of public health, and how to repair relationships that became frayed or broken by the pressures of the pandemic.

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The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 - WHYY