Wanted to make a separate thread because this is beyond just a single disease. There are a few things this current crisis has taught us.

1. Remote learning is the wave of the future and has a lot of advantages. It costs less and culturally people are less exposed to toxic group think. It is safer from a disease spread concern and if feminist rape statistics are to be believed (they aren't but lets go for it) this will decrease the number of rapes since so many occur on colleges. This will also likely decrease binge drinking and the like. As an additional advantage self paced learning will give more time to stupid kids and allow bright individuals to blaze through college quickly. Lowest cost, less sexual assault, less disease and faster placement into the workforce? All around winning!

2. Public transpiration spreads disease. This is a big one, get in a car practice safe social distancing and you can go to and from work (depending on your field) with minimal risk. Not so in trains, subways or buses. If it is true that diseases are major threat to society and the economy public dollars need to be deferred away from these types of disease incubators.

3. Porous borders are bad. Part of the problem with the spread of the disease was not restricting travel sooner and also not putting in place systems that get around travel restrictions. It makes 0 sense to restrict travel to China if someone can fly from China to the UK and then to America. This also means a stronger border is needed in the north and and the south to prevent entry.

As far as pandemics are concerned COVID19 (or the China Virus if you prefer ) is actually somewhat mild compared to what we could face in the future. Diseases like Ebola are far deadlier but aren't as easy to spread. But who knows what the next one will be like? It would be wise to take some good steps to making our societies safer. Strong borders, less public transportation and more remote learning.