The most important single thing we have learnt from Covid-19 is how much damage may be done by a relatively mild pandemic by long-term historical standards. To call it mild is not to belittle the suffering it has caused, and will continue to cause, before an effective vaccination programme is rolled out and sustained globally. But Covid-19 has demonstrated a social and economic vulnerability far greater than experts imagined. It is important to understand why this is the case and learn how to manage the impact of such diseases better in future.
我們從新型冠狀病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠狀病毒病）中學(xué)到的最重要的一點是，一場以長期歷史標準衡量算是相對溫和的大流行病，可能造成多么巨大的損害。說它溫和，并不是要貶低它已經(jīng)造成的痛苦，以及在有效的疫苗接種計劃在全球推廣和持續(xù)之前將繼續(xù)造成的痛苦。但新冠肺炎所暴露出來的社會和經(jīng)濟方面的弱點遠遠超出專家的想象。重要的是要明白為什么會這樣，同時了解未來如何更好地應(yīng)對這類疾病的影響。