Close Menu
Technology Mag

    Subscribe to Updates

    Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business.

    What's Hot

    Microsoft becomes the second $4 trillion company

    July 31, 2025

    Prices leak for every Pixel 10 phone

    July 31, 2025

    Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars

    July 31, 2025
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Subscribe
    Technology Mag
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube
    • Home
    • News
    • Business
    • Games
    • Gear
    • Reviews
    • Science
    • Security
    • Trending
    • Press Release
    Technology Mag
    Home » Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed
    Science

    Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed

    News RoomBy News RoomJune 26, 20242 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Reddit WhatsApp Email

    Lucy Easthope, one of the UK’s top experts in disaster planning, has advised the UK government on major international incidents such as 9/11, the Grenfell Tower fire, the war in Ukraine and, of course, the Covid pandemic. “If you were a pandemic planner in 2020, then there have been few surprises over the past few years,” Easthope says. “In those pandemic plans we wrote a reasonable worst-case scenario—and now we get to live it.”

    Emergency planners such as Easthope know that the aftermath of a disaster can usually be divided roughly into three stages: the honeymoon (“Or, as we call it now, lockdown one”), the slump, and the uptick. “We’re still in the slump,” she says, of the UK. “We’ve reached a stage where all signs of institutional collapse are here. Basic reliance on the health care system for the most privileged is now gone. Failure gets talked about loudly.”

    However, Easthope warns that the uptick, the stage when societies rebuild, isn’t always guaranteed. “It’s really important to have no issue be off the table and [to keep things] nonpolitical,” she says. “To be very aware that the Titanic can sink, and to leave the hubris at the door.”

    Disaster planning research, for instance, shows that the post-pandemic mental health crisis will continue for the next 30 to 40 years, with an increased prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse in affected communities. “Recovery after these sorts of events is not a spring, but the worst kind of endurance,” Easthope says. “The only good thing that comes out of a disaster like a pandemic is that it creates one single opportunity to reexamine structures and institutions.”

    This article appears in the July/August 2024 issue of WIRED UK magazine.

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleThis tiny tablet is a smart upgrade for AR glasses
    Next Article Ultimate Ears announces new Everboom speaker, Boom 4 with USB-C, and more

    Related Posts

    How Do You Live a Happier Life? Notice What Was There All Along

    July 30, 2025

    EPA Employees Still in the Dark as Agency Dismantles Scientific Research Office

    July 30, 2025

    This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets

    July 30, 2025

    The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity

    July 29, 2025

    South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon

    July 29, 2025

    The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

    July 29, 2025
    Our Picks

    Prices leak for every Pixel 10 phone

    July 31, 2025

    Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars

    July 31, 2025

    This Smart Basketball Tracks Data About Every Shot. It Could Be Headed to the NBA

    July 31, 2025

    Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice

    July 31, 2025
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Pinterest
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • Vimeo
    Don't Miss
    News

    DJI’s first 360-degree camera can continuously capture 8K footage for over 100 minutes

    By News RoomJuly 31, 2025

    DJI has announced the company’s first 360-degree action camera designed to compete with the Insta360…

    How Apple’s New Spotlight Compares to Raycast

    July 31, 2025

    Uber Eats is adding AI to menus, food photos, and reviews

    July 31, 2025

    Hey Microsoft, is it “Xbox PC” or “Xbox on PC”?

    July 31, 2025
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of use
    • Advertise
    • Contact
    © 2025 Technology Mag. All Rights Reserved.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.