During the pandemic, let us Zoom in on prudence
In times of uncertainty, prudence is the best counsellor. The reckless adoption of Zoom as the tool of choice for remote working now threatens to cause headaches for governments, schools and organisations.
Never have so many people used the internet. And this is true above all for the “couch heroes”. Those who, like me, need only stay at home to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. We have been like this for almost a month, with no indication of when, or whether, we will be able to return to our normal lives.
It is in foggy times like these that it becomes harder, or impossible, to make out the horizon. As has been said, governments and companies are “navigating by sight”. Measures devised today are obsolete tomorrow. And families are struggling desperately to avoid losing income.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 9 April 2020.