This is the first of several posts examining the silver lining underneath the worldwide Corona virus crisis, and there are many as you will see over the next posts.

This virus, came out of nowhere - they call it a black swan event. in December it appeared in China and barely three months later it has engulfed the entire world. The public’s reaction, and the many governments’ actions, demonstrate what an enormous motivator fear is. But the effects and repercussions demonstrate the enormity of what we can achieve when we all come together as a human species with one common goal.

We have been paralyzed by the sheer size of the many problems our planet and species is currently experiencing. The specter of climate change with its innumerable subproblems has been around for how long?????????????? Somehow we have to be hit over the head by nature in order to spring into action. Well, this virus clearly did that, and this crisis is showing us all how fast we can act when we come together as inhabitants of one planet with one common goal. No mountain is too high, no crisis too complex.

Let’s tackle climate change next.