Business Continuity and the Pandemic Threat - Learning from COVID-19 while preparing for the next pandemic

CHAPTER 12: CASE STUDIES

Millions of people around the world were forced into lockdown and they suddenly found themselves at home with time on their hands. They reacted in so many different ways. Some faced this situation with fear and trepidation, for any one of a number of reasons. Conversely, there are those I know personally who looked upon this free time as a heaven-sent opportunity to undertake some personal projects they had been meaning to do in some cases for years. Two learned new languages, one learned to play the guitar, while several cleaned out their garages and sold surplus items on websites, such as eBay. As for me, in what free time I found, I set about writing this book.

It was Napoleon Bonaparte who attempted to deride the ...