This is pretty spot on as this all started from 1 person so it only takes 1 person to restart it, which is impossible to prevent globally. If you don't believe it, maybe have a play of a simulator and see if you can do better: https://meltingasphalt.com/int... So far the cost to the economy is expected to be greater than anything in history and is increasing while the lockdown continues, yet there will still be at least 3% of lives lost unless there is a vaccine. So at this point the logical options are either accept that lives will be lost and prepare the hospitals/morgues or keep the country/economy in lockdown for at least 1 year while we wait for a vaccine. It is a lose/lose situation, but which one is worse ?

Yes, there are many security issues from working from home but the biggest is a phishing link that steals your password or installs malicious software. On top of that there is also the risk of employee data breach or data leakage. We have been using xsurflog which works for us as we use alot of cloud services: https://xsurflog.com/web_security.php BTW Asking employees to "Not click on bad links" doesn't work based on our experience and the statistics of people clicking on bad links.

Firstly, like most statistical analysis this one is also flawed because it does not take into effect any other increase in costs. e.g. Population increase, inflation, swine flu, etc.. Secondly there is no analysis of the value of the information being provided by computerisation. What is the value of BI? Thirdly most CIO's are poor at managing IT and its costs. In my experience they have no idea how much it should cost and pay millions/billions for a person in a nice suit to rip them off. The price being paid for the computerisation is too high. Fourthly computers are only useful if they are made useful to all users and it is used by all users. In my experience the product is dropped and everyone else is expected to pick up pieces while the people at the top enjoys the credit and bonuses. Finally what is the price of a life or the price of a mistake? How many are saved or made by computerisation ? This is only one study and provides more questions than answers. However it may open some eyes and force people to improve their computerisation or maybe just their CIO ?