It has become quite evident that we will not return the “old” normal and we may not return to any “normal”. Also, the changes can no longer be categorised as “good” or “bad”, as it is incumbent on us to make them “good”.
In the early days of the pandemic, a group of genetic scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, swung into action and converted their lab into a COVID-19 test processing centre. Putting their regular research work on hold, the biologists conducted thousands of tests per day by leveraging automated robotic technology that enabled them to process the swab results of patients in a record 12-24 hours.
