As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic into 2021, a Manitoba ethicist talks about what lessons we should take from this pandemic once it’s behind us.

Arthur Schafer, the Director of the Centre of Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, says it’s not too early to learn from this pandemic and that it should teach us how to be better prepared should a similar situation arise in the future.

He explains that since we live a globalized society, new viruses will be much more likely to spread around the world, meaning that all levels of governments have to be prepared if another pandemic were to occur.

Schafer says another lesson to learn from this is for countries to work with the World Health Organization to better monitor and act quickly when a new virus is discovered.

For the full interview with Schafer, listen to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 both today and tomorrow afternoon.