The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every facet of modern life. Commerce and education are hobbled, medical recommendations and needs are in constant flux, U.S. election processes and democracy itself are stressed, and there is no real consensus about how or when to reopen society. With so much uncertainty, what does our path back to “normal” look like?

A panel of leading voices in the fields of public health, economics, and politics will inform our priorities as we pursue the safest way to protect both our public health and the economic functions that are so essential to society’s well-being and civility.