Solidarity in the Age of Social Distancing: COVID-19 and our Stretched Social Fabric
Capita hosted a digital conversation on March 18, 2020 to address the challenge presented by the novel coronavirus to our social fabric. Panelists Ian Marcus Corbin, Maria Romero, and Michael Tavani discussed the long-term implications of coronavirus-driven changes to society and their impacts on the flourishing of children, families, and communities.
Public health authorities are urging citizens to practice “social distancing” in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. While these practices have the potential to arrest the spread of the virus, save lives, and reduce caseloads in the healthcare system, they also present new challenges to our already stretched social fabric. The sluggish and uncoordinated government response further erodes trust in public institutions, the evolution of work accelerates as many workers are told to work remotely, and the education - and social- lives of children are disrupted by school and child care center closures