Staying home should inspire us to generate new ideas and policies to boost our economy that would be applied not only during the pandemic, but also beyond. While the majority of Egyptians still struggle with technology, more and more social media applications are now widely used by them. Staying home has shown us that many jobs can be easily done at home with the added benefit of reducing pollution and gaining the hours wasted on commuting. At the start of the pandemic, the Egyptian government and the private sector took some positive precautions, including encouraging employees to work from home. However, the Egyptian government could do even more, such as oblige companies to provide exclusive transportation for all their employees, thus preventing them from intermingling with other commuters in public means of transportation. Moreover, since many Egyptians enjoy staying up late, enterprises can utilize this habit by organizing three or four work shifts daily, further minimizing contact, and subsequent chances of infection, amongst employees within the same firm. One element this pandemic has highlighted is that while Egyptians can be undisciplined, the government has achieved moderate success in instilling order…
