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>>17930714
Why would a corporation bay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to rent a building for their workers when they could just stay home? This is a wake up call for companies. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if companies are trying to cancel rent right now to help stop the bleed and just have people work at home "indefinitely."
As for automation, it will take a while but the benefits are obvious. 24/7 operation, less workers, reliable. You're removing so many factors that this incident really makes the idea stick in ones head.
Another interesting idea is 3-D Printers in hospitals, imagine being able to nearly instantly print out special, sterile parts instead of having a warehouse and hoping you can find the right one or that you didn't run out. Even for just temporary repairs, the economics and life saving potential is big.
These are the things you should research for after this event. People are going to be moving out of China, governments are going to support that, especially bringing manufacturing home, which automation will greatly help in doing. You might see those empty office buildings suddenly alive with floors of new automated machines.