Simone Lovati

November 13, 2025

Disaster preparedness is like taking out an insurance policy

Today I was reading in The Straits Times about the investments Singapore is making to prepare for the next pandemic. PM Wong compares pandemic preparedness to “taking out an insurance policy.”
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And it’s true — it works exactly like insurance. When things are going well, the spending feels unnecessary; but when a crisis hits, the first question you ask yourself is why you didn’t invest more.

- SL