From the beginning, COVID-19 has disrupted how people and places get goods.
The immediate disruptions were obvious and widespread: hand sanitizer in short
supply, nonexistent toilet paper, and empty grocery store shelves. The next
disruptions, however, are just beginning to unfold as businesses, consumers, shippers, and
others adapt to new demands throughout our global supply chains and infrastructure
networks.

It will be hard to predict where and when COVID-19 will impact supply chains. These
networks are complex, interwoven, and responsible for moving an enormous volume and
variety of international and domestic goods. It’s difcult to gauge their ability to adapt
quickly because we don’t know how demand and supply may transform, especially if
specic metro areas or the entire country falls into a recession. How many more people
will shop for food and other goods online, leading to heightened deliveries and major
hiring by companies like Amazon? Could foreign products essential to manufacturing fail
to reach our shores, similar to the loss of trans-Atlantic passenger ights? There are
simply too many variables to control for... (Read more here).