1.0Barbados Todayhttps://barbadostoday.bbBionca Manrowhttps://barbadostoday.bb/author/bionca-manrow/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/10/15/bteditorial-covid-gave-us-lemons-we-should-make-lemonade/">#BTEditorial – COVID gave us lemons, we should make lemonade</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/10/15/bteditorial-covid-gave-us-lemons-we-should-make-lemonade/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“#BTEditorial – COVID gave us lemons, we should make lemonade” — Barbados Today" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMF.jpg910606It was Winston Churchill who cautioned leaders they should never allow a good crisis to go to waste. And the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly provided enough crisis scenarios to last us a lifetime. For certain, some leaders will be crushed by the weight of the challenges caused by the global pandemic, while others will be made stronger because they chose to create lemonade from the deeply soured lemons presented to them.