As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases nears 27 million, there is a rush to answer (what next) and a rush to act (to solve the immediate problems of COVID-19). This paper discusses, with a specific focus on urban areas in the global South, what is missing to date from this response. That includes an identification of things that there are too much of, things that are not being done at all, and things that are unbalanced. There has been an enormous upsurge of academic research papers and opinions on COVID-19. “Technological” and “scientific” solutions tend to overshadow other approaches, even if people know that “social is important”. Based on our analysis to date, our primary concern is that there is too little understanding about the importance of building dialogue, exploring collaboration and co-producing solutions. There is too little understanding as to why social and cultural responses are important, and how the recognition that they are important can be actioned.

随着确诊的 COVID-19 病例数接近 2700 万，人们急于回答（下一步做什么）和急于采取行动（解决 COVID-19 的眼前问题）。本文特别关注南半球城市地区，讨论了迄今为止该应对措施中缺失的内容。这包括识别太多的事情、根本没有做的事情以及不平衡的事情。关于 COVID-19 的学术研究论文和观点激增。即使人们知道“社交很重要”，“技术”和“科学”解决方案往往会掩盖其他方法。根据我们迄今为止的分析，我们主要担心的是，人们对建立对话、探索合作和共同制定解决方案的重要性了解太少。对于为什么社会和文化反应很重要，以及如何在认识到它们的重要性后采取行动，人们的了解还太少。