Vienna – A summer with almost no corona, followed by an autumn with exploding infections and a hard lockdown: To ensure that this scenario does not repeat itself once more, a group of experts is calling for a reflection on pandemic management. This reflection on the process should take place “now”, as can be seen in another not final working paper of the research platform Covid-19 Future Operations. The scenarios developed in it range from the end of a pandemic to an escalation. The group does not explain which way of thinking it thinks is most likely – but what is needed for the preparation.