Answer:
Community pantries are a significant movement. But it cannot save us from the pandemic for the basic reason that they are designed for a specific purpose. They fill the stomach, but they cannot eradicate the virus. They can put food on the table for a family at a definite time, but the long-term effects of this pandemic demand a set of programs and policies that will safeguard our means of human survival: food, health, jobs, education, and technology. In other words, the government must efficiently and adequately address the complexity of the problems created by the pandemic.
