I wrote about the coronavirus in this column last week, and now I’m writing about ... coronavirus. Yes, the world keeps spinning, capitalism keeps capitalising, but at the risk of sounding alarmist I struggle to think of a bigger story right now — or at least one with more global applicability, twists, turns, angles, tentacles and repercussions.
At the same time, in the face of real, systemic need we are seeing some incredible innovation emerging. In Asia drones are being used to scan crowds, taking temperatures and potentially spotting undiagnosed sick people or those flouting the self-isolation and quarantine directives.
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