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To beat Covid-19, we must learn from China

When the Titanic, billed as the ship that even God himself couldn’t sink struck an iceberg, everyone on board was unmoved. The resident band in the first-class lounge played on without skipping a beat. The crew and passengers, assured of the indestructibility of the vessel, carried on as if nothing had happened. Until the ship began to sink inexorably; then the “keep calm and carry on” mask of British stoicism slid off and pandemonium ensued.

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