Pandemic gave us a glimpse of the future

Dr Diana Wangari. [iStockphoto]

Let's go back to the early days of the Covid-19 Pandemic when there was nothing but sheer confusion, panic, superstition, and conspiracy theories.

Here was something - an invisible enemy - that led to the grounding of virtually every flight, the closing of country borders, and in the initial stages, there was no greater sin than coughing or being outside past curfew hours.