The sneakiness of the novel coronavirus virus has wreaked havoc worldwide.
Not only have countries been forced to adopt emergency measures never seen in living memory, the outbreak has decimated the global economy and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
Although the coronavirus is a global pandemic, it’s striking how the pathogen’s destruction has varied across regions.
Whilst East Asia has largely got a grip on the virus, Europe is still reeling. The United Kingdom recently pipped Italy to take Europe’s highest death toll, with a tally that dwarfs all but a handful of nations. The United States has established itself as the world’s coronavirus leader— although not in the way President Trump would want us to believe. And Brazil appears to be the new epicentre of the pandemic, with growing fears that their healthcare system will not survive the oncoming onslaught.
This all begs the question: why…
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