The seven early lessons of the global coronavirus crisis
Ivan Krastev | NewStatesman
These are strange days we are living in. We do not know when the Covid-19 pandemic will end; we do not know how it will end; and, at present, we can only speculate about its long-term political and economic impact. Historians are clear: epidemics are events, not trends. As the historian of medicine Charles Rosenberg has put it, “Epidemics start at a moment in time… Read more.