So the coronavirus is outstripping the SARS virus of a decade ago in terms of the number of deaths and the speed at which it is spreading.

When the new virus first appeared and I saw in the news where it is said to have originated — a “wet market” in the Chinese city of Wuhan — I must admit my first thought was “perhaps there is cosmic justice”. Let me explain...

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