Five weeks have passed since the March 27, the day we began removing our physical selves from society. We took instruction from those we trust: isolation was essential to stop the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus.

The health services needed time to prepare for a possible Covid-19 onslaught and not going out in public was the only way to flatten the curve. We were united as a nation by an overriding emotion: fear...

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