20th September 2020

For some, this weekend is the time of new year. In over 70 years I’ve never known a crisis like this past year. In times gone by we’ve suffered from terrible world wars, where millions were slaughtered by men from different countries fighting each other. In the past, how ever bad it was, we knew that at some point it would be over and the world could return to normal. Those were dark days but this crisis is different. Of course, we’ve always had viruses. Every winter flu kills thousands. But that is a more ‘natural’ virus, not man-made, and we don’t change our lifestyles because of it. But Covid? Many believe it was caused by an accidental leak in a secret lab researching mutant viral strains in bats, which was covered up by its subversive, non-democratic country host. An accident waiting to happen, causing death to millions and ruining the whole world. Will there ever be an effective vaccine or will this man-made virus keep mutating making any virus ineffective? Let’s hope today is a turning point.