The science of viruses, born out of the 20th century's deadliest pandemic, launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction, saving countless lives in the decades to come.
It's easy to forget that ideas which feel obvious to us today, with centuries of collective hindsight to call on, usually didn’t start out that way. The
Covid-19 is a sharp reminder that our species could do with a bit of humility about its place in the natural order, says Barbara Ehrenreich, founding editor of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project