KERNELS OF WISDOM: Remembering March 11
Article content It was on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, exactly one year ago, that the director general of The World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, came to the podium to give a media briefing. From the moment he began his address it was audibly evident that his words had an ominous overtone. “There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries,” said the director general, “and 4,291 people have lost their lives. Thousands more are fighting for their lives in hospitals.” He went on to add the words that neither he nor any other health official would ever want to say, ...