Saturday, February 15, 2020

"How the Coronavirus Made Globalization a Deadly Threat"

Considering how much of Germany's economy is export oriented it's a bit surprising to see major German media even raising the issue of the downside to globalization.
From Der Spiegel, February 4:

The new coronavirus in China has spread at an alarming rate, unsettling citizens and epidemiologists alike. It poses substantial challenges for our modern way of life – and threatens our globalized world where it is most vulnerable.
On the evening of Dec. 30, a young doctor in the Chinese city of Wuhan sent a short text message to a group of colleagues. "Seven cases of SARS have been confirmed at the seafood market in Huanan," he wrote. SARS, the viral disease that broke out in November 2002, claimed 774 lives.