This week was dominated by Covid-19 (Wuhan coronavirus). The stock markets around us crashed, people became worried about its impact and it became evident that no one knows what to do when a pandemic is ravaging the globe. In a connected world, these kind of things will become the real brakes to the global economy and growth, rather than physical wars. Whatever biology does not achieve, technology will - the same kind of connectedness ensures that any digital outbreaks will also cause big mayhem - viruses all around. So one of the subjects our kids need to know is handling viruses!
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