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And all fell down

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[ Image credit :  https://www.instagram.com/davidyarrow/p/BiXY1KlHH2c/?hl=en  ] 2020  10 million died from coronovirus - a new strain of common cold which spread across the globe. In the beginning many were in denial. It will only affect the elderly. The Western capitalistic economies thought - this is awesome. > 60 year olds are a burden to healthcare and social security budget. Let the virus take them out of the system - economy which is tanking at 2% growth can grow up by a few decimals. The virus killed the elderly who were deposited in old age homes. It looked like a success. The western countries allowed the virus to spread. They relaxed the lockdown because the economy was tanking. In populous 3rd world countries in Asia and Africa - the multiple chain lockdowns couldn’t stop the virus. People living on a day to day earnings all died of hunger and Mal nutrition. The Governments supplied food - once a day meal - to the poor. But the Govt ran out of money and commodities.   The

Week 8 - Coronovirus

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Link to Week 7  Monday April 27 Sufi resting the whole world on her nose. Sufi loves to sleep under tables Charu gives finishing touches for this cauliflower Chinese dish Kidference in progress Saturday evening we have Pani poori Prithvi and I go for a walk on the terrace. Here is our balcony from the other side. Its a tropical forest.