What have we learnt from a Covid-19 year?

If you show us images of selfish covidiots, we are more likely to be selfish. Show us noble altruists and we aspire to be like them.

Policemen in Japan holding signs urging people to stay home amid the pandemic. Japan’s “Three Cs” advice is more memorable to the writer than Britain’s control measures. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

(FINANCIAL TIMES) - We are now about a year into the oh-my-gosh-this-is-for-real stage of the pandemic. A time, perhaps, for taking stock of the big decisions - and whether they were wise.

To my mind, there were two big calls to be made.

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