Singapore, April 4 -- The Covid-19 pandemic is like a big black cloud that has descended on earth, bringing with it death and destruction. However, without minimising the seriousness of the situation we are in, I see some silver linings in the dark cloud. FIRST SILVER LINING
It is hard to believe that Covid-19 began as an animal virus. Scientists believe that it was probably a bat virus. It succeeded in infecting a human. There are different theories about its origin, but the disease was first reported in the city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, China. The Chinese, as well as some other Asians, have the bad habit of eating the meat of wild animals. I recall that the virus that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, in 2003, w...