Zoom and other similar technologies permitted those in the laptop class to declare staying home is a virtue.One of the central mysteries of the pandemic is why countries worldwide simultaneously decided to jettison a century of experience managing respiratory-virus pandemics, usually with an approach akin to the focussed-protection model proposed by the, in favour of lockdowns and school closures.
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