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The Big Story: Virality
Coronavirus is here. Covid-19, the disease caused by the new virus that has been declared a pandemic, has killed two and infected more than a 100 in India so far. The effects of the contagion are being felt all over the world, as entire countries shut down and brace for the impact of a disease that we can neither vaccinate against nor cure right now.
For a while, it seemed as if India might somehow be immune to the virus. In January, as China started to come to terms with the effects of the disease, India – like many other countries – was mostly observing from afar. Even as the infection spread through Italy, which eventually had to shut down the whole country as a preventive measure, India still had only a handful of cases.
Over the past two weeks, however, it has become clear that the disease is in the country, despite WhatsApp forwards and Op-Eds celebrating the Indian...
