After the pandemic recedes, we must hold on to the spirit of empathy and fellowship that human beings display in the face of crisis, writes zakijam
I know it feels impossible, but try to think back to the ancient past—sometime in 2019, before you had heard of the coronavirus. Back then, how would you have predicted people would respond to a sudden global pandemic? You might have imagined a scene from “Contagion” or “Panic in the Streets”—mobs looting pharmacies, neighbor ruthlessly turning on neighbor.
In truth, some people have brawled over now scarce items like toilet paper, but many more have done the opposite. Covid-19 has sparked a global epidemic of kindness....
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