Bloomberg Businessweek USA 03.16.2020_

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The coronavirus t at causes Covid-1 is


a minute, studded wrecking ball that’s ot


eventrulyalive.Butinitsmachinelikeway,it’s


defeatingeveryefforttohaltitsspread.M re


than 100 nations had reported infecti ns


as of March 10 , and almost 4 , 000 peo le


had died, according to a Bloomberg tally.


OnMarch11,theWorldHealthOrganization


declaredtheoutbreakapandemic.


business activity, profits, and stock pri es


have plunged. N95 masks have beco e


rareandprecious,andthingsthatwereo ce


valued are in surplus—take crude oil, he


price of which plunged as spigots ope ed


inanimpromptugeopolitical knifefight.


Themostvaluablecommodity?Distan e.


There is security in the ability to stay m re


than a cough’s distance away from oth rs.


You don’t want to be a barista, a dentis ,


Cover: Photograph by Chona Kasinger

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