2020-03-23 Bloomberg Businessweek

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March 23, 2020

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BY

SAMANTHA

CASOLARI

FOR

BLOOMBERG

BUSINESSWEEK

◀ A Ph.D. student in

the lab at the Aaron

Diamond AIDS

Research Center at

Columbia University,

where David Ho and

his colleagues have

turned their attention to

Covid-

FEATURES 40 ItalianTragedy

Denialyieldedtoreality—anda lockdown—only after the death rate soared

44 TheRaceforaTreatment

RenownedAIDSresearcherDavidHobuildsa team to take on Covid-

48 AnAutocraticTurninElSalvador

The nation’s young leader was hailed as a reformer. Then he called in the army