Editorials

For the first time in a long time, science has failed to respond to a challenge deemed vital. The virus has so far withstood the most eminent specialists. When "those who need to know" don't know, fear takes over. This is the real reason...

Confronted with Covid-19, Europeans began, as usual, by disappointing before recovering somewhat. That does not mean the game has been won however. The first reaction everywhere was to close the borders and withdraw into the Nation-State. But the Nation-State has failed us; despite the warnings,...

More than a billion people are now under confinement. Trade has come to a halt; economies have come to a standstill. To prevent a health threat from turning into a deadly global political crisis, major challenges, both unexpected and significant, will have to be met. Here are seven of them: -...

The unilateral decision made by the American president, in the wake of others in Europe, shows that the greatest harm a virus can do is to the brain... Believing that closing borders will stem the pandemic is absurd; the list of exceptions to his decision, which only concerns the States in the...