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The weak response to coronavirus is a symptom of the decay of the liberal state

17 March 2020

6:54 AM

17 March 2020

6:54 AM

This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours.

If COVID-19 spreads in the United States as it has spread elsewhere, then quite soon the virus will be established within the general population. The federal response will have changed from containing isolated ‘hot spots’ to managing a national epidemic.

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