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Dealing with the coronavirus decides the well-being and misfortune of states and rulers. In Austria, some of those responsible unfortunately took a smug summer nap.
The coronavirus is a few millionths of a millimeter in size, but it changes the course of history. How the pandemic is dealt with determines the well-being and misfortune of citizens and governments, the rise and fall of states, and ultimately the geopolitical balance.
In Wuhan of all places, the place of origin of the infectious disease initially concealed by negligence, propagandists for the Chinese dictatorship recently staged a flash mob in which a massive chorus waving flags with no mouth and nose protection chanted gleefully. a patriotic battle song. The message was clear: Unlike the rest of the world, China has the virus under control.
In fact, the economic engine of the People’s Republic has jumped again. The OECD already predicts that China’s gross domestic product will be 10 percent higher by the end of 2021 than before the crown crisis. The US is unlikely to have returned to 2019 levels until then, while Europe will still be below that. A prediction that, like most crystal ball models, should be treated with caution. But the trend is clear.
