ON Sept 7, 2021, Mike Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), had some startling news to share. Addressing those who think otherwise, Ryan said: “People have said we’re going to eliminate or eradicate the virus. Recently, the United States’ chief medical adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, also said that like influenza, Covid-19 is going to stay with us forever. Old people will not live with the risk of a deadly upper respiratory virus that can kill them in a flash. The virus is here to stay so points of physical interaction between people must be reduced in every way possible.
