Covid-19: A Modern Greek Tragedy

“Like a tragedy from ancient Greece, the long struggle between Covid-19 and its impact on our lives is reaching a cataclysmic end that nobody planned, nobody seems able to escape, and that is shattering the livelihoods as well as the hopes and dreams of millions in the process.” — Gary Ryan Blair

IN GREEK DRAMA there is a device known as peripeteia…when the plot takes an abrupt turn, a sudden reversal of…