Do we care enough about COVID?
- Written by Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
The COVID-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea of a society that pulled together in the second world war to withstand the bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe with pluck, bravery and humour.
In Australia, our COVID-19 myth is about a cohesive and caring society...
