Remember those bizarre days through the pandemic when knocking elbows replaced shaking hands because it was healthier?

Remember the obsession with cleaning everything with disinfectant wipes?

Pens, groceries, desks, even traffic light buttons were wiped every few minutes.

Well, according to the man who led the charge, it was a waste of time.

Unnecessary.

He also says there are "other ways" rather than torturous lockdowns to manage a similar crisis, and even the ever-present hand sanitiser was not particularly useful.

This issue is like life insurance and next week's huge rent bill.

We know we have to face it but just want it to go away.

The bad news is that another pandemic is inevitable, possibly within the next decade.

For our own health, we need to work out what went wrong, wha

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