The Economist Should covid be left to spread among the young and healthy?

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October 21st 2020

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Free to read | Controlling the pandemic

Should covid be left to spread among the young and healthy?

Two petitions by scientists clash on the matter

The young have had enough

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Britain’s political and social fabric is under unusual strain

The country is becoming mad, bad and dangerous

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Why Chinese firms still flock to American stock exchanges

Washington is increasingly hostile to Chinese firms. Not Wall Street

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American trustbusters take on Google

The case against the technology giant is at once narrow and grand

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An American spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, grabs a bit of an asteroid

A sample should now be on its way to Earth

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Its author, Alice Coffin, has provoked a storm

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