The end of 2020, the very definition of 'annus horribilis', is on the horizon. Here Keith Churchouse reflects on the months that have passed in Covid-19 purgatory and looks ahead to the opportunities 2021 can, hopefully, bring
The end of 2020 is now in sight and thank goodness for that! Sure, most can look back to a previous year that was an ‘annus horribilis', as Her Majesty the Queen referred to 1992, but nothing like 2020. We are of course not out of the woods by a long way. No vaccine discovered yet, if one is to be found, and even if it was, the billions of doses that will be required to bring the situation under control will take many months, indeed years, to produce and deliver. However, from what we can see, there are no big surprises left in this particular box. And of course, this pandemic ‘box' h...
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