Is There a Positive Elements to the Pandemic?

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I want us to look at a positive. And obviously we are still in the midst of a pandemic. One of the positive elements that you talk about t is the speed with which we manage to develop a cover 19 acsene. When you compare that, you know, reading the comparison with menagitus o took 90 years,. There is a really positive element to this advance in technology. I am optimistic that there's quite a lot of that that out there.

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