Political Covid and the last gasp (no pun intended) of the rules-based order

A speculation

Where would we be without rules

This is a very short speculation. It doesn't replace the usual discursive fodder, which is brewing for the end of the week.

One of many curious things about Covid-19 was how instantly political it was. Silly me. There we were facing an infectious novel coronavirus (a term most of us had never even heard of until early 2020…