Although the Covid-19 coronavirus is primarily a biological phenomenon, it has nevertheless unravelled many issues that demand our attention in the realms of philosophy, economics and public policy.
The manner in which citizens, government and special interests in the economy have reacted to the management of the pandemic requires that we rethink a few issues of political economy and human survival.
A series of court applications have been taken up to challenge this or that letter and spirit of the regulations that came with the national lockdown.