We need a host of measures to fight this virus


LET’S start with what is probably the most misattributed quote of all time: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” No, it wasn’t said by Albert Einstein, the most eminent scientific genius of the 20th century whose theories contributed greatly to knowledge and understanding of the universe.

The axiom is relatively new. It first appeared in 1981 in a guidebook published in the United States by Narcotics Anonymous (NA) to persuade addicts to kick their habit. The NA warned: "Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.”

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