Two months ago health officials in China published the biggest study of Covid-19 cases. Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention examined the virus and patterns of infection.
It gave detailed information about fatalities and confirmed that the sick and elderly were most at risk. Given what we now know about the virus now regarding its impact on older generations, it may seem like an obvious finding.
However, in mid-February when the study was published, Covid-19 was in its infancy in Europe. Italy was just starting to grapple with an outbreak in the north of the country.
Covid-19 had yet to reach Spain where the impact has been immense and grim. At the end of March, soldiers disinfecting residential homes found a