Suzanne Harrington: A world run by women would defeat the coronavirus

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Picture: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

In relation to the coronavirus – because at the moment everything is - why are countries led by women having better outcomes?

It’s almost as if female leadership styles – co-operation, risk aversion, listening to a wide range of experts – are more effective than anthropomorphising the virus as a cunning enemy to be defeated. Guess what. You can’t threaten a virus. You can’t bomb it, you can’t sanction it, you can’t bluster at it from a podium, because it’s not listening. It’s a virus.