Gerard Howlin: Coronavirus is, I think, a slight, and I hope a passing taste, of what we routinely visit on others

Concern says 13m are struggling due to the plague of locusts affecting Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, but our focus is on the perceived threat from coronavirus, writes Gerard Howlin

THERE is imminent danger of an epidemic of fear. The good news is that it is an antidote to hubris, of which we have a global surplus.