OPINION

Covid-19 and the structural crises of our time

Oped, Lim Mah Hui & Michael Heng Siam-Heng, Published on 07/09/2021

» The Covid-19 pandemic devastating as it is not simply a health crisis. It is the product of an interlocking web of diverse problems that have been building up over time. Given the structural nature of this crisis, even as the embers of the immediate fire of infections and deaths burn out, the fallout from the conflagration will continue, taking different forms in its wake, including the rise of yet another pandemic.