Prior epic viruses have permanently changed the world, but coronavirus may prove less impactful because of our information-sharing and scientific technologies.

None of this is new, at least in the minds of futurists and science fiction writers. But the barriers of capital cost, regulation, and entrenched special interest have been immovable objects. The pandemic swept them aside in weeks. In spring 2020, doctors across the country were seeing patients in online sessions and being reimbursed by Medicare an

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