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As nations isolate themselves, coronavirus forces us to see we're more connected than ever

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai airline employee handed the passport back with a gloved hand and leaned over the counter, his voice muffled through a surgical mask. "I see you are American, but I have to ask: In the last two weeks, have you been in China?"

In the security line, removing his shoes, a South Asian man emitted a loud cough and hastily covered his mouth as fellow travelers cast suspicious glances. Beyond the checkpoint, a group of British tourists passed around a large bottle of hand sanitizer.

These are nervous days - not just at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, one of the world's busiest hubs, but around the globe as a mysterious and deadly new virus hopscotches from continent to continent, leaving a trail of infections, quarantines and fear.

It seems a dark fable from

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