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Here's how to care for loved ones suffering with coronavirus | Rachel Clarke

It’s tough to keep your distance from family members, which is why looking after them if they fall sick poses a challenge Coronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
‘Abruptly, thousands of healthy individuals have found themselves newly quarantined for two weeks.’ A leaflet is delivered for the Mutual Aid Coronavirus Community Support Group in London. Photograph: Jonathan Perugia/In Pictures via Getty Images

In normal times, there is very little that can’t be made better by General Maximus Decimus Meridius. Russell Crowe’s hard-boiled hero of the 2000 blockbuster Gladiator has the best one-liners in the whole history of amphitheatres.

These are not normal times – yet I still think that Maximus’s wisdom can work its magic. His most inspiring line of all speaks to the complexities of how we endeavour to care for each other in these daunting days of coronavirus.

“Whatever comes out of

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