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WHEN LAWS ARE BLATANTLY IGNORED

What if we changed gear on the Covid-19 coronavirus? What if we conceded the futility and counter-productivity of some of the virus containment strategies to date? What if our strategy shifted from a policing-centric to a behaviour-modification paradigm? What if we invested in ways to get most people to opt in regarding the Covid-19 containment quest and transcended the government as the saviour paradigm? What if we shifted our strategy to leadership as opposed to command and control? Would we do better in our Covid-19 situation?

The law is a powerful instrument for behaviour modification and social change. But the law has its own limits. Firstly, to be obeyed voluntarily, the law must not only be just and fair, it must be seen and felt to be

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