For those who are neither suffering from coronavirus nor treating it, merely inconvenienced or afraid, the best approach might be to act more like Winnie. The bear of little brain may stockpile jars of hunny but he otherwise tends to tiddely-pom in the face of a crisis. In The House at Pooh Corner, Pooh goes for a walk on a blustery day with Piglet, who quaveringly asks what might happen if a tree fell on top of them. “Supposing it didn’t?” says Pooh after careful thought. While the pessimists, therefore, prepare to dig plague pits and avoid buying green bananas, we Winnie types prefer to stay positive, while sensibly washing our hands

Source: The Times March 20, 2020 17:03 UTC