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Not every country can afford the social safety nets that a lockdown requires and even those that can won't be able to help every citizen. The coronavirus is about life and death as well as livelihoods, intensifying the fear people felt during the depths of the financial crisis. Enforced isolation fuels stress and tension. Some potential flashpoints are easy to see and distressing to contemplate — the virus ravaging Venezuela, India or Syria are examples. But other locations might surprise. Social disorder, mass migration, political conflict are some of the possibilities, though hopefully not inevitable. But the coronavirus has made much of the world a tinderbox — and its ignition could spark a fresh wave of risk aversion in global markets.
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