The perfect Greek storm

When you have the migrant and refugee crisis threatening you from the east and the new coronavirus to your west - both serious problems that you have no responsibility as a country or as an individual for creating - the only thing you can do as a Greek is to stay calm and get organized. There is no other solution and anyone who tries to say anything different to what common sense dictates - from loony solutions to playing the blame game - is either stupid or despicable.

Unfortunately, there are plenty of both in Greece, but at least they have no qualms about showing it off all the time.

There are certain situations and problems that Greeks have to face together as a united front if they want to have any hope of overcoming. The migration/refugee crisis is one such problem and the new coronavirus is fast emerging as another. Judging, however, by recent reactions from...