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Gringo view: What’s a restaurant, Daddy?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) "What's a restaurant, Daddy?" How can we ignore that question from three-year-old Maria who spent the last 16 months in pandemic isolation in the heart of restaurant-filled São Paulo?

Better than a lot of commentary about the ways the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives, her question clearly reflects the new reality here and throughout the world - and it is not a pretty picture. Everything has become virtual, nothing that you can touch.

It’s bad news when you realize that for more than a year, you haven’t . . .

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