United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for a global ceasefire in light of COVID-19
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Never work. If the stronger side thinks the other is re-grouping, it will attack to retain its advantage. If one side reckons the other side is badly weakened by sickness, it will attack while it has an advantage.
This is a noble sentiment that takes no account of human nature - especially that of autocrats.
We need to remember with the 1918 flu pandemic one major thing that led to it's global spread was world war I.