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“The world was hit by this virus unprepared. And if another virus emerged tomorrow this would be still be the case,” Björn ��ü�������, deputy head of the global health division at Germany’s federal health ministry, told the WHO talks last week.

On Tuesday, Julie Kummel stood at a lookout point in the mountains near her home and thought about the nearby blackened patch of ground — the burn scar.

“It won’t be pretty down there,” Kummel said.

The ambitious home bartender can attempt a “Vowel Cocktail,” which calls for Angostura bitters, Eckau ��ü�������, Italian vermouth, orange juice, and Usher’s whiskey.

There’s also some decidedly Bond-esque connoisseurship: “The best kummel comes in those bear-shaped bottles. It comes from Russia.”