Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey To The End Of The World And Back

By Mark O'Connell Published by Granta Books 272 pages

WHEN COVID-19 EMERGED as the biggest public health threat since the 1918 influenza, some of wealthiest people in the world fled their respective homes and burrowed into their lavish underground bunkers filled with years' supplies of food and entertainment. Others already had panic rooms, bomb shelters and safe-core suites built into their mansions should the situation deteriorate and they needed to protect themselves from marauders. Still others have secret homes in secluded forests or on private islands where no infected person is likely to journey to.