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In the space of a month, the United Kingdom has transformed beyond recognition. And most of us haven\u2019t had time to stop and take stock.
\nOne Friday afternoon, when the UK was another country, a chalkboard leaned against the outside wall of a country pub. A message had been written in neat, thin capital letters. \u201cUnfortunately a customer who visited us has tested positive for the coronavirus,\u201d it read. \u201cSo
\nas a precautionary measure we are closing for a full deep clean.\u201d It was signed by the landlord and landlady, who apologised for the inconvenience.
\nThe pub was located along a quiet, narrow road just outside Haslemere in Surrey. The patient who had gone there lived somewhere in the county. Unlike previous British cases detected up to that point \u2013 he was the 20th \u2013 he hadn\u2019t been abroad recently. As far as anyone knew, he
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