‘Nobody’s ever seen anything like this’: how coronavirus turned the US election upside down

Mar-a-Lago was the place to see and be seen for guests who paid thousands of dollars for the privilege on New Year’s Eve. Diamonds and furs abounded on the red carpet. When Donald Trump arrived at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in high spirits and a tuxedo, he declared: “We’re going to have a great year, I predict.” But earlier that day, a Chinese government website had identified a “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the area surrounding a…