Can Jeff Gabbay’s textile breakthrough combat coronavirus?
“Argaman Tech?” says the overall-clad delivery man in the Talpiot industrial zone. “Is that the events hall?”
It’s Sunday afternoon, and the warren of garages in Jerusalem’s car repair district is a far cry from the gleaming high-tech parks of Wuhan, China’s coronavirus epicenter.
The streets of the one are full of Israelis beginning their week after a Shabbos break; the streets of the other are empty as Chinese authorities keep the place under lockdown.
Even the container-loads of plastic baubles disgorged into the nearby stores, whose “Made in China” label does the People’s Republic no PR favors, has nothing to do with the city that is panicking the world: Wuhan produces advanced optics, not cheap toys.
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