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Stress Test: The MRC and the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020–

in thought or deed. Between 2020 and 2022, it certainly met the Covid-19 challenge
successfully. However, a historical perspective tells us that the MRC’s chequered, up-
and-down history since 1969 should be a warning that the characteristics that saw it
do so are not necessarily a guaranteed part of its DNA for all time and will constantly
have to be replenished to survive.

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