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JOHN HUMPHRYS: Coronavirus presents very difficult waters NewsColony We are all preparing for CV-Day in our own ways. That’s the day when the virus reaches its peak and the phoney war is over.  The last real phoney war began when we declared war on Germany and it ended when the Germans invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940.  It took another five years to win the war — but at least the enemy was visible. We knew what had to be done and we did it.  For a start, how dare we dump nine million individual human beings into a box labelled ‘the elderly’ with all that implies. It is both inane and offensive. It’s not the same as referring to ‘teenagers’ collectively. A woman is pictured above wearing a face mask [File photo] Or, rather, our parents and grandparents did it. This time we don’t have field marshals in underground war rooms poring over maps and troop movements.  It’s you and me in our kitchens wondering whether it’s safe to invite the neighbo...