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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Today though, we're taking a step away from the news to take a look at some offbeat global stories.

This year has done much to highlight the notion of isolation but it can mean more than just

crimped social and familial ties. Our correspondent gets to know a remote French village,

a place out of time where isolation also brings a rare kind of solace. And even if you haven't

been to the Sistine Chapel, you've never seen it like this. We crack the spines of a lush three

volume set of books that examines every inch of Michelangelo's masterpiece from up close.

Very close. First up though.

In Mexico, the pandemic has hit hard. A government analysis found almost 200,000 excess deaths

from March to the end of September. Earlier this year, the country's COVID-19

czar pointed his finger at an unlikely culprit.

Hugo Lopez Gaté called fizzy drinks a bottled poison.

Three quarters of Mexicans are overweight, a condition that can increase the severity of COVID-19.

But Mr. Lopez Gaté didn't name the drink in question, he didn't really have to.

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