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

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

From cramped trenches to packed ships, the theatre of war is an ideal breeding ground for

pathogens. But our Defence Editor argues it's not just that disease is a greater risk

during conflict, it's that disease can change the conflict itself.

And as the Amazon was defiled and colonized, Antonio Bolivar tried to convey that it

was the precious lungs of the world. Our obituaries editor looks back on his life as a keeper

of tribal stories and natural medicines and as an unlikely film star.

But first, a different Amazon. This week, Amazon is holding its first sale event of the

pandemic. Typically, Prime Day in July would be the big summer sale, but this year it's

been pushed back to September. Just a few months ago, encouraging people to buy wasn't the

company's problem.

It's boom time for Amazon. There's many people turn to online ordering to get supplies

during this outbreak.

As it's to the Amazon website, are up 32% compared to a year earlier.

Experts are predicting revenues of up to $73 billion in the first quarter alone.

Even with a dozen new planes and 175,000 new workers, pandemic panic buying wreaked havoc

with Amazon's delivery timelines.

What Amazon is trying to accomplish now is sort of like Black Friday or Cyber Monday happening

every day and they didn't have months to prepare.

The company says it's now giving priority to medical and household supplies.

Select products on Amazon are either unavailable or won't be delivered for weeks.

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