The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our , and subscribe to the newsletter. a US-bound cargo plane was scheduled to depart Mauritius, an island about the size of Maui that’s just east of Madagascar. There were four key things I knew about the flight: It involved the transportation of monkeys.The monkeys were intended for Covid research.The cost—to cover the fuel, crew, insurance, and other expenses—totaled nearly half a million dollars.The public was never supposed to find out about it.In a backward...…The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our , and subscribe to the newsletter. a US-bound cargo plane was scheduled to depart Mauritius, an island about the size of Maui that’s just east of Madagascar. There were four key things I knew about the flight: It involved the transportation of monkeys.The monkeys were intended for Covid research.The cost—to cover the fuel, crew, insurance, and other expenses—totaled nearly half a million dollars.The public was never supposed to find out about it.In a backward...WW…