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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/66911| Title: | Covid-19 Crisis : have we done this before? |
| Authors: | Camilleri, Cassi |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 (Disease) Epidemics -- History COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Camilleri, C. (2020). Covid-19 Crisis : have we done this before? THINK Magazine, 32, 16-19. |
| Abstract: | Popular wisdom warns that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Will the current COVID-19 pandemic prove the adage true? As Easter approached, the number of known coronavirus cases in the world had far surpassed a million. Over a third of the planet's population was under some form of lockdown. Flights were grounded. Schools were closed. Businesses were shut down. People lost their jobs, some lost much more. COVID-19 upended life as we knew it. Many are describing this time as ‘unprecedented’ and ‘unique’, but the world has been struck by deadly infections before. From swine flu (2009) to the Spanish Influenza (1918), and even the Black Plague (1349), there is much to learn. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/66911 |
| Appears in Collections: | Think Magazine, Issue 32 Think Magazine, Issue 32 |
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