The coronavirus pandemic will be forever remembered as an incredibly destructive event, in terms of its health and economic impacts. Over 220 million people have been infected, with over 4.6 million of them killed by COVID-19. As for the economy, global gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk by 3.5% — the highest since the Great Depression in the 1930s, leading millions to slip into unemployment and poverty. While the pandemic was a wake-up call to how much public health contributes to keeping societies intact and whole, it also serves as an opportunity for us to reassess the role of government […]
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