CORONAVIRUS BECOMES A POLITICAL BEHEMOTH
September 2nd, 2021
While the human misery created by the coronavirus Covid-19 is undeniable, with 4.7 million deaths formally assigned to the disease by October 2021, and many more doubtless unrecorded, the pandemic has had another major impact – on politics.
This is because the disease, being highly infectious, caused governments to take public health measures that affect all their citizens, far more comprehensive than any other such policies in history.
This has boosted the reputation of some governments and states and undermined others.
It feels like another age, when back ...
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