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What was the COVID era?

On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic — and within weeks the world shut down. Two years that rewrote the state, the economy, and everyday life.

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic — and within days the world did something it had never done in history: it stopped. Borders slammed shut, cities fell silent, and more than half of humanity learned to live behind masks and curfews.

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