THE IMPACT
Jan 07, 2022
4 minutes
By Ashley Kirk and Pamela Duncan
Two years ago this week, as New Year’s Eve fireworks lit up skies across the world, news reached the World Health Organization about an outbreak of “pneumonia” in Wuhan, China, the cause of which was unknown.
There had been several cases in December, and possibly as far back as November, in the region. But the subsequent announcement by the WHO was the first time the world at large was made aware of their existence.
At first, the announcement garnered little public attention: like the fireworks that had preceded the announcement, fears of potential diseases usually just flared then faded. But as it turned out, the disease that came to
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