Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and Trust

When one examines life in various countries of the world regardless of type of government, health system, or even culture, one sees the great diversity of the world but also large areas of commonality among all people and all places.  The twentieth century’s history is one of almost constant war, tw...

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Main Author: Tyler G. Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lumbini Medical College 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Lumbini Medical College
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Online Access:https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/336
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description When one examines life in various countries of the world regardless of type of government, health system, or even culture, one sees the great diversity of the world but also large areas of commonality among all people and all places.  The twentieth century’s history is one of almost constant war, two of those wars having affected the majority of the global population, but only one event parallels today’s pandemic in impact on almost every individual on planet Earth: the great pandemic of 1918, which by various accounts took between 20 to 100 million lives over a three-year period.
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spelling doaj.art-d20a3cc92dc647558d0539e606d4bda02022-12-21T19:09:41ZengLumbini Medical CollegeJournal of Lumbini Medical College2392-46322542-26182020-05-018110.22502/jlmc.v8i1.336Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and TrustTyler G. Hughes0University of Kansas School of MedicineWhen one examines life in various countries of the world regardless of type of government, health system, or even culture, one sees the great diversity of the world but also large areas of commonality among all people and all places.  The twentieth century’s history is one of almost constant war, two of those wars having affected the majority of the global population, but only one event parallels today’s pandemic in impact on almost every individual on planet Earth: the great pandemic of 1918, which by various accounts took between 20 to 100 million lives over a three-year period.https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/336COVID-19Pandemic
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title_full Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and Trust
title_fullStr Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and Trust
title_full_unstemmed Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and Trust
title_short Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Truth and Trust
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Pandemic
url https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/336
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