Use of COVID-19 as an Illegitimate Excuse, or as a Scape-Goat

Abstract

Dear Gazeta Médica Editors,
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which induced the respiratory coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has already claimed (November 6, 2020) over 1.2 million lives and infected over 48.5 million people globally.¹ Societies, economies and personal lives may be affected for years to come, either directly, as a possible yearly resurgence, even with a vaccine, similar to seasonal influenza, as vestigial left-over health (“long COVID”²), or as long-term psycho-sociological effects.³ [...]

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