The world cannot afford to let the failures of the COVID-19 era fade into obscurity, buried beneath political expedience and collective amnesia
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For decades institutions in the West have been eroding. Incompetent and corrupt governments, partisan and misleading journalism, and educational institutions more concerned with ideological conformity than intellectual pursuit, have long been familiar grievances. The lockdowns however, did not merely highlight these shortcomings; it exposed a systemic collapse of leadership, ethics, and accountability on a global scale.
Perhaps the most astonishing aspect of the pandemic response was not merely the imposition of draconian restrictions, but the speed and ease with which they were accepted. Yet propaganda alone does not fully explain the silence that persists today. There is another, more uncomfortable truth.
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