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COVID-19
About COVID-19
First identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Declared a pandemic March 11, 2020. Over 770 million confirmed cases and about 7 million deaths were reported to the WHO, with true totals believed to be much higher. mRNA vaccines were developed in under a year, fastest in history. Lockdowns affected over 4 billion people at peak. Changed remote work forever.
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