Scientific American - USA (2022-03)

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HOW

C OV I D

CH A NGE D

THE

WOR L D

Lessons from two years

of emergency science,

upheaval and loss

MARCH 2022

SPECIAL ISSUE

• A virus showed the dangers of rugged individualism


• Global health institutions lost trust


• Messenger RNA vaccines opened the door to new therapies


• Conspiracy theories made everything harder


• And more

THE PERILS OF

LONG COVID

A BOOM IN

DIAGNOSTIC S

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

AND BACKL A SH

INSIDE