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An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: Indians narrate their lived experiences of a lockdown and pandemic December 31, 2020 13:21:50 IST
Pandemic: “An epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people (
WHO)”; “[of a disease] existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants (
Cambridge English Dictionary)”; “occurring over a wide geographic area such as multiple countries or continents and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population (
Merriam-Webster)”.
Because of its very nature, the story of the coronavirus pandemic has been one of large numbers. Of the millions of cases globally, recoveries, the million-plus deaths. In India’s migrant crisis, lost lives and livelihoods, and the many made vulnerable in untold ways scale is an aspect that’s difficult to miss in this crisis.