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What we least expect in life can suddenly occur and impact us like a crashing wave.
Niall O’Dowd, Publisher,
Irish America
Such was the impact of the COVID-19 virus that arrived like a medieval plague in early 2020 spreading contagion and death to the four corners of the earth.
Suddenly, what we had only imagined through historical accounts of other plagues was upon us forcing a crisis like none other. The world faced its gravest crisis since World War II with a defenseless population in over 140 countries suddenly in a fight for their very lives.
At the beginning most efforts seemed like those of King Canute seeking to hold the very waves of the ocean back. ....

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