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News|Articles|March 11, 2025
The 5-Year Anniversary of COVID-19
Author(s)Nidal Moukaddam, MD, PhD
Today marks 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. These are the psychiatric impacts.
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Five years ago today, COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Little did any of us know that our lives would change forever. The change was sweeping, swift, and terrifying at many levels. It behooves us as scientists, as students of life, and simply as human beings, to reflect back on how we coped with COVID-19 and what changes the pandemic has brought.
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