Typically, the introduction to special issues of journals starts by explaining the topic being covered. One issue I contributed to included a 400-word description of Pokémon Go; another introduction had an extended definition of content strategy in technical communication. I sat down to write this introduction the same way, but doing so felt wrong. COVID-19 does not need a two-paragraph introduction. We are all aware of what it is and what it has done. As I write this in early June, the pandemic has killed over 400,000 people worldwide and rendered millions of people out of work. All of our lives have been affected in one way or another. The importance of COVID-19 needs no justification. Academic work, like most other work, was quickly altered by the pandemic. Classes moved online; campuses closed. Research slowed in some cases as labs became inaccessible, and researchers—and many people (disproportionately women)—were left with additional responsibilities at home. Research also shifted in some cases as people across disciplines

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商业和技术交流和 COVID-19 简介：危机时期的交流

通常，期刊特刊的介绍从解释所涵盖的主题开始。我参与的一个问题包括对 Pokémon Go 的 400 字描述；另一项介绍对技术传播中的内容策略进行了扩展定义。我坐下来以同样的方式写这篇介绍，但这样做感觉不对。COVID-19 不需要两段介绍。我们都知道它是什么以及它做了什么。当我在 6 月初写这篇文章时，这场流行病已在全球造成超过 400,000 人死亡，并使数百万人失业。我们所有人的生活都以某种方式受到影响。COVID-19 的重要性无需任何理由。与大多数其他工作一样，学术工作很快被大流行改变了。课堂转移到网上；校园关闭。在某些情况下，由于无法进入实验室，研究速度放缓，研究人员——以及许多人（尤其是女性）——不得不承担额外的家务责任。在某些情况下，研究也会随着人们跨学科而发生变化