The COVID-19 pandemic descended on us in an unexpected, uncontrollable, and unpredictable manner, disrupting the world order and affecting all sectors of human society. The world had little time to prepare for the ravages of a novel and highly infectious coronavirus. By February 2021, some 112 million people had contracted COVID-19 globally, and 2.5 million had died. Even with the availability of vaccines at warp speed, and vaccination efforts rolling out in early 2021, it is still uncertain how the pandemic—with all its highly infectious mutant variants—would play out. No one knows with any certainty what the endpoint will be, and what lies ahead.

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沟通纪律在应对 COVID-19 中的作用：质疑积极偏差和批判性话语

COVID-19 大流行病以一种出乎意料、无法控制和不可预测的方式降临在我们身上，扰乱了世界秩序，影响了人类社会的各个领域。世界几乎没有时间为一种新型高传染性冠状病毒的肆虐做好准备。到 2021 年 2 月，全球约有 1.12 亿人感染了 COVID-19，250 万人死亡。即使疫苗以极快的速度提供，并且疫苗接种工作在 2021 年初展开，但仍不确定这场大流行及其所有具有高度传染性的突变变体将如何发展。没有人确切地知道终点是什么，以及未来会是什么。