The coronavirus is the most important — and devastating — thing to happen in my lifetime

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• The coronavirus is upending the world in ways we usually associate with war, revolution, or terrifying natural disasters like a volcano.
• On a global scale, the outbreak is still just beginning. It has been decades since so much of the world has experienced so profound a shock at once.
• At least in the Western world, perhaps only those who can remember World War II have lived through something similar.
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I am 29 years old. This week:

Around the world, people are adjusting to a strange new way of life that has usually been associated only with war, natural disasters like a flood, or huge political upheaval.

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