DeWitte-Orr, StephanieWhiteside, Alan2025-04-012025-04-012022-02-24https://doi.org/10.51644/bap46https://hdl.handle.net/10012/21537This paper offers a brief history of viral pandemics and the science of the COVID-19 virus. After reviewing COVID-19’s economic, social, psychological and political impacts, we touch on the implications for health care. Finally, we look at the need for a global, integrated approach that requires new multi-disciplinary thinking, and what this means for policy makers.enBalsillie PapersCOVID-19Article