In the early days of quarantine, I thought it might be fun to reread Camus' The Plague and compare the global pandemic to what they experienced. I reread the book but got sucked into a lethargic rut. Many of the emotions in the book and today's reality are similar with several distinctions. The first, covid-19 is not as deadly as pneumonic plague or as easily transmitted. Secondly, there was no point in trying to escape since there is no place to go to. Ah well, here's hoping there will be a return to some kind of sanity soon.
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