Significant social problems including bigotry, systemic racism. political turmoil, food and housing insecurities, violence, the opioid epidemic, etc… preceded, and in some cases, were worsening in our communities prior to the arrival of COVID. As COVID spread, every aspect of peoples’ existence on earth was impacted. A National Institute of Health article points out that, “the COVID-19-pandemic-related economic and social crises [led] to huge challenges for all spheres of human life across the globe. Various challenges highlighted by this pandemic include, but are not limited to, the need for global health cooperation and security, better crisis management, coordinated funding in public health emergencies, and access to measures related to prevention, treatment and control.”
