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Health and Healthcare Systems
Samuel Pepys' diary shows parallels between life during the bubonic plague and coronavirus
From contradictory public health advice to a sense of paranoia and fear, there are similarities between life in the 17th century and how people are responding to today's COVID-19 pandemic.