https://www.scmp.com/rss/510201/feed Dr. J. Michael Ryan is an assistant professor of sociology at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). He is the editor of COVID-19: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutions, and COVID-19: Social consequences and cultural responses. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With the (highly uneven) roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines around the world, many, at least in those few countries with an adequate vaccine supply, have already begun rejoicing that the pandemic is over. They have “moved on” and are, for better or worse, returning to their “normal” ways of life. At the same time, other countries are experiencing new peaks, there are new worrisome variants being identified, and thousands continue to die while hundreds of thousands continue to be infected every single... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3139320/pandemic-over-your-country-rest-world-it-isnt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3139320/pandemic-over-your-country-rest-world-it-isnt?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jul 2021 19:30:06 +0000