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Covid-19 - The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020.
Lockdown - Periods of time when, due to the coronavirus pandemic, people were ordered to stay indoors.
Inquiry - Asking for information. Also used to refer to long official investigations.
Pandemic - An outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region.
Social distancing - A way of reducing infection by controlling and reducing social interactions.
Hindsight - Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened.
20/20 - Sharp and clear vision.
Bias - Biases are beliefs that systematically and unfairly distort a person's decisions, in favour or against one group or another.