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{{quote|''This sucks''|[[Prime Ministers of Canada|Justin Trudeau]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}vyNuL64WeZo December 2021]}}
The '''COVID-19 pandemic''' (December 2019 - )<ref>While the World Health Organization declared that the ''global emergency'' was over in May 2023, they did not formally declare that the ''pandemic itself'' was over.</ref> is a worldwide pandemic brought about by the spread of the "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" family of viruses. It brought society to a near standstill in the early months of 2020.
There is much to be said about the pandemic and its lingering effects on global society that cannot be done justice here, and [[The Other Wiki]] goes into far more detail about [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|this pandemic]] than we could ever hope to manage. That said, [[All The Tropes]] can hopefully paint an adequate enough picture of what's developed through this article's coverage of the aspects that fall within our purview: specifically, the pandemic, its role in pop culture and its effects on that and other aspects of culture and media - and the mirror that it all holds up to us.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Hitman 3]]'', Carl Ingram, one of 47's targets in the Dubai level, makes mention of the pandemic. [https://kotaku.com/hitman-3-is-the-latest-game-to-acknowledge-covid-19-1846125441 This article by] [[Kotaku]] takes note of the apparent complacency of people in-game towards the pandemic, with next to no effort done towards social distancing and vaccination especially in levels such as Berlin and the aforementioned Dubai.
* ''[[Postal 4: No Regerts]]'' parodies COVID with the "Pigeona" virus, a pigeon spread disease with roughly similar symptoms. This is also why many pedestrians are masked - true to the game and its [[True Art Is Offensive]] roots, you can even use "Pigeon Mines" to attack people with clouds of disease
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2]]'' not only aged up the [[Real Life]] pro skaters from the original but also has a [[Setting Update]] where the remake now takes place in 2020 right during the onset of the pandemic, as evidenced by the face mask accessory and COVID-related PSAs urging students to learn at home while the lockdowns were still in place. This also served as a convenient [[Hand Wave]] to explain the lack of NPCs in the remake as in the original game, even if hardware limitations imposed by the PS1 are no longer a concern.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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