Arijit Chakravarty
As it so happens, a pandemic is not a state of mind, a point made by @heavyredaction & me 1yr ago. The term belongs to the discipline of epidemiology, not psychology. It has a specific meaning. Pandemics are global, severe, dynamic & unpredictable (4/): https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-pandemic-panic-calm-advice/