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This book is a commentary on the author's experience surrounding the COVID-19 crisis. It is neither a scientific nor an academic book. It explores human and social behavior around conspiracies and myths that rapidly emerged throughout the crisis. Through an examination of facts and factoids, information and misinformation, and truths and falsehoods emerging from a variety of actors, readers are taken on an exploratory cognitive journey in an attempt to explain why we behave the way we do. The author, Mak (Chanchal) Khan, relies on a combination of his personal experience and views, as well as opinions expressed by a number of experts in psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and more. From mums and dads to students and educators to restless travelers on long airport layovers, this book may pique the interest of anyone interested in expanding their understanding of how and why competing narratives on the pandemic begin and gain traction. Given the quickly and ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book attempts to shed light on a difficult and dynamic subject matter. Although it may be the case that some of the analyses are less relevant depending on the date any given reader goes through this material, the historical perspective and lessons learned will remain relevant indefinitely. It is what it Is!

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Mak Khan is a Bangladeshi-born Australian, a former international civil servant with the United Nations, and a former academic with the University of Melbourne, with close to forty years of professional experience across 28 countries throughout the world. He is widely known as Chanchal Khan in the music arena, especially for his singing, and research in the field of music and society. His music genre is primarily songs of Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European Nobel laureate in literature (1913). His extensive journey in the development sector was possible through his engagement with the United Nations system; the Australian government; and bilateral and multilateral agencies, such as the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, UK Aid, European Union, and a few more. His passion for music, art and language brought him close to nature, and to people with many faiths, languages, and ethnic backgrounds. The COVID-19 crisis has been a great source of sadness for him after losing at least a dozen of his close friends to the pandemic in many parts of the world, including singers, actors, and writers. Mak (Chanchal) Khan writes regularly in his professional work; however, this book is his first attempt of its kind.

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