As this issue of the JAS was going into production, the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 was responsible for a global pandemic. Its devastation and disruption have affected the entire world's population. It is a global event with an unknown future that has forced all individuals to question the normative interpretations of our world, as COVID-19 has interfered with every aspect of life. COVID-19 has emerged as the most recent nonhuman subject responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of individuals. It has the capacity to cause many more deaths. Its impact has also been evident in underscoring the disparities and inequities in society: locally, regionally, nationally, and globally. Nation-states are scrambling to limit damage as the coronavirus spreads, triggering lockdowns of millions of people, high unemployment rates, food shortages, a lack of medical supplies, shrinking GDP, and high mortality rates. Late capitalism has suffered a major blow with the disruption of...
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