How Camus’ “The Plague” Predicted the Covid-19 Pandemic

And why the philosophical novel also points to the way out of it.

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“What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of the plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.” — Albert Camus

“The Plague” is probably the most philosophical dive into the meaning of pandemic diseases ever written.