As the world economy remains largely closed down, it is essential to understand what we are experiencing. We are suffering from something new, something I’d like to term a “Pandession”. A Pandession is a new word because it is a new thing. Language is vitally important when confronted with something novel. If you don’t have the language, you can’t visualise, conceive of or think your way out of it.

Source: The Irish Times May 16, 2020 11:15 UTC