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COVID-19 Wasn't a Medical Crisis—It Was a Sociological Autopsy of Our Fragile Society

COVID-19: Le regard des sciences sociales

Fiorenza Gamba, Sandro Cattacin

In this deep dive, we crack open a landmark sociological work by 27 top scholars from the University of Geneva, including Fiorenza Gamba and Sandro Cattacin. Their book, *COVID-19: Le regard des sciences sociales*, reveals that the pandemic was never just a biology problem—it was a mirror reflecting the deep fractures in our globalized, hyper-accelerated world. We explore how our obsession with speed and zero-inventory supply chains turned us into a house of cards, how 'social distancing' became a destructive lie that stripped us of rituals and connection, and why the most vulnerable—from the elderly to transnational migrants—were either erased or became unexpected pioneers. This isn't about spike proteins; it's about why we keep repeating the same mistakes, from the Spanish flu to today. If you want to understand the real pandemic—the one hiding beneath the ruins of our social order—this is for you.