
The Influence of Political History in the Response to COVID-19 in Italy and Romania
By Ioana Dobrescu, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2020.11.00026 Washing your hands. Wearing a mask. Sanitizing. Socially distancing. The pandemic has been with us for just over half a year yet seems to have lasted a life-time. Just about everything is unprecedented, and there has not been a day without a new headline concerning the virus. While governments debate and implement policies, some citizens have taken the situation in