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Margaret Atwood: Pandemic lockdowns aren't the same as dystopian societies
Novelist Margaret Atwood has told 91热爆 5 Live she doesn鈥檛 believe the Covid-19 pandemic is the same as living in a dystopian society.
Speaking to 5 Live鈥檚 Emma Barnett, The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale author said the pandemic was not 鈥渁 deliberate totalitarianism and isn鈥檛 a deliberate arrangement鈥 so it does not fit the definition of dystopia.
She also predicts there will be an increased appreciation for the National Health Service for 鈥渁s long as we can remember鈥 the pandemic.
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