Thought-provoking. And noise-induced hearing loss would be labeled a pandemic if it were due to a pathogen.

Speaking of thought-provoking: your title hearkens back to Shakespeare, and a very good analysis in The Atlantic makes the case that the actual author of those plays was a contemporary woman who lived near him, Emelia Bassano:

Was Shakespeare a Woman?The Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com › archive › 2019/06.