Report from China: Ethical Questions on the Response to the Coronavirus

By Ruipeng Lei and Renzong Qiu
Published on January 31, 2020

Hegel says, "We learn from history that we do not learn from history." The recurrence of the coronavirus epidemic in China proves his insight to be right. Sixteen years ago, the SARS pandemic was ravaging mainland China and spreading beyond the border to cause global catastrophe. Now we have a SARS cousin, the novel coronavirus (2019 n-Cov). As of January 31, according to the National Health Commission, there were 9,720 confirmed cases and 15,238 suspected cases in China; 213 people have di...

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