Opinion: Solidarity With the Chinese On the Coronavirus Frontline, By Owei Lakemfa
The origin of the Coronavirus has not been ascertained. There are unverified claims that it originated from the alleged Chinese habit of eating anything on land, in the waters and in the sky. For this, some unverified and derisive videos have been posted. There are also conspiracy theories that the virus is some biological warfare against China or even emanating from the country itself.
There is the possibility that the virus, after waning in China, might like a devastating hurricane make a landfall in other parts of the world. So, a concerted and collective human response to Covid-19, such as the one the World Health Organisation is coordinating, is required. What we are witnessing is an unprecedented human calamity which, like HIV/AIDS, endangers the entire humanity, and like the latter, we need to collectively fight as a common enemy. In this, we need to discourage the pharmaceutical giants whose voracious and insatiable appetite for profit can lead to the pricing of drugs out of the reach of the poor, or poor nations, as it did with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
China is our first, and perhaps, most effective line of defence against the Coronavirus, and it is in in our collective interests to assist it focus on the fight, rather than carry out vile, potentially destructive propaganda against that country because the virus is bias-free and ideologically-blind.
There are positive signs that the virus will soon be defeated, given lower rates of infection in China and with 14,000 previous victims fully recovered. In Africa, the WHO announced that the previously confirmed victim in Egypt is recovering fast, with latest tests showing he is “no longer carrying the virus”. Share this:
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