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Reaction Paper 8

Reaction Paper 8

Q Reaction Paper 8 addresses Ch. 13. Ethics of Epidemics and the current pandemic Readings Buchanan, Autonomy, Paternalism, and Justice Alberti, The Guardian: Loneliness is a modern illness of the body not just the mind Film Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) Documentaries: Plague documentary, History channel 1h30’ •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMu15u6GUcc •Medieval Apocalypse The Black Death, Nat Geographic, 1h37’ •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9kTzSN-dbg The Great Stink 59’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKTTx4Xq7Fo Cholera outbreak in Haiti 8’ PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwSnc-TauGk •Was corona virus made in a Chinese lab ? Under investigation, 60 min Australia, April 14, 2021, 42’ •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTeNFIY-b0&t=210s •Over a century ago, masks were controversial during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Oct 2020, 5’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGYSoT2otw •Plague to corona virus: how pandemics have transformed the world, channel 4 news, May 2020, 11’ •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkHLUnwIho

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According to some sources, Corona is said to have been developed in a lab. Some speculate that the current epidemic was created by accident, in which a lab-grown virus escaped and spread around the world. However, there is more to this story than meets the eye. Some Chinese miners entered a tunnel with bats about eight years ago. They felt ill two days after visiting the cave and began to exhibit Corona-like symptoms (60 Minutes Australia, 2021). Despite knowing about the occurrence, the Chinese authorities did not report it. For eight years, China kept this information hidden.