如何战胜疫情大流行 | 我院尼日利亚籍学者阿德昆勒在China Daily刊文
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浙江师范大学非洲研究院尼日利亚籍学者阿德昆勒·奥西迪普(Osidipe Adekunle)在China Daily上刊文How to win battle against the pandemic（《如何战胜疫情大流行》），就全人类该如何面对新冠疫情的爆发提出看法。他认为病毒是非歧视性的，可以在任何一地爆发，若不能得到有效防治，都将演变成为对全人类的威胁。伴随病毒而来的一切歧视同仇外心理都无助于疾病的治疗，只会削弱全球共同抗疫的凝聚力。在全球化时代，全球治理需要全人类共同承担责任，个人、组织、媒体和政府都应停止发表种族主义和歧视性言论，团结一致抗击病毒。
How to win battle against the pandemic
With the outbreak of the novelcoronavirus, a wave of xenophobia hit parts of the globe. In many countries, itspread like wildfire－like the virus itself. Anxiety, fear, resentment and all forms ofdiscrimination that go hand in hand with xenophobia began to manifestthemselves in many countries.
Many people of Asian origin,especially Chinese, have been subjected to various forms of racialdiscrimination, although some brave ones have reacted in creative ways to showthat being an Asian or a Chinese is not equal to being a virus carrier, unlikewhat some tend to believe.
The quick intervention of the WorldHealth Organization, which identified and named the virus and the diseasecaused by the virus－SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19－should have broughtthe ugly wave of racism to rest. Sadly, that did not happen.
Coronaviruses are not new tohumanity. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, people around the world have been infected with coronaviruses suchas 229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1. On the other hand, there are coronaviruses thatare transmitted by animals to humans, which subsequently mutate to make peoplesick.
Even outbreaks of coronaviruses,which cause respiratory problems in humans ranging from common cold to moresevere diseases such as the Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acuterespiratory syndrome, and now COVID-19 leading to fatalities, are not new. Andthe WHO has acted responsibly by not naming any of the diseases caused bycoronaviruses after a country, region or community to avoid undue racialprofiling and stigmatization, which could undermine the joint efforts needed tocontain the spread of the virus.
The fueling of racism has not onlyhindered the fight against the pandemic, but also weakened the collectiveresilience that had gathered steam since the virus and the disease wereidentified as a public enemy by the world health body.
Also, those fanning the flames ofracism at this critical juncture will take humanity back to the dark ages ofsegregation complete with its negative consequences.
In the era of globalization, globalgovernance requires collective sharing of responsibilities for the good ofhumanity. Viruses are non-discriminatory, respect no borders, and are loyal tono community or religion. That the novel coronavirus, in particular, isnon-partisan is evident from the fact that one Republican and one Democrat werethe first two positive cases in the US House of Representatives.
The trajectory of COVID-19 showsthe discriminatory attitude of some people, especially Western politicians, hashad a negative effect on the fight against the virus. In the initial stages,many viewed the virus as a Chinese problem and expected China to deal with it.By not seeing the virus as a common human enemy, they wasted precious time,which could have been used for building solidarity in the fight against thevirus.
Also, in the initial stages of theoutbreak, the media were expected to play the role of a catalyst in bolsteringthe campaign against racism, finger-pointing, false accusations and fake news.But many media outlets failed to live up to that expectation.
Consequently, many countries didnot take preemptive measures that would have prevented the global situationfrom being as bad as it is today. It is, however, refreshing to see many globalmainstream media outlets gradually waking up to the challenge and playing theirdue role of educating the public about how to prevent the spread of the diseaseand help contain the outbreak.
The WHO has repeatedly warned againstracism and stigmatization, and taken measures to boost the global fight againstthe pandemic.
Therefore, everyone, especiallynational and opinion leaders, should ensure that their actions, directly orindirectly, do not jeopardize the global fight against the virus, and insteadpromote solidarity, resilience and hope. The global fight against the virus hasyielded results in certain places as a result of people and nations coming tothe help of one another. To ensure this progress does not lose steam,individuals, organizations, especially media outlets, and governments acrossthe world should desist from making racist and discriminatory comments.
The author is a researcher at theResearch Center for China Africa Education Cooperation, Institute of AfricanStudies, Zhejiang Normal University.
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