Fearing ‘them’ in a pandemic makes no room for even ‘us’

03 March 2020 - 08:00
By tom eaton AND Tom Eaton
Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration.
Image: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration.

I think it’s important to reflect on what is not being said about the global response to the coronavirus.

Because soon the government will have to protect us from the violence that fear of Covid-19 will bring.

 

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