The Covid-19 panic and the global North-South divide - A perspective.

Indian J Med Ethics

Consultant Microbiologist and Public Health Specialist, St. Martha's Hospital, Nrupathunga Rd, Bengaluru, 560 001 INDIA.

Published: May 2020

J Krishnamurti, a renowned philosopher, describes fear as the transition from the convictions of the Known to the flux of the Unknown1. The weakening of the interspecies transmission barrier between the animal and human interface has strengthened this fear. Consequently, our impulsive selves have taken precedence over our reflective voices.

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