The Revenge of the Germs
that proper virological tests ( i . e ., PCR ) will find their place , in particular to identify asymptomatic carriers .
Above all , however , a successful exit from the crisis will require citizens to comply with barrier measures , to accept tracing and , if necessary , the isolation of contact cases , and the prudent conduct of each individual guaranteeing the informed preservation of all . This is what used to be known as civic-mindedness . In other words , nothing decisive will happen without a broad collective commitment to promote and establish the new culture of living together without contaminating others .
A new way of living together will have to be organized outside the stable , the constant , the consistent , the orderly , the determinable .
A new way of living together will have to be established on the basis of the observation , without discussion , that the initial delay in the face of the health crisis , in addition to its human , economic , and social cost , will not have been made up in the time announced by the political authorities . And this same power will have lost a large part of its authority as crisis manager , even though it had managed to preserve it during the wave of terrorist attacks .
A new living together will be heckled , will take on the face of dynamic chaos , and will force citizens and their organizations to move away from orderly and counted certainties to reinvent themselves .
A renewed living together will exist , like after all wars , as this conflict has been dubbed , even though it has no visible enemy .
Unfortunately , bad governance , lack of courage or credibility , may create side effects creating waves after waves , or sometimes peaks after peaks , until somebody finally create confidence with the people and enhance a real strategy using the Taiwan democratic model .
The total and global crisis that we are experiencing can become the lever for the indispensable redefinition of liberalism in each of its terms . It has everything to be the major element of a better balance between shareholders and employees , sustainable capitalists and financial speculators , investors and profiteers . It is capable of bringing about long-term rebalancing in favor of increased protection of the planet , active relocation of strategic industries , and reinforced regulation of the financial markets .
The sudden shift from skepticism to panic that many leaders around the world have experienced and shown is now in danger of taking everything in its path , whereas the main thing now is the battle that must be won . We must take advantage of this tragic moment to restore meaning to the most important investment : the investment we must make for life .
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