Original title: Fighting "Epidemic" requires the light of equality (harmony)
——The awareness of a community of shared future is indispensable for combating the epidemic (13)
Only by upholding the way of justice, upholding the beauty of human nature and forging a winning weapon can we continue to open up a better future for human society
The concept of equality is a light illuminating modern civilization. In the face of COVID-19, the world cannot live without this light. The people of different countries, races and ethnic groups share weal and woe with each other, work together to fight the epidemic, and write a civilized chapter of equal treatment, equal mutual assistance and equal cooperation.
On the earth, all countries, races and nations are equal before the right to life. No matter in which country, people's life safety and health should be maintained and guaranteed. No matter in which country, acts of racial discrimination and stigmatizing other countries cannot be tolerated. This is a special moment when compassion and empathy need to shine across national boundaries, races and nations. All countries have the obligation to safeguard the life safety and health of their own people, while maintaining the life safety and health of other people, and contribute to global public health security. This is the essence of building an open and inclusive community with a shared future for mankind.
Equality is the way of justice. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has always adhered to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. In an open, transparent and responsible manner, China has timely shared information with WHO and the international community, actively responded to concerns of all parties, strengthened international cooperation, and prevented the spread of the epidemic in the world. China has taken the most comprehensive, rigorous and thorough prevention and control measures to gain valuable time for defeating the epidemic. The data model provided by some WHO cooperation experts shows that China's measures to control the flow of personnel have delayed the spread of the epidemic in China for two to three days and the spread of the epidemic outside China for two to three weeks. Bruce Elward, senior adviser to the Director General of WHO, sighed that China's unprecedented public health response has avoided or at least postponed hundreds of thousands of cases of COVID-19. Doing our own thing well, adhering to the altruistic righteousness, and facing the world with an equal heart, this is China's action, standing on the top of morality and justice.
Equality and mutual assistance are the beauty of human nature. At the critical moment of China's fight against the epidemic, leaders of more than 170 countries and heads of more than 40 international and regional organizations expressed condolences and support by telephone, letters, statements and other means, and the people and enterprises of all countries supported China with practical actions. While the war of prevention and control of the epidemic in China is still clinging, China still provides assistance within its capacity to other countries and regions where the epidemic has occurred. When learning that the Japanese side has insufficient detection reagents for NCV nucleic acid, China urgently donated a batch of detection kits; The epidemic situation in Daegu, South Korea is serious, and China urgently prepares a large number of medical masks; When the epidemic broke out in Iran, the Chinese side donated a batch of nucleic acid test kits and medical equipment in an emergency, and sent a Chinese expert team to help... The boundless love converged on the warm current and rushed to the places in the world in need of help, vividly presenting a beautiful picture of helping each other in distress and sailing together through thick and thin.
Equal cooperation is the key to success. "Public health security is a common challenge facing mankind and needs to be tackled by all countries." The proposition elaborated by General Secretary Xi Jinping has become an international consensus. Strive against the invasion of virus every minute and every second, which is a fight for human's right to life. The more critical it is to overcome the difficulties, the more we should treat each other with an equal and inclusive view, unite the will of solidarity and enhance the strength of cooperation for equality and mutual benefit. China has continuously expanded international and regional cooperation, maintained good communication with WHO, shared epidemic prevention experience with relevant countries, and strengthened international cooperation in the research and development of antiviral drugs and vaccines. "Responding to major public health events such as COVID-19 requires the collective wisdom and cooperation of all mankind, highlighting the importance of building a community with a shared future for mankind." Martin Alblau, one of the scholars who first proposed the concept of "globalization" and an academician of the British Academy of Social Sciences, made an appeal that deserves universal attention from the international community, and countries should show their due responsibility.
The war against "epidemic" needs the light of equality. Only by upholding the way of justice, adhering to the beauty of human nature and forging a winning weapon can we continue to develop a better future for human society.
Editor in charge: Liu Debin SN222
