sexta-feira, 13 de março de 2020

The Coronavirus vaccine, has a very high cost

Back in 1802 the French writer François-René de Chateaubriand wrote about the "Mandarin paradox":

"If thou couldst by a mere wish kill a fellow-creature in China, and inherit his fortune in Europe, with the supernatural conviction that the fact would never be known, wouldst thou consent to form such a wish?"

So let´s imagine that anyone could cure himself of the coronavirus and all it takes is that someone else dies.
How many of us would "consent to form such a wish?"

In principle, that is a difficult question but when we hear about women in Australia, a civilized country, fighting over toilet paper I can imagine what they would do concerning the aforementioned question
https://www.businessinsider.com/three-women-brawl-panic-buying-toilet-paper-australia-woolworths-coronavirus-2020-3