https://www.scmp.com/rss/510136/feed Nancy S. Jecker is a Professor of Bioethics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Visiting Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com During the 1918 pandemic, influenza led to the loss of 50 million lives. Today, flu season returns each year, killing about 650,000 people world wide. If the novel coronavirus sticks around to become a background feature of our ordinary lives, as many scientists now predict, societies will be forced to accept some increase in the background level of death. What level of risk should we accept? What freedoms should we give up to reduce the rate of death? Science alone cannot answer these questions... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3138356/zero-covid-approach-china-and-japan-about-saving-face?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3138356/zero-covid-approach-china-and-japan-about-saving-face?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:00:08 +0000