Danielle Allen :An ethical plan for ending the pandemic and restarting the economy

Danielle Allen·TED Connects
An ethical plan for ending the pandemic and restarting the economy
Summary
A lot of news about coronavirus are announced every day. We try to understand them as much as possible. However, there are many differences in countries, cities, jobs, populations, ages, insurances, and etc. Living Environment and, of course, our backgrounds are also different. Among them, we have to stop coronavirus spreading and restart the economy. What do you believe and what do you do?

The story tells us that the world is facing two existential threats. It’s a public health emergency and an economic crisis.
It should be solved ethically and democratically. It means to avoid activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment and accord with the principles of democracy with the practice or principles of social equality.

And then, the most difficult thing must create an equal public health system. Public health aims to improve the quality of life through the prevention and treatment of disease including mental health. The definition is "the science and art of preventing disease”, prolonging life and improving quality of life through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.

I think that Japan must have a better system from the beginning because the death rate is low this time but there are many elder people. In the parks of the cities, we can drink water, of course, you can wash your hands with clean water and free of charge there. It can be thought about many people can live in the city cleanly. However, we are afraid of infection and losing a job, when we hear that someone is infected in the office or everybody might be an asymptotic carrier.

The story was recorded in April. I think that each country has to find a different solution for their own country and to help others. Japan can work more to help other countries.