新冠病毒肺炎突发与治理的人文反思

Humanistic Reflection on the Outbreak and Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic

新冠病毒的出现和传播已导致了数以万计的中国人染上病毒。然而,经过中国各级政府和全体人民众志成城的努力和有效防范,这场重大的全球性公共卫生突发事件已在中国得到了有效的控制。正当西方一些国家的媒体和官员指责中国违反人权强令人们居家隔离时,疫情却毫无节制地在欧美国家相继暴发,大有一发不可收之势。在这方面,中国有效控制病毒蔓延的经验已经为越来越多的国家领导人和医务工作者所认可,他们不得不面对这一事实而求助于中国。同时,经过努力他们也开始采取果断的措施逐步有效地控制疫情在本国的蔓延。作为人文学者,我们应该从下面四个方面对此进行反思:全球性的突发公共卫生事件理应采取全球治理的手段来遏制;既然病毒的根源在自然界,人类就应该反思自己对自然的态度并重新调整人与自然的关系;动物作为自然界万物大家庭中的成员,也应当受到人类的善待,这样人类才能得以持久地繁衍并获取更大的收益;再者,疫情的传播致使我们的正常工作和生活秩序发生了根本的变化,对于高校教师来说,我们面临着新型教学模式的挑战,这也需要我们作出相应的回应和调整。

The emergence and spread of the COVID-19 has infected tens of thousands of Chinese. However, the powerful global public health emergency has finally been brought under effective control in China, thanks to the joint efforts made by the governments at various levels and the entire Chinese people. While the media and officials in some Western countries have accused China of violating human rights by forcing people to be home quarantined, the outbreak has continued unabated in Europe and the United States. In this regard, China’s experience in effectively controlling the spread of the virus has been recognized by more and more national leaders and medical workers, who have to face the fact and turn to China for help. Meanwhile, they have also begun to take decisive and effective measures to gradually control the spread of the pandemic in their countries. As humanities scholars, we should reflect COVID-19 from the following perspectives: such a global public health emergency should be contained by means of global governance;since the root of the virus is in nature, we, as human beings should reflect and readjust the relationship between man and nature;animals, as living beings in nature, should also be treated in an equal manner by human beings so that human beings can effectively reproduce and obtain greater benefits in the future. Furthermore, the spread of the pandemic has brought about fundamental changes in our daily work and life. For us university teachers, we are also confronted with the challenge of the new teaching modes which requires us to readjust our way of teaching and research accordingly.