Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE113TU, UK.
Health Place. 2010 Jul;16(4):727-35. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.03.004. Epub 2010 Mar 15.
During summer 2009, the UK experienced one of the highest incidences of H1N1 infection outside of the Americas and Australia. Building on existing research into biosecurity and the spread of infectious disease via the global airline network, this paper explores the biopolitics of public health in the UK through an in-depth empirical analysis of the representation of H1N1 in UK national and regional newspapers. We uncover new discourses relating to the significance of the airport as a site for control and the ethics of the treatment of the traveller as a potential transmitter of disease. We conclude by highlighting how the global spread of infectious diseases is grounded in particular localities associated with distinctive notions of biosecurity and the traveller.
2009 年夏季，英国经历了除美洲和澳大利亚以外甲型 H1N1 流感发病率最高的时期之一。本论文以现有的生物安全研究以及通过全球航空网络传播传染病的研究为基础，通过对英国国家和地区报纸中甲型 H1N1 流感的报道进行深入的实证分析，探讨了英国公共卫生的生物政治学。我们揭示了与机场作为控制场所的重要性以及将旅行者视为疾病潜在传播者的伦理相关的新话语。最后，我们强调了传染病的全球传播如何扎根于与特定生物安全和旅行者观念相关的特定地点。
