Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Nat Rev Immunol. 2021 Feb;21(2):67-68. doi: 10.1038/s41577-021-00498-y.
While COVID-19 shows us the enormous power of modern molecular medicine, it also reminds us of the basic contradictions and limitations of the human condition. As it is highly likely we will experience further such events through the twenty-first century, we should regard COVID-19 as a training run for something that could be much worse, and organize our governance, global interactions, institutions and practices accordingly.
虽然 COVID-19 向我们展示了现代分子医学的巨大力量,但它也提醒了我们人类状况的基本矛盾和局限性。由于在 21 世纪我们很可能会经历更多此类事件,我们应该将 COVID-19 视为对可能更糟糕情况的一次预演,并相应地组织我们的治理、全球互动、机构和实践。