The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
University College London, London, England.
Monash Bioeth Rev. 2022 Jun;40(1):110-119. doi: 10.1007/s40592-022-00157-5. Epub 2022 Jun 15.
Australia's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely perceived to have been a successful one, based on the relatively few number of lives lost to the virus compared to the rest of the world. There remain, nonetheless, serious ethical challenges at the heart of the Australian response to COVID-19. The broadly positive outcomes of Australia's pandemic response mask more troubling developments within its political culture, and the costs it has imposed on its society. This article examines two concerns in particular: the normalisation of fear and emergency through the language and policy responses adopted by governments, and the significant diminution of individual freedoms and human rights.
澳大利亚在应对 COVID-19 疫情方面的经验被广泛认为是成功的，与世界其他地区相比，澳大利亚因该病毒而失去生命的人数相对较少。然而，澳大利亚对 COVID-19 的应对措施仍存在核心伦理挑战。澳大利亚大流行应对措施的广泛积极成果掩盖了其政治文化内部更令人不安的发展，以及它给社会带来的代价。本文特别探讨了两个问题：政府通过语言和政策反应使恐惧和紧急情况常态化，以及个人自由和人权的显著减少。
