{"id":9822,"date":"2020-04-09T17:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2024-03-14T02:29:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:29:55","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87-how-to-win-the-war-against-the-coronavirus-control-emotions-stop-the-blame-game-and-unite-against-the-common-enemy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87-how-to-win-the-war-against-the-coronavirus-control-emotions-stop-the-blame-game-and-unite-against-the-common-enemy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to win the war against the coronavirus: control emotions, stop the blame game and unite against the common enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"inner__columnist columnist\" data-v-1223d442=\"\">\n<div class=\"columnist__details details\" data-v-1223d442=\"\">\n<div data-v-587061fd=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">One of the upsides of the lockdown is that one gets read books one should read, but never had the time for. Former deputy chairman of India\u2019s Planning Commission Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia\u2019s new book <em class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--em content--em\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\">Backstage: The Story behind India\u2019s High Growth Years<\/em>, is an illuminating inside picture of how leaders emerge at a time of crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">His brilliant quote of Italian political philosopher Machiavelli is spot on for this age of pandemics: \u201cAt the beginning, a disease is easy to cure but difficult to diagnose, but as time passes, not having been treated or recognised at the outset, it becomes easy to diagnose but difficult to cure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\u201cThe same thing occurs in affairs of state. By recognising from afar the diseases that are spreading in the state &#8230; they can be cured quickly. But when they are not recognised and left to grow to the extent that everyone recognises them, there is no longer any cure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">Prescient words indeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details__read-more\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body body--next\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>This weekend, the US \u2013 the most technologically advanced nation with the finest medical expertise \u2013 will be dealing with<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3077180\/coronavirus-latest-g20-leaders-vow-us5-trillion\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">more Covid-19 cases<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>than China, where the epidemic broke out last December. The coronavirus is about to take down not just the powerful and the rich, but the<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/3052796\/coronavirus-puts-global-economy-risk-worst-year-2009\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">global economy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--div content--div video-wrapper\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"youtube-video-container opinion-article__body article-details-type--iframe content--iframe c1\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-nid=\"3075383\" data-video-source=\"SCMP\" data-youtube-id=\"Yn1nhLGHrWc\">\n<div id=\"div-yt-video-754432f0-7a44-11ea-a985-e39daa78ce65\" class=\"youtube-video__container\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div data-v-ea67cdea=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-player-1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yn1nhLGHrWc?autoplay=0&amp;rel=0&amp;embed_config=%7B%22relatedChannels%22%3A%5B%22UC4SUWizzKc1tptprBkWjX2Q%22%5D%2C%22adsConfig%22%3A%7B%22adTagParameters%22%3A%7B%22iu%22%3A%22%2F8134%2Fscmp%2Fweb%2Fcomment_insight%2Farticle%2Finstream1%22%2C%22cust_params%22%3A%7B%22scnid%22%3A%223077128%22%2C%22sctid%22%3A%22503302%22%2C%22scsid%22%3A%5B%2293%22%2C%2217%22%5D%2C%22articletype%22%3A%5B%22783%22%5D%7D%7D%7D%7D&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com&amp;widgetid=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-video-details details\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div class=\"detials__title\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">Coronavirus: Is the dramatic collapse of China\u2019s economy a warning for the rest of world?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">The battle against Covid-19 is a war, as damaging as physical war. It is first and foremost an emotional war, not just a financial, economic, social or geopolitical war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/health-environment\/article\/3076020\/coronavirus-outbreak-hong-kong-tests-mental\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">Stress levels<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>are the highest I have ever known, at the individual, community, national and geopolitical level. Bad emotions worsen decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\">\n<div data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc\" data-v-25497950=\"\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc__left left\" data-v-25497950=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"recirc__right right\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image\" title=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div data-v-107701cc=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">When a person makes a mistake that impacts the whole family, any parent would know the most important thing to do is not to blame, but take action. A crisis is an event that calls for immediate action to prevent more damage. Blame can come later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--outstream-1 content--outstream-1\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"div-outstream-ad-container\">\n<div id=\"div-outstream-ad-9481a2b0-7a44-11ea-a985-e39daa78ce65\" class=\"inner\" data-google-query-id=\"CIyI4IqE2-gCFQVtvQodGx4LKw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8134\/scmp\/web\/comment_insight\/article\/outstream1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">In drawing a parallel between fighting conventional warfare and war on pandemics, US General George Casey quotes 5BC Chinese strategist Sun Tzu that a leader must have \u201cclear mind and pure hearts\u201d. But few of us have clear minds and pure hearts, because it is so easy to blame someone else as evil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--newsletter content--newsletter\" data-v-33e07123=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"subscription align-center subscription--light subscription--article\" data-v-3684bad2=\"\" data-v-33e07123=\"\">\n<div class=\"subscription__inner\" data-v-3684bad2=\"\">\n<div class=\"subscription__t-and-c flex\" data-v-3684bad2=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">No one is truly objective, since we are all emotionally involved. Every day, our lives and those of our family, friends and community are at stake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--img content--img caption\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-resolution=\"2\">\n<div class=\"body__image image\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper wrapper\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wrapper__img preview-img-item\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/82c061a8-6f4d-11ea-b0ed-5e14cf8eb9e1_1320x770_150319.jpg\" alt=\"People wear protective face masks while attending a funeral service in Nembro, near Bergamo, northern Italy, on March 7. Italy is the European country most affected by the coronavirus, with over 74,000 infected and over 7,500 dead. Photo: EPA-EFE\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/82c061a8-6f4d-11ea-b0ed-5e14cf8eb9e1_1320x770_150319.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"description-wrapper\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-item\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"image__title\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">People wear protective face masks while attending a funeral service in Nembro, near Bergamo, northern Italy, on March 7. Italy is the European country most affected by the coronavirus, with over 74,000 infected and over 7,500 dead. Photo: EPA-EFE<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>The Covid-19 war is so fundamentally different because instead of being able to provide physical comfort and share our worries with our loved ones, we must maintain<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/video\/lifestyle\/3075084\/coronavirus-what-social-distancing\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">social distance<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>. Our hearts are torn because grandparents cannot hug their grandchildren. We stand helplessly by as friends are infected and isolated in hospitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"js-reading-50-percent-completion-tracker opinion-article__body article-details-type--reading-50-percent-completion-tracker content--reading-50-percent-completion-tracker\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-8001567_197=\"52249\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-8001567_197=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-8001567_197=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>The fog of emotion clouds our judgment and our ability to act. The blame game is an emotional salve that may assuage our anger, but will truly block effective action, which is to<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3075606\/coronavirus-china-says-efforts-save-world-economy-may-be\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">work together<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>to fight the common enemy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">How do we stop the Covid-19 onslaught? Learn, adapt and act fast, or blame, dither and die. Time is not on our side. In this war, we have to learn to work with people we do not like to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--div content--div video-wrapper\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"youtube-video-container opinion-article__body article-details-type--iframe content--iframe c1\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-nid=\"3076753\" data-video-source=\"SCMP\" data-youtube-id=\"7DbgSMD847Q\">\n<div id=\"div-yt-video-75445a00-7a44-11ea-a985-e39daa78ce65\" class=\"youtube-video__container\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div data-v-ea67cdea=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-player-2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DbgSMD847Q?autoplay=0&amp;rel=0&amp;embed_config=%7B%22relatedChannels%22%3A%5B%22UC4SUWizzKc1tptprBkWjX2Q%22%5D%2C%22adsConfig%22%3A%7B%22adTagParameters%22%3A%7B%22iu%22%3A%22%2F8134%2Fscmp%2Fweb%2Fcomment_insight%2Farticle%2Finstream1%22%2C%22cust_params%22%3A%7B%22scnid%22%3A%223077128%22%2C%22sctid%22%3A%22503302%22%2C%22scsid%22%3A%5B%2293%22%2C%2217%22%5D%2C%22articletype%22%3A%5B%22783%22%5D%7D%7D%7D%7D&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com&amp;widgetid=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-video-details details\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div class=\"detials__title\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">Trump stops calling coronavirus \u2018Chinese virus\u2019 and says Asian-Americans not to blame for outbreak<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>There are three reasons China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore have<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/opinion\/article\/3075915\/singapore-hong-kong-taiwan-real-coronavirus-world-leaders\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">been effective<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>in controlling the spread of Covid-19 cases so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>First, these places learned the lessons of the<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/video\/scmp-originals\/3049600\/hongkongers-who-lived-through-sars-outbreak-call-more-government\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">severe acute respiratory syndrome<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>epidemic in 2003, not just at the professional and bureaucratic level; the populace also understood the need of social discipline during epidemics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\">\n<div data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc\" data-v-25497950=\"\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc__left left\" data-v-25497950=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"recirc__right right\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image\" title=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div data-v-107701cc=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">Second, their effectiveness is not about authoritarianism, but ability to test, trace and contain. All these economies have very good technology with bureaucracies that know how to apply them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">Third, the communities come together as one (however imperfectly), rather than displaying individualism at the expense of many.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--div content--div video-wrapper\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"youtube-video-container opinion-article__body article-details-type--iframe content--iframe c1\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-nid=\"3076406\" data-video-source=\"SCMP\" data-youtube-id=\"rjGgP1ucD28\">\n<div id=\"div-yt-video-75445a01-7a44-11ea-a985-e39daa78ce65\" class=\"youtube-video__container\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div data-v-ea67cdea=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-player-3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjGgP1ucD28?autoplay=0&amp;rel=0&amp;embed_config=%7B%22relatedChannels%22%3A%5B%22UC4SUWizzKc1tptprBkWjX2Q%22%5D%2C%22adsConfig%22%3A%7B%22adTagParameters%22%3A%7B%22iu%22%3A%22%2F8134%2Fscmp%2Fweb%2Fcomment_insight%2Farticle%2Finstream1%22%2C%22cust_params%22%3A%7B%22scnid%22%3A%223077128%22%2C%22sctid%22%3A%22503302%22%2C%22scsid%22%3A%5B%2293%22%2C%2217%22%5D%2C%22articletype%22%3A%5B%22783%22%5D%7D%7D%7D%7D&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com&amp;widgetid=3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-video-details details\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">\n<div class=\"detials__title\" data-v-ea67cdea=\"\">Coronavirus: What has Hong Kong learned that can help the world fight the Covid-19 pandemic?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">What are the priorities in this war?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>First, we cannot win any battle if the frontline troops are dying. We must make sure that the doctors, nurses, hospital staff and all those providing essential services are provided with sufficient personal<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/health-environment\/article\/3075151\/coronavirus-shifting-protective-gear-guidelines\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">protective equipment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>. These heroes are putting their lives and their families\u2019 health at risk for the good of the community and we must not only salute and cherish them, but give them the best support available. It is a sin to ask medical personnel to recycle masks and gowns at work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\">\n<div data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc\" data-v-25497950=\"\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc__left left\" data-v-25497950=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"recirc__right right\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image\" title=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" data-v-25497950=\"\">\n<div data-v-107701cc=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>Second, no amount of hospital beds will be enough if we do not enforce social distancing. One<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/explained\/article\/3051081\/coronavirus-what-are-super-spreaders-and-are-they-cause-concern\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">super-spreader<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>will overwhelm any hospital with patients in a matter of weeks. We can understand the young wanting<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3076387\/if-hong-kong-party-animals-wont-protect-themselves-and-us\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">to party<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>to relax, but they are putting other lives at risk. Once we lose our invaluable doctors and nurses, we have no more defence line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">Third, the toughest choice is between life versus livelihood. Nobel laureate Paul Romer and Harvard Provost Alan Garber puts the stark choice as: \u201cIf we keep up our current strategy of suppression based on indiscriminate social distance for 12 to 18 months, most of us will still be alive. It is our economy that will be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--img content--img caption\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-resolution=\"2\">\n<div class=\"body__image image\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper wrapper\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wrapper__img preview-img-item\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4c48d78e-6f4a-11ea-b0ed-5e14cf8eb9e1_1320x770_150319.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands in a deserted Times Square in New York on March 23. The city has recorded more than 20,000 cases. Photo: Xinhua\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4c48d78e-6f4a-11ea-b0ed-5e14cf8eb9e1_1320x770_150319.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"description-wrapper\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-item\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">\n<div class=\"image__title\" data-v-3a1b6c13=\"\">A person stands in a deserted Times Square in New York on March 23. The city has recorded more than 20,000 cases. Photo: Xinhua<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p>Yes, the old free-spending economy that created excess consumption funded by<\/p>\n<div class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/comment\/opinion\/article\/3073981\/coronavirus-bringing-painful-much-needed-end-era-economic-excess\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-90ec3c4a=\"\">excess debt<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>may be dead or flat on its back. Over the longer term, we must rebuild the system into one that is more caring of nature and society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">General Casey\u2019s advice is well worth taking: \u201cTo succeed in our [volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous] world, leaders have to control what they can, influence what they don\u2019t control, and prepare for what they can\u2019t control.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-5196b63e=\"\">\n<p class=\"opinion-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-e4bae94c=\"\" data-v-5196b63e=\"\">The march to recovery and reform is a long one. Tough decisions have to be made and inevitably there will be mistakes. But we will survive if we learn, adapt and come together as a community, not as narcissistic individuals. The leader who does not understand this will not survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u985e\u578b: \u6587\u7ae0<br \/>\n\u4f5c\u8005: Andrew Sheng<br \/>\n\u51fa\u8655: SCMP<br \/>\n\u9023\u7d50: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/comment\/opinion\/article\/3077128\/how-win-war-against-coronavirus-control-emotions-stop-blame-game\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/comment\/opinion\/article\/3077128\/how-win-war-against-coronavirus-control-emotions-stop-blame-game<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the upsides of the lockdown is that one gets read books one should read, but never had the time for. Former deputy chairman of India\u2019s Planning Commission Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia\u2019s new book Backstage: The Story behind India\u2019s High Growth Years, is an illuminating inside picture of how leaders emerge at a time of crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-philosophy-macroscopic-perspective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9823,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822\/revisions\/9823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drknowhk.org\/mo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}