CORONAVIRUS: LET’S RISE TO IT

THE PEOPLE’S PLEDGE:

“We pledge to help bring humanity together in a common purpose to slow the spread of this virus enough to allow hospitals to cope and a vaccine to be developed, and to strive to ensure that this crisis brings out the best in us. To each do our part, we pledge to:

🏠 STOP THE VIRUS at our doorstep — by washing our hands regularly, avoiding unnecessary close contact with others, staying home when we feel unwell and seeking medical advice early.

👵PROTECT THE VULNERABLE – by offering love and assistance to those who need it most, and supporting humane policies to keep them safe.

💬SPREAD WISDOM – by sharing reliable, factual information with friends and family, and countering voices of fear and demonization with love and connection.”

Posted: 10 March 2020 on the AVAAZ Homepage – sign the pledge

Berggruen Institute – The WorldPost Archive: COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes the Strengths and Weaknesses of Governing Systems

New global platforms are needed to cope with a connected world.

As more people around the world are exposed to the coronavirus, the more the strengths and weaknesses of different governing systems are exposed. The spread of COVID-19 has also revealed both the depth of interdependence and the paucity of global institutions to cope with all its manifold connections. Above all, the pandemic underlines the folly of moving in the direction we recently have been, of “one world, two systems” in which China and the West, particularly the United States, go their own ways as if our fates are not entwined. Read more