Unfortunately, we can now speak of a Covid-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire across the Earth, with cases in 114 different countries around the globe. By now everyone, hopefully, is aware of the seriousness of this emergency. Below is a video of the epidemiologist a head of the epidemiology department of a university medical school WesternOntario, Xavier Stranges. He confesses that, right from the start, he felt personally involved, as an Italian. And that now that the situation has worsened, he feels physically in Canada but mentally and professionally in Italy, alongside friends, relatives and colleagues.
From individual to collective risk
Dr Xavier Stranges he is convinced that we will get out of it. But in order for this to happen, and in the shortest possible time, each of us must be more serious and responsible than ever. May each of us review our lifestyle and habits. But above all, that each of us stops thinking in terms of individual risk and begins to think in terms of social and collective risk. "We will get out of it - he reiterates - but only if all individuals unite in the fight for the containment of this Covid-19 pandemic". But don't deny that the biggest challenge that Italy is facing, the same that the other countries where the virus is spreading will also meet, it is the collapse of health systems.
"Many still think in terms of individual risk," what happens to me? ". Here, in order for the emergency to return, we must think in terms of collective risk: "What can happen to the community if we increase the number of infected people, of whom a certain percentage, even a small one, will need intensive care?". The epidemiologist from Campania, who emigrated to Canada, reminds us once again, if ever there was a need, that in the intensive care wards, in Italy and elsewhere, there are not only Covid-19 patients but also many people suffering from pathologies chronic that need constant care. So let's act now. “This is a challenge that requires an individual effort on the part of every single person as an integral part of a community. And we all have to abide by the instructions of the authorities. The problem is not Italian, it is global ”.
The Covid-19 pandemic: a hope for a better society
“Our country is implementing one of the largest public health interventions in recent decades. Isolating 60 million people is something that has never been done in a Western country, at least not in my lifetime. " Italy, therefore, having been the first Western country hit by this pandemic from Covid-19, could become a model for all other states in the world. This problem, in fact, is growing in North America and can also grow in other countries. And the only thing to do to appease the advance of the Coronavirus it's keeping calm and being extremely responsible. It caught us off guard. “Many have compared this to a state of war, and in some ways it is. Maybe our generation hasn't experienced such an emergency before. Apart, perhaps, the earthquake of the early '80s that those like me who are from southern Italy will remember.
I hope that opportunity has given us the resilience to resist this pandemic. " The epidemiology expert is convinced that we will overcome this too, as we have done in the past with other pandemics. However, you still need to be patient as it will take weeks or maybe even months. But everything will be OK! “We take this as an opportunity to review our life values, our priorities, even certain false idolatries. I hope that this historical moment can generate a better, more human and supportive society, in which public health, the common good, are also put as a priority from the point of view of funding. "
