Camus on Coronavirus and Nowaday Reality

In The Plague, the famous novel by Albert Camus (1947), the doctor works tirelessly to lessen the suffering of those around him. But he is no hero. “This whole thing is not about heroism,” Dr. Rieux says. “It may seem a ridiculous idea, but the only way to fight the plague is with decency.” Another character asks what decency is. “Doing my job,” the doctor replies.
Over seventy years later that novel, in many cities around the world, including the Italian cities of Bergamo and Brescia, the public health organization is not allowing doctors to work decently: hundreds of Covid-19 patients die at home. Without palliative care, i.e. in a condition of inhuman indecency.
Reality always exceeds even the best literature.

Si veda/See:
- https://www.bresciatoday.it/attualita/coronavirus/lombardia-tamponi.html
- https://www.nextquotidiano.it/i-dirigenti-della-sanita-lombarda-e-le-stronzate-sugli-ospedali-di-bergamo/
- https://www.ilfoglio.it/scienza/2020/03/23/news/cosi-e-nata-la-catastrofe-della-lombardia-306989/