Reading “The Plague” in the time of coronavirus
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More people are reading Camus’s “The Plague” now than at any time in recent history. But there is a trap for the unwary in its message that we must side with the victims of the plague. The Wuhan coronavirus is not the plague, and regardless, we must fight it with honesty and decency.
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Reading “The Plague” in the time of coronavirus
More people are reading Camus’s “The Plague” now than at any time in recent history. But there is a trap for the unwary in its message that we must side with the victims of the plague. The Wuhan coronavirus is not the plague, and regardless, we must fight it with honesty and decency.