Morality vs. Profit in dealing with Covid-۱۹ in era of Global Village

The entire world was shocked when it came to know that Covid-۱۹ was going to hit each and every individual worldwide if the necessary measures were not taken in due time. However, the virus became a global pandemic and spared no spot on the dwelling part of the globe. At the time of writing of this paper, COVID-۱۹ has taken the lives of ۵,۷۴۷,۹۵۹ people. Currently ۷۵,۴۸۴,۳۶۷ people are infected patients and ۳۱۱,۳۴۱,۹۸۲ have recovered from the deadly disease (worldometers.info/coronavirus/). The developed world was very quick in mobilizing its technical facilities and utilizing its technical knowhow to develop vaccines and some medicines to prevent the virus’s further spread. But, this time, the virus does not seem to be willing to stop and every time the world is on the verge of heaving a sigh of relief from the COVID-۱۹, a news is aired about its mutation. However, many countries in the southern hemisphere, the undeveloped nations, and even some of the developing countries suffer more than the developed countries from the deadly virus because of their lack of the necessary knowledge to develop the required vaccine and medicine to fight the pandemic. Despite the fact that the developed countries have made great achievements in the field of developing vaccines, they are not ready to share the formula with the other countries to speed up the fight against the pandemic. The first argument of this paper is that profit has overpowered morality and blocked the way of inflow of vaccine formulas to the needy countries. The second argument of this paper is that if this trend continues and morality does not triumph over profit in the developed world, the outcome will cause an irreparable wound on the developed world, in particular, and the entire world, in general, for it is not possible to contain the pandemic in one part of the world and let it unleash it in other parts.

کلیدواژه ها:

Covid-۱۹ ، Global village ، morality ، profit