Individuals with Covid-19 show a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from a complete absence of clinical signs to critical conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, patients' condition evolves over time, sometimes unexpectedly or even abruptly, which complicates management.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing our society to make choices of a magnitude and intensity whose consequences cannot yet be measured. While it is certainly justified to base decisions on the expertise of scientists, the crucial trade-offs are a political responsibility. In the area of public health, they constitute a
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Confinement means giving up our freedom to move, to meet and to trade. It means preserving ourselves, a necessary measure to slow the exponential progression of coronavirus contamination. With his epidemiological crisis leaflet, Bernard Umbrecht offers us a moment of joyful curiosity about the definition of the word "coronavirus".
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The world is facing a coronavirus epidemic. In an attempt to stop the spread of the virus, governments are taking steps to limit contacts and activities. As part of this effort, UCLouvain is launching an extensive survey to find out how and how containment affects the psychological and social well-being of the
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The pandemic is hitting the world. Everybody. Like a scourge of fate. In reality, this crisis is a product of our way of living the world. By extending the limits of our human habitats into the wilderness, we have not only destroyed biodiversity, but have also entered into a new era.
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What can a philosopher have to say in the midst of a pandemic crisis? Probably not much, if we consider that the conversation is exclusively reserved for scientists trying to provide cold answers to all human questions - whereas for the philosopher, it seems rather like there is
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