Paolo Giordano - Járvány idején

I'm not afraid of getting sick. So what am I afraid of? From the consequences of the epidemic. From the fact that it turns out that the structure of the civilization I know is just a house of cards. I'm afraid of going down to zero, but also of the opposite: that the fear will be futile, it will pass, and nothing will change after that.

The CoVid-19 epidemic is perhaps the most significant health emergency of our time. It explores the complexity, social, political, economic, interpersonal and psychological logic of our world. What we are experiencing now goes beyond identity and cultures. It requires an effort from our imagination that we are not used to under normal circumstances: we must see that we are inextricably linked to each other, and we must also be considerate of others in our individual decisions. In the epidemic, we are a unified organism, a community that includes all of humanity. In times of epidemics, the lack of solidarity is above all a lack of imagination.

Paolo Giordano donated a portion of the proceeds from the book to scientific research and treatment measures for the health emergency.