Today @DrMikeRyan -- who heads up @WHO #COVID19 response -- received Ireland's Trócaire’s Romero Award. His speech was extraordinary. Some is in the clip below. And in a thread, here are key transcriptions.
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https://twitter.com/rice_e/status/1362427619275341831
Ryan/2
“#COVID19 does not discriminate. We too cannot, must not, discriminate in our fight against this #pandemic. Doing so will only work in the pandemic’s favour. The last eight months have shown us that unity, not singularity, defeats pandemics.”
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“#COVID19 does not discriminate. We too cannot, must not, discriminate in our fight against this #pandemic. Doing so will only work in the pandemic’s favour. The last eight months have shown us that unity, not singularity, defeats pandemics.”
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Ryan/3
“We are pushing nature to its limit. We are pushing population to its limit. We’re pushing communities to their limits. We’re stressing the environment. We are creating the conditions in which epidemics flourish. We’re forcing & pushing people to migrate away from..."
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“We are pushing nature to its limit. We are pushing population to its limit. We’re pushing communities to their limits. We’re stressing the environment. We are creating the conditions in which epidemics flourish. We’re forcing & pushing people to migrate away from..."
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Ryan/4
"...from their homes because of #climate stress.
We’re doing so much and we’re doing it in the name of globalisation & some sense of chasing that wonderful thing that people call economic growth. In my view, that’s becoming a malignancy, not growth, because..."
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"...from their homes because of #climate stress.
We’re doing so much and we’re doing it in the name of globalisation & some sense of chasing that wonderful thing that people call economic growth. In my view, that’s becoming a malignancy, not growth, because..."
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Ryan/5
"...what it’s doing is driving unsustainable practices in terms of how we manage communities, how we manage development, how we manage prosperity.
We are writing cheques that we cannot cash as a civilisation and they’re going to bounce. My fear is that our children.."
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"...what it’s doing is driving unsustainable practices in terms of how we manage communities, how we manage development, how we manage prosperity.
We are writing cheques that we cannot cash as a civilisation and they’re going to bounce. My fear is that our children.."
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Ryan/6
"...are going to pay that price. That someday when we’re not here, our children will wake up in a world where there is a #pandemic that has a much higher case fatality rate, and that could bring our civilisation to its very knees."
"...are going to pay that price. That someday when we’re not here, our children will wake up in a world where there is a #pandemic that has a much higher case fatality rate, and that could bring our civilisation to its very knees."
Ryan/7
"We as individuals & as communities need to recognise that pure individualism gets us nowhere. We have to act collectively in the face of an #epidemic. This is a hard thing to do. We live in an individualistic society. That sense of community is what saves you...”
"We as individuals & as communities need to recognise that pure individualism gets us nowhere. We have to act collectively in the face of an #epidemic. This is a hard thing to do. We live in an individualistic society. That sense of community is what saves you...”
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