Open AccessSARS: Political Pathology of the First Post‐Westphalian Pathogen
Author(s) -
Fidler David P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of law, medicine & ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1748-720X
pISSN - 1073-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2003.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , global health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , battle , political science , humanity , livelihood , pandemic , economic growth , politics , development economics , disease , medicine , covid-19 , health care , virology , geography , history , law , agriculture , ancient history , pathology , economics , archaeology
In March 2003, the world discovered, again, that I humanity's battle with infectious diseases continues. The twenty-first century began with infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, being discussed as threats to human rights, economic development, and national security. Bioterrorism in the United States in October 2001 increased concerns about pathogenic microbes. The global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the spring of 2003 kept the global infectious disease challenge at the forefront of world news for weeks. At its May 2003 annual meeting, the World Health organization (WHO) asserted that SARS is “the first severe infectious disease to emerge in the twenty-first century” and “poses a serious threat to global health security, the livelihood of populations, the functioning of health systems, and the stability and growth of economies.”