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Stopping COVID-19 In Its tracks: Science Gets Upper Hand
James M Dorsey
The Korea Times

09 April 2020

In a commentary, NTU RSIS senior fellow James Dorsey wrote about how science has knocked religion and traditional healing methods out of the ring in the battle between rival approaches towards getting the coronavirus pandemic under control. He cited examples like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, who have finally started imposing science-driven degrees of lockdowns, social distancing, and the search for medical cures and protections after initially opting for political expediency or advocacy of traditional healing methods and/or religious precepts.

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