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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Character and the CCP Virus

Self-preservation may be instinctual, but many people, perhaps most people, offer help and rescue when others are in trouble.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Character and the CCP Virus
A patient is treated by a doctor at a Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital on March 20, 2020, in Cremona, near Milan, Italy. Thanks to a 68-bed respiratory unit, 32 members of Samaritan's Purse disaster response team will provide medical care during the CCP virus pandemic. Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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Self-preservation.
It’s hard-wired into our blood and bone, as it is in all species. “Flight or fight” are not just empty words. When danger confronts us, “flight or fight” kicks in, rousing our adrenaline, snapping dulled senses into overdrive, and reviving instincts as old as mankind itself.

The Ugly

In some people and places, fear about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, has revealed the ugly side of this instinct.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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