1. In global health, certain truths are held to be self-evident. Germs do not recognize borders, but, in a world where borders define the exercise of political power, international cooperation is critical to combatting pathogenic threats. Effective cooperation, including the use of international law, can produce political herd immunity—resistance within and between states to political behavior that disrupts measures needed to protect nations and individuals from infectious diseases. Outbreaks from cholera epidemics in the nineteenth century to Ebola crises in Africa in this century have reinforced, time and again, the necessity for countries to prioritize science and public health strategies in order to sustain political discipline within and across borders to prevail over common microbial threats. Unfortunately, history will not record the COVID-19 pandemic as a highwater moment for international cooperation and international law. 2. Lamentations abound that political actions across the international system have disrupted pandemic cooperation and damaged international law. The World Health Organization (WHO)—the center of gravity for international health cooperation—confronts political and health crises. Other venues for cooperation, including the UN Security Council and the Group of 7, have

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抗击新型冠状病毒：COVID-19 大流行、政治群体免疫和全球卫生法学

1. 在全球卫生领域，某些真理被认为是不言而喻的。病菌不分国界，但在一个以国界界定政治权力行使的世界中，国际合作对于对抗病原体威胁至关重要。有效的合作，包括使用国际法，可以产生政治群体免疫——在国家内部和国家之间抵制破坏保护国家和个人免受传染病所需措施的政治行为。从 19 世纪的霍乱疫情到本世纪非洲的埃博拉危机，各国一次又一次地强调了各国优先考虑科学和公共卫生战略的必要性，以便在境内和跨境维持政治纪律以战胜常见的微生物威胁. 很遗憾，历史不会将 COVID-19 大流行记录为国际合作和国际法的高潮时刻。2. 国际体系内的政治行动扰乱了疫情合作，损害了国际法，令人悲叹。世界卫生组织（WHO）——国际卫生合作的重心——面临政治和健康危机。其他合作场所，包括联合国安理会和七国集团，