When I first started preparing for this issue of the CDJ in February 2020, little did I imagine that the editorial would be written from my kitchen table because Ireland was in lockdown. Stories about the terrible impacts of the Coronavirus on East Asia were circulating in our media, but it still seemed possible to wallow in our own complacency. That illusion, like so many others, has now been shattered. The CDJ readership is diverse and international, but wherever we are physically located we are becoming familiar with a terrifying and, at the time of writing, still unpredictable globalising force— Covid-19. The pace and scale of infection, the lives lost or shortened, the havoc wrought in public health systems, the depth and degree of restriction on movement, each of these consequences is unfolding in its own locally and nationally specific ways. Describing this as the ‘defining health crisis of our time’ the World Health Organization warns that ‘this is a global crisis that requires a global response’ (WHO, 2020). Behind the simple truth of that statement, however, lies a complex and troubling reality: local encounters with this crisis, as with so many others, are being mediated by profound inequalities in power, resources and visibility. This is an all-encompassing crisis that is infiltrating every aspect our lives, from the most intimate to the most public. Contradictions abound, some of which are novel, others more long-standing. We are now expected to confront the prospect of death without the comfort of familiar funeral rites and practices. Our worries about friends and family members may have to be suffered at a physical remove from them. In the name of social solidarity, we must see ourselves and others as threats, as likely sources of infection. We are rightly entreated to stay safe, stay at home and to wash our hands,

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CDJ 社论——这是什么 Covid-19 危机？

当我于 2020 年 2 月第一次开始准备本期 CDJ 时，我几乎没有想到社论会在我的厨房桌子上写出来，因为爱尔兰处于封锁状态。关于冠状病毒对东亚的可怕影响的故事在我们的媒体中流传，但我们似乎仍然可以沉溺于自满。与许多其他幻想一样，这种幻想现在已经破灭。CDJ 的读者群是多元化和国际化的，但无论我们身在何处，我们都在熟悉一种可怕的、在撰写本文时仍然不可预测的全球化力量——Covid-19。感染的速度和规模、失去或缩短的生命、对公共卫生系统造成的破坏、行动限制的深度和程度，这些后果中的每一个都在以当地和国家特定的方式呈现。世界卫生组织将其描述为“定义我们时代的健康危机”，警告说“这是一场需要全球应对的全球危机”（世卫组织，2020 年）。然而，在该声明的简单真相背后，隐藏着一个复杂而令人不安的现实：与许多其他危机一样，当地遭遇这场危机，是由权力、资源和知名度方面的严重不平等造成的。这是一场包罗万象的危机，它渗透到我们生活的方方面面，从最私密的到最公开的。矛盾比比皆是，其中一些是新颖的，另一些则更为长期。我们现在被期望在没有熟悉的葬礼和习俗的情况下面对死亡的前景。我们对朋友和家人的担忧可能不得不在身体上与他们分离。以社会团结的名义，我们必须将自己和他人视为威胁，视为可能的感染源。我们正确地被恳求保持安全，待在家里并洗手，