In coronavirus pandemic, authoritarians around the world see opportunity to crack down

In coronavirus pandemic, authoritarians around the world see opportunity to crack down

“A government is entitled to do that, to protect its citizenry when there is a true threat of health and also of safety,” Michelle Goodwin, the founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California, said. “But that right is not absolute… There have been times across history where the government has quickly turned to health as being its wedge issues in order to carry out what would otherwise be a political agenda.”