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Editorial
Whenacoughisnotjustacough
W
hat a confounding winter it was. Masks were on, coughs everywhere.
ESTABLISHED1954
It was indeed sobering to hear that in just under a month, a new
coronavirus called 2019-nCoV continued its relentless march outward
Publishedmonthlyexceptonschoolholidaysbyand
for the students of Hankuk University of Foreign
from the Chinese city of Wuhan, sparking fear and anxiety throughout mainland
Studies, TheArgus, the oldest campus English
China and across the globe. Apparently, in the wrath of a deadly airborne virus,
magazine in Korea, pursues the highest standard of
people frantically panicked and steered clear of contact with anyone who is sick.
campusjournalismandacademism.
Those who cough or sneeze when riding the subway or a bus got a glare with a
snarl;Asianoverseasstudentsweresaidtofacejokes,stares,isolationoncampus,
andrejectedbytheirhomestays;storespostedsignstellingcustomersthatChinese
?PresidentandPublisher
Prof.KimIn-chul
are not welcome; every airline suspended direct flights in and out of Wuhan, no
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.NamWon-jun
longeracceptingbookingsaswell.Theyevenintensifiedentryportscreeningsand
?Editor-in-Chief
KwakHyun-jeong(PA-3)
virus-hitcitieswereunderunprecedentedquarantinesorders;Wuhanresidentseven
shouted out from social media that they are in desperate need of help, describing
?EditorialConsultants
LeeJae-won(H-4)
real-lifechallengesunderthelockdown.
Amid escalating fears of this public health disaster, the irony is that problems
NaGeum-chae(CFAC-3)
remain with China¡¯s attempts to control the flow of information, as they are now
?Editor
ParkChang-hwan(G-4)
beingheavilycriticizedforclampingdownoninformationabouttheseverityofthe
?AssociateEditors
JangSoo-hyun(IS-3)
viraldisease.Theauthoritiesevenarrestedandmuzzledagroupofeightindividuals
YooChan-heum(ELC-2)
whoexpresseddissentingviewsabouthowWuhanofficialshandledthecoronavirus.
?StaffReporters
KimDo-kyung(LCS-2)
They were accused of being rumour-mongers who spread misinformation on the
KimJi-hyeon(IIT-2)
internet without verification. While this modern-day plague outbreak sickens
?OverseasCorrespondent
thousandswithsevererespiratoryailmentandtragicallyhaskilledthousands,public
KimSe-chan(MC-3)
faithandregularcommunicationareurgent.Still,itissaidthattheinformationthat
?Illustrator
YoonYeah-lim
hasspilledoutofChinasofarisincomplete.Whatmorecouldtherebe?Everything
worsenedfromthestartofthefour-dayLunarNewYearholiday,theworld¡¯slargest
annual human migration, overlapping with the peak of the flu season between
DecemberandFebruary.Thatmeans?theworstmaybeyettocome.
Is this first horseman on the horizon an outrider for the coming Apocalypse,
providing us the end scenario to envision? Over the entire course of our history,
diseasehasbeenoneofthemostpowerfulagentsofhumantragedy.Thissemester,
The Argus plans to clarify mysteries of the ¡°four horsemen¡±?four looming threats
that endanger 21st-century progress and imperil 21st-century possibilities. In this
firstissueof2020,westartwith¡°pestilence,¡±warningourreadersthatourworldis
edgingclosertothepointofnoreturn.
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