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OPINION
HAPPINESS IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE
Now More Than Ever BY DYLAN BERNSTEIN
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I was on an African wildlife safari when the pandemic erupted across Earth. Of course, like all Hong Kongers, I’d already been acutely aware of the potential for this disease to reach global proportions. But it was still surreal to watch the map of continents gradually turn red and to phone my parents in the US as they prepared for quarantine-like conditions. We all had many questions but a primary concern was, “What is the most responsible thing for us each to do?”
could survive the sickness, the thought of bringing disease into the lives of countless others is scary. Precautions were enacted everywhere. I’m certainly no expert in epidemiology, but I do have some perspective on personal health and well-being. If we want to avoid illness, we must keep our immune systems highly functional. There are many proven techniques to boost the immune system. One essential way to do this is immediate: happiness.
The pandemic has revealed our deep interconnectedness. We’ve been quite wary of the idea of spreading the pathogen. Even if we
The link between happiness and immune system functionality has been well documented in publications such as Nature,
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