“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.”Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)

Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. It may seem a ridiculous idea, but the only way to fight the plague is with decency.’ A character asks Rieux what decency is. “The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947)

“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947) Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free. The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not taken into account.

Doctor Rieux’s response is as clipped as it is eloquent: ‘In general, I can’t say, but in my case I know that it consists in doing my job.’