The Philosophy of Thought and Scientific Logic Tackling Covid 19
Published 2026-06-16
Keywords
- Covid 19,
- Filters,
- Viral Transmission
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Copyright (c) 2026 Eileen Mellon, Kenneth Russell, Becky Scott, Alexander Wang, Surendra Maharjan, Jerry Gates, Seamus Curran
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Abstract
In March 2020 Pope Francis took to the Vatican and stared out to an empty basilica. This was Easter Sunday, a significant date in the Catholic calendar and for many an end to the celebration of Easter week. There have been so many movies that, when the world gathered together in hope or prayer, this was one of the few venues humanities would turn to. The most terrifying in those images was pictures of Rome, such a vibrant, historically significant venue was a singular voice over the airwaves. Andrea Bocelli, the superstar tenor, did a livestream Easter Sunday concert from Milan's famed Duomo cathedral. Just like practically every other church in the
world, the pews were empty, and Bocelli was accompanied only by organist Emanuele Vianelli. The concert was streamed live on Bocelli's YouTube channel on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET 2020. With his rendition of amazing grace, images of an empty world could only inspire: “We are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented... all of us called to row together,” Pope Francis, March 27, 2020
The world had just ground to a halt, people, whether scientists or politicians, businessmen or the might of great militaries never seen before, was helpless. No border was safe, no one individual could ignore the simple fact that a small organism, no bigger than an amoeba in the form of a virus, could make so little of all the accomplishments of man. The dinosaurs lasted millions of years, humanity had pulled itself up on two legs, was this to be the end of 250 thousand years. This paper, and in fact many of the articles, address science in all its forms and the philosophy behind our achievements, the core of which is a logical manner to making
progress.
“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men,” Mahatma Gandhi (1966)
To this end, Covid is still with us, it’s yet another obstacle for science and engineering to get beyond, regardless of politicians, business people and the combined military might of the world. This virus is still with us and will be for some time yet, we only have preventative measures in place today, but humanity will find a way.
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr M.L. King, Jr. 1957