Dr Rieux argues that the only way to fight a plague is with decency. What does he mean by this? How does his conduct embody this kind of decency? Are there echoes of his view in Thucydides discussion of the plague? Is his position relevant for thinking about our own fight against Covid?
No more than 5 pages, use at least 8 quotes from Camus Plague and 3 from Thucydides.