Academy of Social Science Journals Received 28 Apr 2020 | Accepted 3 May 2020 | Published Online 8 May 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15520/assj.v5i05.2598 ASSJ 05 (05), 1674-1682 (2020) ISSN (O) 2456-2394 RESEARCH ARTICLE Man and society during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic: psychosocial and legal reflections Błażej Kmieciak 1 Assistant Professor with habilitation Department of Medical Law Medical University of Lodz (Poland) Abstract The occurrence of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 resulted in a significant change in the global situation. On the one hand, numerous information appeared indicating an increasing number of sick and dead people. On the other hand, information related to the closure of places of daily use began to reach. From a third perspective, subsequent state governments have begun to pay attention to the approaching wave of economic crisis. The perspectives indicated here referred to individual, group and global contexts. The dominant place in them was (and still occupy) issues related to: the human psyche, the possibility of medicine, as well as the need to introduce legal provisions protecting societies. The coronavirus showed very quickly the existence of many key con- nections. These connections exist between: man and society, medicine and law, psyche and economy. The epidemic discussed here has become one of the main sources of the crisis spread out over time. What is his character? Does he have only a negative face? Does the crisis justify not only human rights but also human obligations? Can a crisis situation have a positive side? The proposed article below attempts to answer the questions listed here. Keywords: coronavirus, epidemic, human rights, solidarity, society 1 INTRODUCTION H ow can we see something positive during the period of global epidemics and pandemics? What can be good at a time when many peo- ple have been experiencing their biggest breakdown for years? How to live with a bit of optimism looking at the hundreds of coffins intended for victims of the epidemic? How to live in a world where these coffins are collected at football stadiums: there is not enough space in the morgue? These questions are directly related to the outbreak and the duration of the Coronavirus epidemic (SARS C0V-2, COVID 19). Information about the disease discussed here Supplementary information The online version of this article (https://doi.org/xx.xxx/xxx.xx) contains supplementary material, which is available to autho- rized users. ASSJ 05 (05), 1674-1682 MANUSCRIPT CENTRAL 1674