The war isn't over, but we've surrendered
The coronavirus, COVID-19, is on a rampage spreading pestilence throughout the land. Our defenses are meager and porous before the onslaught. We have already lost many of the best and the brightest, but many more proportionally among the disadvantaged. The fatalities exceed those from every war back beyond the Korean conflict; exceeding those in World War I. We have more than forty 9/11 losses and counting. Why is it that the USA is on a par with the Brazil caseload and along with Russia, barred from the European Union?
The single most harmful act by American leadership was Trump's refusal to wear a mask. Thus he became a model for behavior for his followers and others alike. From the beginning of the pandemic, the Trump administration has promulgated mixed messages and contradictory policies. It has not mobilized the country for war. It is little surprise that there is no national will to combat the coronavirus.
We are left as over three-hundred million individuals to fight the scourge as best we can and as best we know how. For me, it means mask protection by me for others and others for me. Social distancing will be the mode for the duration. I will avoid venues that do not take pandemic protection measures. It means that life will be different. The destinations that have given me pleasure will be off-limits for the duration. It is not so very different than the constraints on the populace that I remember as a child during World War II. It reminds me of a song from that time, "We did it before and we will do it again."
It's war. We have to win it. Let's mobilize the national will to win this war!
The single most harmful act by American leadership was Trump's refusal to wear a mask. Thus he became a model for behavior for his followers and others alike. From the beginning of the pandemic, the Trump administration has promulgated mixed messages and contradictory policies. It has not mobilized the country for war. It is little surprise that there is no national will to combat the coronavirus.
We are left as over three-hundred million individuals to fight the scourge as best we can and as best we know how. For me, it means mask protection by me for others and others for me. Social distancing will be the mode for the duration. I will avoid venues that do not take pandemic protection measures. It means that life will be different. The destinations that have given me pleasure will be off-limits for the duration. It is not so very different than the constraints on the populace that I remember as a child during World War II. It reminds me of a song from that time, "We did it before and we will do it again."
It's war. We have to win it. Let's mobilize the national will to win this war!
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