In wartime, ignorant and impulsive pols can somehow make horrendous situations even worse. So it is with the pandemic. Medical workers (including EMT-s and hospital support staff as well as doctors and nurses) have been sent into battle with inadequate personal protective equipment for themselves and inadequate intensive care facilities for their patients. Stockpiling such stuff would cost money. Might even need to raise taxes on those who can work from home, if they need to work at all. And so on.
It’s so much easier to claim that all is well until all Hell breaks loose, then claim that all will be well when the weather warms up, if we just go back to work and drink a little bleach.
The governors of some states have stepped up. Learning from each other and from countries (like New Zealand and South Korea) that took the threat seriously, they made tough decisions. They include a few Republicans (like Hogan in Maryland and DeWine in Ohio) and more Democrats. It is too early to be sure, but they just might have saved the USA from criminal incompetence in the White House. Federalism works.
The doctor in Wuhan who first sounded the alarm about COVID-19 was punished for “spreading rumors” and later died of the disease. Remember him also today, along with our essential civilian workers and those who serve in our military. Remember that dark money and gerrymandering and vote suppression have sickened American democracy but not yet killed it.
Remember in November.
Wonderful post, THANX! dRU
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Hi! Good to hear from U again. 🙂
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A little worse for wear but i’m still standing!
!!!!!Remember in November!!!!!.
dRU
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Hear, hear!
Beautiful photos with lighting worthy of Rembrandt.
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Thanks. I do like way Rembrandt’s subtle chiaroscuro gives the appearance of an inner glow.
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Ah, yes, Art History and Appreciation. Chiaroscuro — what a wonderful word!
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Insightful and heartfelt reflections.
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