I haven't felt the urge to write a post, but figured I could give a quick update.
It's just...
Over a month ago I commented about how utterly predictable and preventable the loss of life from coronavirus is.
And yet here we are, our daily new case rate returning to ~30K, just like it was when New York was a major hotspot.
I don't expect it will be quite the same, yet. That 30K is spread across the entire US rather than one tremendous metropolis.
But things are beginning to get bad. I heard a twitter comment that Dallas hospitals are almost overwhelmed. The South and the West are steadily climbing.
And...
If I think about that, if I think about what I said before... about how this was entirely preventable...
Then I feel rage.
So I don't think about it. (I have said my piece, tried to persuade those who were persuadable. My friends and family either already agree, or are probably not going to agree until something changes. It's not so much that I've given up as that I'm biding my time, though that decision has been made based on an instinct I'm not entirely sure I trust.)
I suppose it'd be easier to act as though the pandemic is a natural disaster.
Like a hurricane or flood. (Which, technically, is sort of true. But even though Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster, we all understood that the poor management with regards to the levees and flood response was what made it a true disaster. And those things were entirely in our control.)
What was it Stalin said? 'One death is a tragedy, millions is a statistic'?
I never thought I would see the day where our own leadership acted like that. Uncaring, unconcerned with the lives of their citizens, and perfectly willing to convince people that it's not their poor leadership that's responsible for the loss. Just some unfortunate fate. Or divine punishment. Or the Chinese. Or a conspiracy or coup.
I...
I don't have any words right now.
Right now most people have close their minds, and we're seem set on the course we're on.
If things do get as bad as I fear, then I suspect a lot of things are going to change. I'm just not yet certain what shape those changes are going to take.
It's just...
Over a month ago I commented about how utterly predictable and preventable the loss of life from coronavirus is.
And yet here we are, our daily new case rate returning to ~30K, just like it was when New York was a major hotspot.
I don't expect it will be quite the same, yet. That 30K is spread across the entire US rather than one tremendous metropolis.
But things are beginning to get bad. I heard a twitter comment that Dallas hospitals are almost overwhelmed. The South and the West are steadily climbing.
And...
If I think about that, if I think about what I said before... about how this was entirely preventable...
Then I feel rage.
So I don't think about it. (I have said my piece, tried to persuade those who were persuadable. My friends and family either already agree, or are probably not going to agree until something changes. It's not so much that I've given up as that I'm biding my time, though that decision has been made based on an instinct I'm not entirely sure I trust.)
I suppose it'd be easier to act as though the pandemic is a natural disaster.
Like a hurricane or flood. (Which, technically, is sort of true. But even though Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster, we all understood that the poor management with regards to the levees and flood response was what made it a true disaster. And those things were entirely in our control.)
What was it Stalin said? 'One death is a tragedy, millions is a statistic'?
I never thought I would see the day where our own leadership acted like that. Uncaring, unconcerned with the lives of their citizens, and perfectly willing to convince people that it's not their poor leadership that's responsible for the loss. Just some unfortunate fate. Or divine punishment. Or the Chinese. Or a conspiracy or coup.
I...
I don't have any words right now.
Right now most people have close their minds, and we're seem set on the course we're on.
If things do get as bad as I fear, then I suspect a lot of things are going to change. I'm just not yet certain what shape those changes are going to take.
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