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We are Failing at Covid
Where is our network of mutuality?
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
As the pandemic wears on, we are all coping as best we can. The federal government has abdicated any responsibility or assistance. We are left to do what we feel is right with little guidance or regulation from our state government. We are failing as a country.
Social media is full of memes defending one’s right to serve up a big helping of Covid to family members at Thanksgiving. One such meme states that we must see out-of-town and elderly family members this year as it may be their last year alive, ignoring the apparent irony.
I see these statements proclaiming it is our right and obligation to infect others during holidays mostly in the rural areas. Rural governors seem to be against any mitigation efforts. One of my best friends lives in Nebraska in a town of 3000. In a county of 6500, there have been 365 Covid cases, a shocking per capita number. Her local grocery store started mandating masks for employees only recently after Nebraska had one of the country’s highest infection rates. Masks are not required in her county, and restaurants are open for business. When did we abandon science?
