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by _Microft 7y ago
He fought dinosaurs, body snatchers and aliens. Now I trust him to deal with the virus., https://i.imgur.com/ofKsRhI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ofKsRhI.jpg
The best thing about the reaction here in Germany (beside 'things working out fine so far') is how unexcitedly things are happening. Nobody is showing off in biohazard suits, no 'fearless' politicians shaking hands in hospitals, just 'There is a problem and we will deal with it'.
After the pandemic (and I hope it will come to an end one day because distancing sucks), we should communicate that the climate crisis shares a lot of properties with the pandemic. It is getting worse the longer we keep doing what we are doing, the consquences are delayed and dire and the efforts required to bring about change are massive. I still think we can deal with this problem as well if we want to, especially now since the 'official future' (basically the assumption that the world will look like it used to) is dead [0] and a lot of things that were accepted until now are questioned.
(To make life easier for future Internet historians: it is Jeff Goldblum in images 1 to 3 (from top-left to bottom-right) and virologist Christian Drosten in the bottom right image.)
[0] Related: https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/10/30/official-future-dead-long-live-official-future/ https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/10/30/official-fu...