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How Pandemics End
- Kaibeezy 6y agoOne possibility, historians say, is that the coronavirus pandemic could end socially before it ends medically. People may grow so tired of the restrictions that they declare the pandemic over, even as the virus continues to smolder in the population and before a vaccine or effective treatment is found.
- dgritsko 6y agoI feel very badly for the strain anyone in a position of leadership must be under right now, regardless of whether I agree with their politics. Many of their constituents are being devastated by the economic impacts of the virus while experiencing little to none of the medical impacts, and are watching their livelihoods slip away. Others are being dramatically impacted medically, even to the point of losing friends and family members to COVID-19. Any decisions made to benefit one group will seem cruel and insensitive to the other, and there doesn't seem to be enough acknowledgement of the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" nature of the situation we're all in. Maybe I'm being naïve, but it feels like we could all do with a little more empathy.
- Kaibeezy 6y agoNot naive at all. One of the things leaders do whether they wish to or not is set the character of their organization. Some of our top political leaders are specifically being called out for their lack of empathy. Circle squared, unfortunately.