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The challenge, going forward: If we cannot get our government to help us tackle the pandemic in an effective fashion, we are increasingly forced to contemplate
by ISL 6y ago
The challenge, going forward:
If we cannot get our government to help us tackle the pandemic in an effective fashion, we are increasingly forced to contemplate questions like, "well, if this goes on forever, how do we adapt to preserve the other important things in life?"
This epidemic can still be won, but it takes effective and coordinated leadership to do so. When our government's response mirrors the reality of the situation, rather than proclaiming that we are doing a sufficient job, and nurtures a united approach to mitigation, we will start winning. Case rates are falling slowly -- we are on the cusp of improving the situation substantially if we can get our act together further.
When we start to win, winning gets easier. Such is the nature of confronting an exponential adversary.
- war1025 6y ago> If we cannot get our government to help us We are the government. There is no magical "them" out there.
- ISL 6y agoAbsolutely agreed. The fact that our country is failing is our responsibility. There are multiple timescales involved to effect change. No matter how hard we push, the government we have three minutes from now will be almost the same as the one we have at this moment. At present, I have largely given up hope that the present administration or the present configuration of Congress will take responsibilities seriously. Thus, the minimum timescale for meaningful change is months. Working within that framework, one can imagine an environment in which our federal government cannot provide an improved mitigation strategy until January at the earliest.