>That is totally unacceptable, nearly totally preventable loss of lives at scale. Agreed. > No, we don’t have to “live with it” as it currently hurts us. Yes

>That is totally unacceptable, nearly totally preventable loss of lives at scale. Agreed. > No, we don’t have to “live with it” as it currently hurts us. Yes, we do. That ship has loooooong since sailed and sunk. > Humans naturally get tired, but they shouldn’t be foolish or outsmarted by a virus. The virus didn't outsmart anyone. (Social) Media just used it as kindling to for the flames of division to reap in the fear/rage ad revenue. All the virus had to do was survive long enough for mitigation factors to become politicized. > we absolutely need an aggressive stance to get ahead of the virus "we" being who? The people? The government? The media? Any stance you take will instantly be either met with fatigued apathy and summarily disregarded or enraged opposition. Neither are exactly conducive to coming together to aggressively take a stance against the virus. Those in power to make this happen had their chance and failed. Society had their chance and failed. Media had their chance and failed. The Author is right, we CAN do better. We won't though.