The COVID-19 pandemic is now often references too by Scientist & Experts as being only in the 2nd ending of a 9 ending ball game. I’m sure you have heard the President refer to it as a war against an enemy, an invisible enemy that can kill, injure to the point medical help is needed, destroys our normal lives and also our economy with so little not know about it.
Why, humans have long known a biological Virus was mans greatest enemy and in history shown us that. We instead have standing armies out of fear of the other, we did it to ourselves. In the USA with the rejection of Science, event removing systems & people who’s only job was to lookout for the threat of an Un-known Virus, event used to sit on the NSC. So this COVID-19 virus became a world wide pandemic. Yes many failed their responsibility as leaders, many learn quickly and acted, others not so much. From the history of other virus and pandemic’s the world know the one sure way to fight it was Social Distancing, this often meant pretty much shutting down their economy. Since our economy in the USA, the largest in the world is based on 70% personal consumption.π€π€π€ it hurts.
Certain things our becoming clear however already. Nations, in some states here in the US that did shut down early, follow all the know safeguards they our win over the Virus with this blunt weapon. Plus gain the time in many places to Test-Test-Test because it’s the only way we can see the Enemy Virus move in real time, then we attack it with contact tracing of infected people !!!
The world over and in the US, the 2nd fact becoming clear is Healthcare must be there for everyone. That means the most vulnerable folks in every society, the poor, those that do the most difficult jobs, maybe not so inspirational but necessary jobs like in the meat processing plants, the labor jobs of clean everything - everywhere. Then those in the vital food chain who job it’s to get food to the stores or to us at home. Often these workers have no insurance, live month to month in small homes. We have more prisoners per-population then any other country on earth, there in jail, prisons and all sort of detention centers. All of them our human, Biological beings like everyone else, (a host to the Virus) living in cramp quarters !!!
πHealth care in 2020 must be for all because it’s first the right thing and 2nd. it’s for the good of all. We also like other so called advanced nations have put our elderly parents in homes where again they have become (easy host for this virus) a problem that we must be be aware of. This Virus has made it painfully clear to anyone who will look, we can see the failures of our systems, our worn out habits, our extreme in-equality's between us Biological beings. π This is why it’s the lessons learned in these hard time that must be learned good and hopefully fast.
My advice to all young people is get involved in some way, in any way to be part of the war against this virus, be it stay at home, encourage others, or helping other’s in anyway. Do put our the effort to educate yourself and be part of the cure and a better future. π
Yes, many states in our Union our open up their economy event while the guidelines in place say 6-7 consecutive day of less new cases. Testing and contact tracing in place before opening up. We have -0- national leadership on any level concerning what my 70 years of life saw and expected from our government. (So yes I expect we will in 2-4 weeks) we will be forced to shut down as our hospital systems become strained or partly fail.
The main point I want to make is this, we all collectively living through a historic worldwide change as to how humans have lived for a long time. It’s one of the greatest events in modern human history. It’s not just the Virus, we will beat it, hopefully kill it over 2-4 years or live with it throw different drugs much like Aid’s. 100 years ago the Spanish flu was an (unstable) H1N1 influenza, it killed 50 million world wide, more US soldiers killed by it then in battle in WW-1. The COVID-19 is a pretty stable virus witch means the likelihood of a vaccine is better.
More then that, this Virus is show us Biological beings of the earth who our real enemy’s our. Many would say they our these Biological Virus, Global Warming and ourselves or certain old worn out aspects of our human nature and thinking π However never in history has the world population been threaten at a time when a Scientist in Africa can collaborate with Scientists in the USA, the EU, South America and China all at the same time in real time.
Our evolution has reached a point where the Thinking of the majority of the young has changed, they our NOT fear fearful of each other’s color, sex, belief system, race, who they sleep with or background. The accumulated knowledge of man kind has never been so excess-able. π Technology is so much greater then ever before and multiple’s every 3-5 years, as dose accumulate knowledge.
The pressures to get back to work for so many is real out of need, they don’t have the money for the basics in life like food, health care and a roof over their head. For many it’s to go back to the way it was before this pandemic and that is kind of a normal response for folks that had everything and got out of the habit of thinking, certainly thinking about others. Then theirs the far richer with a million or few million thinking their set for life, have a few houses, investments, just need to get things going. Then theirs the billionaires & the .01% they need works to work so they can create more money π Now in every group their our wonderful people working hard, spending their money and time for the good of many, making great efforts for the general good, but their a minority in this group π
The one thing I learned in life is that we must always learn the right lessons in life and move forward, not afraid or fearful but follow our human instincts to be kind, helpful to one another. π Study, learn, make the effort needed to make a positive difference in life. Be happy and positive event as best you can in the hard times.
We our Biological beings that have evolved in every aspect, we know witch human instincts we have to control, these our quit old with a history. Pride, self, greed, hate, revenge and I’m better then you π What I attempted to promote is nothing new but what many men, often men that stated religions always promoted to go attempt to make the world better with their limited knowledge. They our the higher human concepts of Love, Empathy, Kindness, Sharing and Giving, these our what has always given the reward of joy, happiness and contentment π These also have a history and by working together people have did great things. Through the UN as perfect or imperfect as you see it we have vaccinated the world against several Virus’s, feed and raised the standard of life for millions, of course everything human has to always progress, be open with sunlight to prevent the very bad and harmful habits of old.
Personal note: I’m old enough to remember when the family and the one room country school had to shut down due to the infection of Mumps, not a life treating ceases but uncomfortable, over the years and development of a vaccine it was wiped out again by everyone work together for a common goal. The thing about mumps it had a (RO) of 10-12, meaning one person could infect 10 or 12.
The future will not be like it was before this pandemic, the world and us as a people will have to witness a lot of sad things, fight for those who our most vulnerable, will witness change that is being created by the sudden change in the power structure in a few nations where people controlled others without the consent of the people. What will be the main energy in the future, what systems of governance will be quesgen in several nations. It’s a time when we will need to our democracy functioning well with truth and sunlight shown to all. It’s will be a challenging time and could well be a great time of renewal.
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Do be aware your part of a Great human event, embraces it as a 21 century human being far more knowledgeable reaching for the highest of human thought π
Richard L Iverson
Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, a grateful heart the beginning of wisdom & know Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life π
Richard L Iverson
Remember Happiness is Oh so simple, that a grateful heart is the beginning of wisdom, that Effort is essential for anything worthwhile in life !
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