If your town hired firefighters who sprayed gasoline on the fire, your town would have to hire new firefighters. That is of course if the town were still standing after the blaze. We got to watch clowns in countries around the world pour gasoline on the pandemic blaze.
If those same firefighters said they could not put out the blaze and you should accept that we will all be burnt, you would hire new firefighters. Perhaps they might advise you that only 1% of the houses might burn. Hire new firefighters.
When the 2016 American presidential election rolled around I voted to remove the 45th president precisely because he did nothing to put out the fire. The 46th president unfortunately isn’t any better. He chooses to ignore the conflagration. He and his wife both tested positive for COVID twice and so they are “done: with the pandemic.
Someone shared a magnificent video that outlines the 4 stage strategy for COVID Pandemic response.
In stage 1 Politicians say, “Nothing is going to happen.”
In stage 2 They say, “Something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.”
In stage 3, They say, “Maybe there is something we should do about it, but there is nothing we CAN do.”
In stage 4, They say, “Perhaps there is something we could have done, but it is too late now.”
This wildfire series is inspired by @1goodtern on Twitter. Since the media has gone silent on pandemic coverage, I have turned to Twitter to stay informed.