Return to Liberty

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin

And so it goes the battle against the novel cornonvirus rages on and we may be on the far side of the pandemic that has gripped the world; every leader was caught on the blind side.

Now, killer corona is everywhere, bend every bush, but don't get a test unless your presenting symptoms of Covid-19, put on a ventilator, or stacked in a refrigerator truck.

What’s with that?

As it has widely been reported, NY is the epicenter of the plague, where we have a one in a thousand chance of contracting the virus. Those odds are hit or miss.

How did we get here? And how do we avoid the fiasco in Italia?

Call it Covid 19, call it the Wuhan Flu, call it what you will, this situation is far more serious than every nation originally thought. So, armchair experts can continue throwing stones while conspiracy theorist populate the internet. I’ve got other things on my mind.

This global disaster ultimately belongs to the Communist Party of China which has violently oppressed its own people and unleashed this scourge on the world.

Though we will survive the novel corona pandemic, the damage to the economy and changes to our way of life will be long-lasting. But one way or another, we need to get going again…otherwise, some will die of starvation, if not the novel corona disease….

I don’t believe in the apocalypse or much of anything else, but there’s got to be a reason we went from having the best economy in generations to a global medical-financial calamity…and now everybody gets to take a bite of this tsunami.

And me thinks Covid 19 is everywhere among us; and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Quarantines are an illusion If we are going to grocery stores and pharmacies and taking food deliveries. 

Can you say Chinese take-out?

And six feet can be hard to come by if you’re living just enough for the city, masks and gloves notwithstanding.

There’s reason to hope as well since science and American ingenuity will provide us with anti-viral treatments even if a vaccine is ways away if  ever.

We’ll be much better prepared to wage the second half of the battle when the next wave comes round during the fall flu season, and it will. The 1918 Flu behaved in similar fashion and was even more devastating in the second wave.

Back on the farm, there’s a growing narrative that we need to defend the US constitution at all costs; they will never give back what they take. It’s more than metrics, it’s about the cost of freedom. As of this moment our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have been alienated by a microscopic enemy.

From afar, it looks like a power grab by the billionaire elites here and abroad who have long studied matters like pandemics and depopulation. And the media has weaponized the virus and scared the people, causing a panic and a run on toilet paper. Nice one.

Meanwhile, put those coronavirus guidelines into practice and stay away from one another…sigh….

Surely, healthcare professionals and first responders are on the front lines of the battle. And who knew grocery store employees would become unsung heroes?

And most of us are hunkering down and doing what we got to do: staying alive.  As the number of cases rise and deaths mount. Scary…tru dat.

At some point, however, we need to come to the realization that this year’s model of the corona virus is here to stay. Whether our society can adapt, and whether we have the courage to assume the risk, remains to be seen.

But we can’t hide behind closed doors forever.

If nothing else, safety and security is an illusion. Life has always been fragile, which is why we should celebrate every moment. In the meantime, stay calm, avoid a cytokine storm, and keep keeping on.