A Dozen Good Things that Could (Just Maybe) Happen as a Result of this Pandemic
The NY Times launched a series of investigations and articles Thursday around this theme:
It may not feel like it now, but out of this crisis there’s a chance to build a better America: the America we need.
I look forward to reading every single one of the articles—yesterday’s were about our broken health care system and why the rich fear pandemics—but the introductory piece, which is rich in historical examples of sweeping change, made me ask: What good things might come out of this pandemic?
Certainly not the trust in our government that the German people have, the confidence that made them follow the rules, flatten their curve and listen to Mrs. Merkel.
You can already see the folks in power itching to return to the way things were six weeks ago. They’re restless, fretting about an economy that’s rewarded them and left the rest of the country one paycheck and one dangerous job away from disaster.
They are not going for a new normal, one that’s more equitable, with safety and reward spread across the population. They’re trying to figure out how to benefit from the crisis, play the angles. From the POTUS, yesterday: Once we OPEN UP OUR GREAT COUNTRY, and it will be sooner rather than later, the horror of the Invisible Enemy, except for those that sadly lost a family member or friend, must be quickly forgotten.
Well. I want to open up our great country, too, once it’s safe—but I want this horror to CONTINUE READING: A Dozen Good Things that Could (Just Maybe) Happen as a Result of this Pandemic | Teacher in a strange land
