It is the age of the Coronavirus or COVID-19.
People talk about this disease as if we will all remember it in times to come.
Bad news guys, we won't. Its probably going to last another 2 months on the news, 3 months on the web and someone will bring up that damned Gorilla and everyone will "move" on.
This the Internet and America. There's a presidential Election and the mud will be flying between Trump and Biden in no time. Sorry, Bernie, the Democratic Party is throwing you off the bus again as unelectable. Anyway, that's another blog in itself.
The fact is that Americans will move on.
It's what they do.
Ask an American about the Ebola outbreak
The few who were paying attention will tell you it is over and besides, that was 4 years ago.
The truth is its not over and there are still cases popping up in Africa.
No one cares.
No one- other than those who had it or those who lost their families, friends, and neighbors to it.
Ask an American about 9/11. Some of them will get very serious for as long as it takes to remind you that there is no comparison but Congress was willing to forget the first responder's subsequent health crisis' and almost not renew the pledges of support that they had made to those men, women, and families.
Does anyone remember the people who died in those buildings? Does anyone recall the panic and insecurity of this country as our President told the public to buy garbage bags and duct tape against the likelihood of the WMDs that would soon rain down chemical weapons upon our cities?
No, they don't.
Just like all those people who have no idea what happened in Detriot or rather to Detroit
or Flint
or Sandyhook
or Columbine
or Waco
or Katrina
or Puerto Rico
or (the list goes on)
Americans forget and they forget quickly.
Not all Americans, but many.
You can blame the media, the Internet, the Millennials, the Liberals, the Democrats, the Republicans- Hell, let's blame Obama (they will for many years to come); but, the bottom line is not whose fault it is.
No, it's our Fault, America's fault.
We allow the forgetfulness. Welcome it even.
It's how so many of us cope with things we feel we cannot control.
So, in a few months, when the scare of the Coronavirus has worn off and toilet paper returns to the shelves and the disease has become treatable/curable, people will move on-
and all of the vows that we will never recover and never forget will be forgotten and people will stop washing their hands for 30 seconds.
Hand sanitizer will stop being a commodity and face masks will disappear
leaving the victims bereft and angry. It will join the ranks of the Flu and Pneumonia and this country will not give it much more thought until it comes around again
or doesn't.
There will be another, newer disaster, a volcano, earthquake, tornado, blizzard or terrorist attack to distract us from all the promises made by our politicians and heroes.
I don't really have a positive note to end on here.
It is what it is.
Okay, Fuck that.
It should fucking matter!
We shouldn't forget any of this!
I won't.
The fact I wrote this blog means
I haven't forgotten you Flint, Michigan!
or Waco
or Katrina
or (the list goes on)!
People talk about this disease as if we will all remember it in times to come.
Bad news guys, we won't. Its probably going to last another 2 months on the news, 3 months on the web and someone will bring up that damned Gorilla and everyone will "move" on.
This the Internet and America. There's a presidential Election and the mud will be flying between Trump and Biden in no time. Sorry, Bernie, the Democratic Party is throwing you off the bus again as unelectable. Anyway, that's another blog in itself.The fact is that Americans will move on.
It's what they do.
Ask an American about the Ebola outbreak
The few who were paying attention will tell you it is over and besides, that was 4 years ago.
The truth is its not over and there are still cases popping up in Africa.
No one cares.
No one- other than those who had it or those who lost their families, friends, and neighbors to it.
Ask an American about 9/11. Some of them will get very serious for as long as it takes to remind you that there is no comparison but Congress was willing to forget the first responder's subsequent health crisis' and almost not renew the pledges of support that they had made to those men, women, and families.
Does anyone remember the people who died in those buildings? Does anyone recall the panic and insecurity of this country as our President told the public to buy garbage bags and duct tape against the likelihood of the WMDs that would soon rain down chemical weapons upon our cities?
No, they don't.
Just like all those people who have no idea what happened in Detriot or rather to Detroit
or Flint
or Sandyhook
or Columbine
or Waco
or Katrina
or Puerto Rico
or (the list goes on)
Americans forget and they forget quickly.
Not all Americans, but many.
You can blame the media, the Internet, the Millennials, the Liberals, the Democrats, the Republicans- Hell, let's blame Obama (they will for many years to come); but, the bottom line is not whose fault it is.
No, it's our Fault, America's fault.
We allow the forgetfulness. Welcome it even.
It's how so many of us cope with things we feel we cannot control.
So, in a few months, when the scare of the Coronavirus has worn off and toilet paper returns to the shelves and the disease has become treatable/curable, people will move on-
and all of the vows that we will never recover and never forget will be forgotten and people will stop washing their hands for 30 seconds.
Hand sanitizer will stop being a commodity and face masks will disappear
leaving the victims bereft and angry. It will join the ranks of the Flu and Pneumonia and this country will not give it much more thought until it comes around again
or doesn't.
There will be another, newer disaster, a volcano, earthquake, tornado, blizzard or terrorist attack to distract us from all the promises made by our politicians and heroes.
I don't really have a positive note to end on here.
It is what it is.
Okay, Fuck that.
It should fucking matter!
We shouldn't forget any of this!
I won't.
The fact I wrote this blog means
I haven't forgotten you Flint, Michigan!
or Waco
or Katrina
or (the list goes on)!
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