Living in a Bubble

As the nation begins week three of quarantine, it looks like the government has got a handle on the contagion but has announced that we should practice “social distancing” until May 1. Sadly, there’s still an element that can’t resist taking cheap shots at or making political hay out of the pandemic, ad nauseum, in the daily press briefings.

As Joe Biden would say, “Come on, man!”

Accelerated testing of the population is ongoing, virus antidotes are being developed in record time without cumbersome regulations and of all things, an old vaccine/pill that treats malaria is the latest cause for hope of getting a handle on the contagion. Given this positive news, the doom and gloomers populating the media, look for anyway they can get their “gotcha” questions inserted in the national dialog.  These folks would have rooted for the Luftwaffe during the London Blitz. 

Part of what made this country great was a “can do” spirit.  Has the nation and its citizens become so locked into their fearful bubble world that they will never be able to get outside its confines? This is no time for surrender or retreating into a hopeless state. The United States has survived far worse, and those facts need to be empathized. No need for a “Pollyanna” like attitude but there should be a positive counterbalance.

We cannot allow the world’s most powerful economy to be flushed into the sewer of depression.  So, it’s time to start thinking about life outside the sequestration bubble. We shouldn’t make our current bubbles the new normal.  Using good judgement is important as hand washing or using Purell going forward. Worrying about dying from or catching coronavirus is paying interest on trouble not received or nonproductive as listening to non-stop negative media commentary

A “bubble” existence may be in the national cards for a several more weeks, but folks should be forward thinking about how great it’s going to be getting out and about. Faith should abound about the unleashed scientific genius resident in this country. Chances are that you’re reading this using technology that was conceived in America.  If our medical/scientific community led by Jonas Salk could cure polio, a virus, then they’ll find a cure and treat the coronavirus successfully.

This will happen a lot faster that anyone currently anticipates, especially the negative honkers in the media.