What Happens If We Win

Although there have been over half a million cases of Covid-19 in the United States, we are not seeing the huge numbers that were projected earlier. Current projections make tomorrow the peak in deaths in Ohio. A few days ago, when that projection was published, the number for tomorrow was 29 deaths. The death total, but July or something like that, was around 500 total. We currently stand at 242.

There are already people claiming that the early and low peaks in cases and deaths are evidence that the whole pandemic is a hoax, and the media has overblown the risks from the beginning to increase sales. There is no easy way to prove them wrong, unless there are places where safety measures are not taken, and the virus continues to spread.

There is now a lot of discussion about when we should all go back to work. I'm not going back any time soon. I have been informed of my schedule until the end of June, st least, and I will not try to make any more changes. I will do the best I can under the conditions I have been given. I think it will work out well enough.

I worry about the general population, though. If they are convinced that the risks were overstated, they will be less willing to go along with science and experts in the future. It's already bad enough, with so many people claiming there is no global warming, and that we don't need regulations to protect the environment. The attitude seems to spill over into everything. Since the experts and scientists are all educated, then maybe education is useless, too. Why spend money on something that only serves to save us from a disaster we can't recognize or acknowledge?

Still, I'd rather be right and healthy than dead. I hope the governors keep making the right calls. I have no confidence in our so-called president, who is trying to find excuses to open up the workplaces as soon as possible, and to divert all the disaster relief money to his friends and favored states, along with corporations, especially big, powerful ones. But the cost of taking him down by pandemic is not worth it, and I really hope we avoid the true destructive potential of this plague.

Maybe I'll just go wash my hands again.