Tuesday, October 24, 2023
What we learned in the pandemic
Three and a half years ago, everything changed. Schools and businesses shut down, the streets were deserted, and we all hid away from a dangerous pandemic. Things came back slowly, and amid a terrible period of national division over things as basic as the value of science.
What did we learn? Here are a few of my thoughts:
-- Not everyone has to go into work every day.
-- The loss of community has serious public health costs.
-- Many in our country are not willing to believe what doctors say so long as a politician says something else.
-- School is about more than book learning; it offers a stability that matters.
-- Crime is related to public health; the disruptions of the pandemic created a rise in crime we are only now recovering from.
