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We’re seeing wide variations in how different countries are handling the pandemic. What do you think about these differences?
The biggest and most notable difference in how other countries are handling the pandemic is that a very large number of countries that are back on track with living life are led by women. I am not saying that only a woman is capable of doing all of the right things in fighting the pandemic, but it is an interesting statistic. All I can do at this point is pray for major changes in our government. A male and female can take over and undo what will be future pain and suffering as a result of the pandemic. They can SAVE lives which was never a concern of the current administration. It is these two people who actually care about other people, who emanates their concern for others in a speech or in an interview. There is nothing fake, it's part of who they are. It's heart and it's what we desperately need and have needed for the past 3 1/2 years.
August 24, 2020
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Talk about what is most upsetting or scaring you right now about the coronavirus pandemic.
Right now, I think I'm most frustrated by inefficient vaccine distribution in the U.S. It's not even that I disagree with who is prioritized. I have my thoughts, of course, but I think there's no truly fair way to decide who should get it first and the CDC's recommendations are at least reasonable. But doses of the vaccines are going to waste, and that's infuriating because there's no justifiable reason for wasting a prophylactic that can save so many lives. It's not the fault of any single person. It's an institutional failure, and so much more could have been done to plan for this issue. We've been in the pandemic for almost a year. There has been more than enough time to put together a functional program for distributing the vaccine. Some individuals that I do consider to be at fault, though, are the people who are cutting the line. Wealthy individuals who are traveling out of state or out-of-country in order to secure doses for themselves. These are people who already have every advantage - jobs that allow them to work from home instead of putting themselves at risk, savings enough to cover no-contact delivery of anything they could possibly want, and working health insurance in the event that they are infected. I understand the desire to protect yourself and your family. But it's absolutely despicable to cheat the system in order to gain an advantage. This pandemic has shown, more than anything, that human depravity has no bounds.
January 28, 2021