We need get past the me first tribalism grip of pretend patriots believing only what someone we believe, in our tribe, believes.
So, to successfully reach and hopefully inspire all to wash our hands of the Coronavirus, please consider the following human stimulus, and unite:
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Absent any rancor, let us recalibrate our knowing what to believe, who to trust, when to turn off TV/Radio news coverage while welcoming back the Fourth Estate by supporting media televising answers from medical and scientific professionals, to our pressing questions.
Being such public stewards of truth, timely information and educational updates transformed talking heads into keepers of the flame most unlike leaders in the midst of abject failure, sending their supporters autographed charts showing fleeting stock market gains, after finally pendulum swinging from, the new hoax to, declaring the Coronavirus a National Emergency.
Results, however, bloom neither from trumped denial nor believing the president is the root of all our current evils. Solutions are found in the middle of reason, at the center of clear thinking, from the core of wisdom for Covid-19 is but preamble to what a declining planet has yet to teach us.
Donald Trump did not cause the Coronavirus, but his Trade Wars, disregard for his oath of office, and apathy for the wellbeing of others, has divided and, at least for The Right, conquered our effective response to a life-threatening pandemic.
Nevertheless, neither past sins nor present social distancing are the only or best defense against a virus imposed new world order, sans access to movie theaters - for no matter what hue, gender or sexual persuasion, now the only politics of survival is, United We Stand.
Additionally, devices formerly contributing to our human disconnect, are now, aided and abetted by the Arts, the best assurance that we rise above closing America's borders to humankind, while opening our doors to the monsters within not only at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but worse, minds closed to rational thought, the intelligence of science and the loving potential of an elbow bump.
With social distancing from Covid-19 saturation of mind, body and spirit and those too big to fail in commerce, finance and federal government, succeed at failing us, trust cooler health care R&D heads, and offer thanksgiving for their being our front line.
While recently some have failed to, beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves, let us concede, every generation has its collective face-to-face with what seems an insurmountable nemesis, and every person, a turning point in life.
So, let us remember, heed and stand atop our triumphant truths snatched from the jaws of defeat: Pearl Harbor, sixties' assassinations, Vietnam War, HIV/Aids, 9/11, bankers' induced Great Recession, Pharma induced Opioid addictions for with resurrected courage, we will survive, indeed thrive after the trials of Trump/Pence/McConnell and tribulations of Covid-19, if rising recommitted to victory over our prejudices, fears and hate.
Of course, at some point we must acknowledge, there was a White House pandemic office, until Trump/Bolton closed it. For those who believed this was best for America's national security, I beg of you to ask yourself, without recrimination: what about now.
Travel bans were always more self-deceiving than even believing America can victoriously sail the ocean blue anchored to a divided Democratic Party. Before American soil was invaded by Covid-19, we were a house divided, adrift and vulnerable to Wall Street pirates, Needing to disentangle from a trumped Ship of State, let's dissolve all viral bewilderment.
We must now be America's checks and balances, because the powers that a National Emergency give a president, must never be bestowed on one who, unlike, the buck stops here Truman, vows, I don't take responsibility at all.
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