Our response to Covid-19 is a test we must pass

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Michele L. Norris / Special to The Washington Post

As we wait for more and better tests to determine just how many people have contracted the novel coronavirus, understand this: All of us are already being tested.

From the strength of our economy to the reliability of our political leadership to our individual resilience, we are all now in a crucible that will have profound consequences for how we work and how we act as citizens and neighbors.

We will be measured on our ability to handle adversity and uncertainty. On our ability to put the interests of the group ahead of any individual. It sounds easy, but it won’t be. As a nation, we have not been asked to sacrifice in a very long time. This will test our patience and our mettle.

Every conference planner, school administrator, employer, church official, campaign manager, concert venue or sports league honcho will be measured by the wisdom of their decisions. Our health-care system and social safety net will be stress-tested. Even our ability to count will be tested: Infection rates – if the test kits are ever widely available – might not necessarily reflect reality but rather how many people could step forward for testing because they have health insurance and paid sick leave.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/commentary-our-response-to-covid-19-is-a-test-we-must-pass/

[KPN]

1. Great piece. Our uncertainty would be vastly

diminished were there a leader in the White House as opposed to an impostor who surrounds himself with others like him. We don’t have a White House, we have a charlatan circus — a shit show of incompetents.