Danger Everywhere!

I am 100 miles from the epicenter of the Corona virus pandemic.  We are scared.  How could we not be?  Our fear is partially caused by the apprehension of catching the disease, but mostly caused by the danger all of us are exposed to by the egregious incompetence and disregard for our citizens by Donald Trump and his sycophant Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida.

DeSantis, who considers Trump his mentor, has refused to mandate the wearing of masks and is pushing for the continued opening of Florida’s economy.  He is blind to the skyrocketing rates of transmission and deaf to the medical authorities in Miami-Dade County.   Yesterday during a press conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital he was vocally challenged and shamed for not mandating mask usage.  He also is apparently deaf to the Dade County’s Superintendent of Education who fears that there is no safety in bringing children back to school in mid-August given the stats and increasing rates of infection.  Possible transmission to teachers, parents and grandparents??  Nah—who cares!

We feel relatively secure in our house here in Naples (Collier County) and immediate environment because we are locked down.  We don’t go anywhere or see anyone.  All our supplies are delivered and all service and deliveries are not allowed without people wearing masks. 

However, I am having trouble containing my anger and despair that the people in power completely

disregard science and are only concerned with the politics concerning Trump’s election prospects and retaining power.  This pandemic is OUT OF CONTROL because of The federal government’s and our state government’s failure of leadership.  These people do not care about our safety!  We simply must accept that fact.

So, what do we do?  Well, frankly, we are just about powerless to do anything to rid ourselves of these people for now, short of an armed intervention by citizen militias.  But we all know that is not going to happen.  We have to wait for the election in November and hope to God we don’t perish between now and then.  This is a test.  It is a test of our patience and belief that ultimately the arc of justice and intelligence will bend toward what is right and true.

The only course of action now is meditation and patience.  Getting angry is wasted energy.  All efforts must be focused on bringing out the vote in November.  The result of this balloting must be a landslide result bringing Democrats to power.  Republicans have shown that they are incapable of honesty and intelligence and are devoid of any understanding of what this country stands for.  Trump and his devotees who think we are ‘leading the world’ in combatting the Covid-19 are living in fantasy land.  The real world is not apparent to these people.  Frankly, there is no hope of persuading them otherwise, so we need to ignore them and focus on completely overwhelming them at the polls.

There is evil--or stupidity--or both afoot in our land, my friends, and those of us who believe in science and truth must be patient and simply prevail.