Then, a couple days ago, I saw a report that members of a flat earth society were concerned that social distancing might cause some people to drop off the edge of the planet. Sigh!
But this was just a prelude to the latest outburst of craziness.
I thought we had covered this topic in earlier blogs – one last December about the threat posed to Montana by a possible feral pig invasion from Canada and another this past February about the height-challenged Irishman who extracted sexual favours from young ladies by claiming to be a leprechaun and promising to show them the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Then, a couple days ago, I saw a report that members of a flat earth society were concerned that social distancing might cause some people to drop off the edge of the planet. Sigh! But this was just a prelude to the latest outburst of craziness.
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Assuming that we survive the COVID-19 crisis, what lies ahead will depend on whether we will learn from this experience – as we failed to do so many times before, including, in the past two decades, the SARS outbreak of 2003 and the twin towers destruction of 2001. At the time, we appreciated the courage and vital importance of front line workers, firefighters, ambulance staff, health care personnel, and support staff of all sorts. But then we returned to “business as usual.” |
AuthorC. Richard Tindal, Ph.D is a retired Professor of Government. He taught for 30 years at St. Lawrence College, Kingston and was an occasional Visiting Professor at Queen's University. He has also written and consulted extensively about government. Archives
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