Creative empathy in a pandemic
One thing about a pandemic: It's inclusive. We cannot survive it, move beyond it, by protecting merely some people. We have to protect everyone.
Of all the disruption, paradox and chaos that have been unleashed by the coronavirus, this is the most stunning: It has something to teach us that we could never learn on our own. My God, we are one planet -- one people. This isn't idealism; it's the most pragmatic social organizing principle possible.
As pointed out regarding the American public health system: ". . . we have a private for-profit system for individuals lucky enough to afford it and a rickety social insurance system
