I wonder what will happen on the other side of this. Will a stronger push be made for single payer health insurance? Millions are filing for unemployment meaning they are losing their employer sponsored health insurance. Many had none to begin with meaning a medical crisis could have them facing financial ruin. I do believe that much of the presently tattered economy will heal but this will take time. Healing could take years for some in our society who, through no fault of their own, live on a financial knife edge. It is heartening to see some high level executives, including the company I work for, forgo compensation to mitigate the adverse economic effects of the rank and file. Will a portion of that corporate largess carry on after this crisis has passed.
Communities are coming together to assist others as well as each other. Congress worked together, almost in unison, to pass a stimulus package, which, although flawed, shows that, faced with a crisis, the parties can work with one another. Will this greater, though not yet whole, spirit of concern, cooperation and compromise continue after we come through this and begin to return to our usual, I don't know if they will ever be normal again, lives?
We are under siege. Like places throughout history that have experienced sieges of a military kind we will go out, access the damage and work to rebuild and restore what needs to be rebuilt and restored. We need to keep the spirit of cooperation and unity alive. After the crisis has passed we need to unite to repair and restore as we have united to get us through this period.
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