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Business First, Bury the Dead.
In the name of the stock market, the United States has all but given up in the fight against the spread of covid 19.
It’s difficult to even know where to begin when considering all the ways the coronavirus has impacted our lives. Whether it be the toll of the disease itself, or the manner in which it laid bare nearly every fundamental flaw in America’s healthcare, economic, and even electoral system, there’s no denying that the vast majority of us have had our lives negatively impacted in a variety of ways by this seemingly never-ending pandemic. In spite of all of that however, perhaps one of the most disturbing aspects of the dystopian nightmare we find ourselves in is the fact that it only grows more clearer by the day that the United States has given up the fight against the spread of covid 19, all in the name of capitalism and the stock market.
In the Texas Tribune, Patrick Svitek writes:
“Gov. Greg Abbott struck a newly urgent tone Monday about rising coronavirus numbers in Texas but said “closing down Texas again will always be the last option.”
“To state the obvious, COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas, and it must be corralled,” Abbott said during a news conference at the Texas Capitol in Austin.
