OP here.....
In that spirit, I asked a question for which I knew the answer. when (maybe if) we would hit 100,000 deaths? Not because there was even a remote possibility we wouldn’t. What I really wanted to know is: how many people realized it? How many were in denial?
Remember, it was early on, and we already had 23K deaths, adding 2k per day. OF COURSE we were going to get there. Going at that rate, it would surely be the end of May, which is what I said when someone asked.
Now, quite a few folks accused me of schadenfreude, which is secretly getting pleasure of other’s misfortunes. That is a very nasty insult, it is politically motivated, and I could have reported those posts to the Moderators. But I like to think I can defend myself with my words rather than relying on the Mods.
So here goes: I experience grief over every unnecessary death. And I know very well why that doctor in NYC committed suicide. In the face of horrific unnecessary death and the lack of PPE and proper emergency management, protesters with guns were in denial about the severity of the problem and were actually making the situation even more difficult via operation gridlock, one of the most despicable acts associated with COVID 19.
Denial can be deadly. And that’s what I want to prevent.
So now it’s your turn.