We have a ton of cartoons today, so just a brief comment. Neoliberal economics bears a major responsibility for the pathetic pandemic response by our corporations and government. It encourages efficiency over all other aspects of a complex product/service delivery system. We now see that it is fragile, without the resilience necessary to meet surges of demand/need.
Our CEOs and politicians now think only in terms of equilibrium, when equilibrium is the last thing we need in the middle of a runaway exponential disease process like COVID-19.
We’re seeing how difficult it is to source things like gloves, masks and sterile gowns. The delays procuring those items will pale against the delay in sourcing ventilators and ultimately, a vaccine in sufficient doses to truly stem the tide.
One thing to think about is how nations with authoritarian or collectivist societies have responded to the Coronavirus better than those in the west, where we celebrate the individual, occasionally to the detriment of society. Our way works fine when things are good, but not so well when things turn bad.
What would you expect, given an educational system that doesn’t teach people what “exponential” means?
Finally, imagine Trump if he were FDR right after the attack on Pearl Harbor: Standing in front of Congress declaring: “This Japan thing will go away!” On to cartoons.
Whose responsibility is this?
There’s only one real cure for Trump syndrome:
He’ll never have clean hands:
Sadly, it’s not just his hands that don’t measure up:
Sen. Burr and the others can’t explain their actions. They’re guilty:
Let all the people keep the checks, but nothing for corporations:
Dem primaries showed us something:
The core problem for Democrats today:
Work from Home withdrawal setting in:
