'Illness doesn't make for dramatic television the way terrorism does. Sick people suffer and die alone, far from the lights and cameras.'
to Congress extending a state of emergency that was first declared in the aftermath of 9/11, more than two decades ago."The terrorist threat ... continues," the letter declares. George W. Bush's original declaration of emergency led to trillions of dollars in military spending and the transformation of American society. Thousands of young Americans, and well over a million people in the Middle East, lost their lives.
2,996 people died on 9/11. The enormity of the loss was almost too much bear. The reality of death was especially acute for me because, unlike most people, I had friends and acquaintances who died that day. Had I not changed jobs, I would have been working there myself. My wife missed a breakfast meeting there that morning because she had the flu; she might have been among the victims. I don't need to be told how tragic that day was.
Why is a life taken by terrorism worth so much more than a life lost to Covid-19? Part of the answer must lie with the fact that illness doesn't make for dramatic television the way terrorism does. Sick people suffer and die alone, far from the lights and cameras. And sick people don't have lobbyists, while weapons manufacturers do. That's no excuse: Congress must act now to fund Covid care.
It also reflects the profound indifference to suffering and death that characterizes our current system of privatized insurance.
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