CORONAVIRUS: UNLIKE 9/11 - WE'RE SCARING OURSELVES TO DEATH!
After 9/11, we were encouraged to go out and support each other, but with coronavirus we’re bei...
Renegade Talk Radio · Renegade Talk Radio
March 31, 202038m 25s
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Show Notes
After 9/11, we were encouraged to go out and support each
other, but with coronavirus we’re being made to panic and
ordered to isolate - despite the fact that isolation has a death
rate ultimately higher than the virus. But, before delving into
this, we start off with a story that ties 9/11 and coronavirus
together in a personal way - the story of John Knox, a
legendary FDNY Fire Marshall who succumbed to coronavirus
because of his underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease from his sacrifices at Ground Zero.
There are similarities between 9/11 and coronavirus, in that
the terror we feel from both events consists of a combination
of vulnerability, helplessness and uncertainty. But, there are
differences, too. For example, after 9/11, we were told
that our patriotic duty is to go out and show those terrorists
they’re not going to change our way of life, whereas for
COVID-19, we’re told that our patriotic duty is to hole up.
Yet for coronavirus, the key word is loneliness: the loneliness
victims feel when they are ill and dying because of having to
be isolated, and the loneliness most people feel when they
are forced to stay at home. Hear how stuffed up sewer
systems from people using substitutes for toilet paper is a
metaphor for how mayors and governors aren’t taking into
consideration the outcomes of their rash, ill-thought out
makeshift new rules.
other, but with coronavirus we’re being made to panic and
ordered to isolate - despite the fact that isolation has a death
rate ultimately higher than the virus. But, before delving into
this, we start off with a story that ties 9/11 and coronavirus
together in a personal way - the story of John Knox, a
legendary FDNY Fire Marshall who succumbed to coronavirus
because of his underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease from his sacrifices at Ground Zero.
There are similarities between 9/11 and coronavirus, in that
the terror we feel from both events consists of a combination
of vulnerability, helplessness and uncertainty. But, there are
differences, too. For example, after 9/11, we were told
that our patriotic duty is to go out and show those terrorists
they’re not going to change our way of life, whereas for
COVID-19, we’re told that our patriotic duty is to hole up.
Yet for coronavirus, the key word is loneliness: the loneliness
victims feel when they are ill and dying because of having to
be isolated, and the loneliness most people feel when they
are forced to stay at home. Hear how stuffed up sewer
systems from people using substitutes for toilet paper is a
metaphor for how mayors and governors aren’t taking into
consideration the outcomes of their rash, ill-thought out
makeshift new rules.
Topics
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