In the modern era, though, Adams noted that when we see a crisis coming, we are able to address it. The Y2K panic is a clear example of our modern reactive abilities. People raised the alarm, people got worried, and people figured out how to fix things. We also got a handle on H1N1, although it killed a lot of people first (not that the media cared, because it didn’t involve Trump).
No matter how much the Democrats complain, Trump did the most important thing he could when he blocked flights from China in January and started pushing the bureaucratic monster that is the federal government to work on the virus: he bought us time — time in which to sequence genomes, invent vaccines, work on treatments, and change American behavior.
Things are probably going to get worse, but the gift of time, when coupled with the American spirit, promises that no matter what happens here, it will not get as bad as it did in Italy or China. Be smart; treat the outside world as dirty (so you need to stay clean); hunker down in your home if you can; and sing along with Gloria Gaynor when you wash your hands really, really well:
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