Brutal in Kabul
The Wall Street Journal yesterday had a front-page picture of a
soldier rescuing a bloody baby from a hospital attacked Tuesday. The Islamic State or the Taliban most likely
carried it out. They shot up a maternity
ward leaving 16 dead, including 2 babies.
As the Journal put it, even in war-torn Afghanistan this struck a
nerve. Sitting at the breakfast table
with my wife that was certainly the case.
Why aren’t these people wiped out, I asked. Why allow them to exist, when we know what
they intend and we have the capability to take them out by satellite and
drone? Maybe that’s extreme. Maybe we can’t find those responsible. But America doesn’t seem to have learned it’s
a bad idea to go half-in instead of all-in, in a land war in Asia.
Back to Work?
My local paper had a front-page article on a restaurant in
town that has called employees back to work.
Those that don’t answer the call promptly have been let go. But they couldn’t arrange child care. But the employer needed to employ folks at
75% to keep their loan money from the government. But the employees were concerned about the
health situation. But the employer could
provide for that adequately. What a
mess! Senate majority leader Mitch
McConnell has been pushing for liability protection for businesses for a while,
and now I see why. So many lawsuits
coming…
Doctor’s orders
On the virus, I’ve been having this thought lately. When doctors give advice for treatment, they
aim for optimal health without regard for the cost of treatment. When things are serious, you go along and
thank God for insurance if you have it. But
there ARE times the doctor prescribes a treatment, and you weigh the benefits
against the high cost, and decide to forego the treatment. This is not a moral travesty, nor is it
inherently reckless. The American people
are leaning toward this course in their increasing resistance of
shutdowns. Doctors and politicians
cannot maintain an iron grip on an entire society, even during a plague, to
control completely our levels of activity.
People need to be responsible health-wise, and also not freak out if someone
moves into their 6 foot zone. This whole thing is a case study in how powerfully the media can affect our thinking the way they want it. See here for that.
Okay all humans lie, and America isn't exempt. Granted.
Chinese hackers are trying to steal virus treatment and vaccine information from the U.S. Amazing. They won’t give the world important information about it, and now they try stealing what we do know. The US denied approval to a Chinese mask making company to sell them to America, since they aren’t up to quality standards. Meanwhile Putin’s Russia lies about its role in World War II, and about how bad the virus is there.
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