The Twenty First Century Challenges

Doctor Fauci and other infectious disease specialists are saying the coronavirus may never go away. The best we can hope for is controlling the spread of this disease. The consequences are staggering.

No more crowding onto a San Francisco cable car. How will subways in NYC, Boston, Los Angeles and other cites function? Long waits to board a ferry because social distancing limits the capacity. Stretched lines to enter your local supermarket. Auto shows and other conventions eliminated because of social distancing requirements that cannot be reasonably enforced. Movie theaters with seats removed (can they survive with fewer attendees?). Big weddings will be a thing of the past (No hora or other group dancing).

On the plus side there will be plenty of room to stretch out at the Hollywood Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and other large venues. The public is more health conscious than ever in history.

Sadly America’s leadership is a failure. Politics prevails over national unity. Two old men fighting for the presidency and neither has one good sound idea on how to bring the country back to normalcy.

I am crying for the United States.

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